Should I stay or should I go?
SFH’s American diarist Rebecca Barry weighs up the pros and cons of two more years in America – and comes to a definitive conclusion about where her future lies.
When words just aren’t enough
SFH diarist Rebecca Barry felt helpless when Amy Cooke, one of her Irish team-mates at the University of Richmond, suffered a personal tragedy. Here she writes candidly about being far from home in times of hardship and the bond between the Irish in America.
How can my friends’ hockey careers end like this?
SFH diarist Rebecca Barry laments the lack of a club structure in American hockey, which means the 5-0 conference final defeat her Richmond Spiders side suffered is likely to be the last game of serious hockey some of her team-mates will ever play.
The goal that dreams are made of
It’s been quite a week for SFH’s American diarist Rebecca Barry, as a goal she scored became something of an internet phenomenon and featured in ESPN’s Top 10 Plays of the Week. Here, she talks about the media frenzy that followed.
The centre of attention
Rankings, stats, saturation TV coverage and the minor problem of having a camera shoved in your face straight after a game – our resident diarist Rebecca Barry gives an insider’s take on the intensity of collegiate sports in America.
With friends like these…
SFH diarist Rebecca Barry is back in the USA for another season with Richmond Spiders in Virginia, but this time she’s not the only one leaving Ireland to chase the American dream…