Book description
- He's a champion sportsman at the highest level - a Clare 'All
Star', playing one of the world's fastest, most challenging sports - hurling.
- He's cycled 7,000 km across a continent in 51 days.
- He's raised almost ?1 million for cancer charities.
- He's Tony Griffin.
Tony Griffin is a man of remarkable drive and determination, but
during the course of four extraordinary, turbulent years, he was
tested to the limit . . .
Following his beloved father's death in 2005, Tony Griffin made the
momentous decision to postpone his studies and devote himself to the
sport he loved, hurling. Driven to succeed, before long he'd become
the sport's first modern full-time player, and secured a coveted All
Star award.
But to the dismay of many, at the peak of his career Griffin took a
year out of the game and set himself another, almost impossible
challenge: he'd cycle across the second largest landmass on earth -
Canada, and raise ?1 million for cancer charities in memory of his
late father. This punishing 7,000km ride would prove to be more
testing than he could ever have imagined. On his return to Ireland
Griffin was plagued by serious injury and self-doubt. It was then that
he knew he would have to dig deep if he was ever to fulfil his dreams
and his potential.
Beautifully written and intensely moving, Screaming at the
Sky is a story of courage, of love and loss, and of battles won
and lost both on and off the field. It is also the story of how one
man faced his demons and finally found peace with himself and the world.
'An extremely inspirational, moving and motivational read. Tony
passionately shows how sport can bring all of us such strength,
power and belief in times of dire need.' - Paula Radcliffe,
Marathon world-record holder
Tony Griffin has been a Clareman from birth, and he began his
hurling career with local club Ballyea. He has been a member of Co.
Clare intercounty hurling team since 2002 and, having been nominated
in 2004 and 2005, was inducted into the GAA All-Star hurling team in
2006.
He founded the Tony Griffin Foundation in 2007, after the death of
his father from cancer motivated him to begin a charity cycle across
Canada and Ireland. Tony holds an honours degree in economics from NUI
Galway and graduated on scholarship, with honours, from Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 2008 with a Bachelor of
Science, Kinesiology. In 2008 he founded Sports Academy International
with Clare footballer Tomas Madigan, a company which offers training
camps and sports specific teambuilding to professional and amateur
sports teams.
