#MoreRedMayo

#MoreRedMayo

#InThisTogether

MAYO's new home jersey has just been unveiled at Elverys McHale Park, Castlebar, at an event hosted by long-term Mayo GAA sponsor, Elverys.

The new jersey will be worn by Mayo’s male and female footballers as well as the county's hurlers from January.

The first new home jersey introduced by Mayo in two years, it was designed and produced in consultation with the players as a symbol of the togetherness and community spirit generated by Mayo GAA - #InThisTogether.

Manufactured by O’Neills, the jersey retains the classic green and red combination inspired by traditional Irish rebel song, The Green Above The Red'. The new home jersey also features the traditional Mayo red stripe as well as an embossed Mayo GAA crest on the lower back of the jersey.

For the first time, the jersey will also incorporate the Intersport Elverys brand. Elverys, Ireland’s longest standing sports retailer, is 100% Irish owned and is a member of Intersport, the world’s leading sporting goods retail group.

Mayo footballers Keith Higgins, Andy Moran, Colm Boyle and Evan Regan as well as ladies’ footballers Aileen Gilroy and Orla Conlon joined manager Stephen Rochford and Intersport Elverys to reveal the new playing jersey. Mayo GAA players will also be appearing in Intersport Elverys Stores in Castlebar and Ballina this Saturday (December 3) between 2 and 4 p.m. as part of the launch.

Speaking at the launch, Stephen Rochford said: “There is a huge sense of pride in playing for Mayo and representing your community on the national stage. The jersey is a hugely important symbol of that. It is to wear this jersey that players across the county put their lives on hold for 10 out of 12 months in every year, for the chance of playing and winning for Mayo. We are already looking forward to re-grouping and meeting the challenges that 2017 will bring.”

Intersport Elverys chief executive Patrick Rowland added: “Elverys has its roots in Mayo, despite our national and international presence. We feel privileged to have enjoyed a long association with Mayo GAA that goes back to 1999.

“We are delighted with the new jersey, which builds on the past whilst looking to the future, and we look forward to getting behind the county’s football teams again next season. We hope that we might see both the men’s and ladies’ teams achieve their ultimate ambitions.”

The new jersey will be available to buy on www.elverys.ie and in Intersport Elverys and other sports retailers nationwide from Friday (December 2). http://www.elverys.ie/elverys/en/Elverys/GAA/Connacht/Mayo/c/568

Source : con-telegraph.ie

Why teams in red win more

Competitors who wear red win more than those that are dressed in any other colour, according to a study in Germany.

Researchers found that those who wear red tops, jackets or clothing score 10 per cent more in any competition than if they were in another colour.

Experts believe that red could make individuals and teams feel more confident as well as being perceived by others as more aggressive and dominant.

The findings could explain why Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, have been so successful,. On the other hand, the results could suggest that the success of those teams has given those that wear the red colour more confidence.

United and Liverpool have won a record 18 league titles, while Arsenal have had an uninterrupted run in the top flight for longer than any other team.

England's victorious World Cup team in 1966, led by Bobby Moore wore red, instead of their usual white, and have not won a World Cup or European Championship since.

The study, by German sports psychologists at the University of Munster, was reported in New Scientist magazine. They showed video clips of taekwondo bouts to 42 experienced referees. One combatant wore blue, the other red.

They then showed them the same clips but digitally manipulated the clothing to swap the colours. The fighters wearing red were given an average of 13 per cent more points than when they were blue.

"If one competitor is strong and the other weak, it won't change the outcome of the fight," said Norbert Hagemann, who led the study. "But the closer the levels, the easier it is for the colour to tip the scale."

In 2004 scientists at Durham University also looked at how colour influenced sporting competitiveness. They analysed Olympic combat sports such as boxing, taekwondo, Graeco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling and found that nearly 55 per cent of bouts were won by the competitor in red.

"There is now good experimental evidence that red stimuli are perceived as dominant and that they cause negative effects on performance in those viewing them," said Robert Burton, one of the researchers. "It is plausible that wearing red also makes individuals feel more confident, although this hasn't yet been tested."

Source : .telegraph.co.uk ben leach

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