Irish Wheelchair Association - Sport
A 20 strong team of athletes and support personnel departed for Holland this morning to compete in the IWAS World Junior Games which run from the 2nd to the 8th of July. Whilst a multi sport competition the Irish team will solely compete in athletics track and field events. Now in its 11th year, the
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The track and field timetables for the IWA-Sport CPSI National Athletics Championships on June 27th in Morton Stadium, Santry are now available. The competition promises to be a great event with many potential Rio qualifiers competing on the day. 2015 IWASport_CPSI_Nat_Champs_Track_Timetable 2015 IWASport_CPSI_Nat_Champs_Field_Timetable
The NRH Championships will take place on Saturday the 5th of September 2015. Now in its 3rd year the NRH Championships are open to past and current patients of the NRH and once again will include many sports such as handcycling, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, athletics and fencing to list a
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Minister Ring Launches Irish Sports Council Safe Sport App Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring today launched the Irish Sports Council Safe Sport App at the Code of Ethics Information Day. The app is aimed at creating greater awareness and understanding about safeguarding best practice in children’s sport. Speaking at the launch,
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The IWA-Sport/CPSI Athletics National Championships will take place on June 27th in Morton Stadium Santry, and registration is now open by following this link. Please note that the closing date for entries is Friday the 19th of June, and no entries will be accepted after Monday the 22nd of June. It is not possible to register on the day.
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IWA-Sport is pleased to announce our annual members Summer Camp will take place in IWA, Clontarf this coming July. Once again our members and siblings will take part in a wide range of our sports, including, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, athletics, table tennis, handcycling and many more exciting sports and activities. The details for the
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The 2014/2015 Irish Wheelchair Basketball season concluded on Saturday last with Limerick Scorpions deservedly claiming the League title. Losing just once throughout the season the Scorpions still had to defeat Dundalk Ravens to secure the title; and that they duly did on a scoreline of 61-38. Huge credit to Swifts Left Bank from Kilkenny who pushed
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All ten teams competing in the Irish wheelchair Basketball League will converge on the IWA, Clontarf on May 23rd for what will be the climax of the league season. In what has been the most competitive wheelchair basketball season since the new format was introduced a number of years ago, the 2014/2015 league title will
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Irish Wheelchair Basketball senior squad named for European Championships. The Irish Senior Wheelchair Basketball team has been announced in advance of their participation in the European C Championships this coming July in Lisbon, Portugal. Together with Portugal, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Finland, Ireland will compete for one of two automatic qualification slots to the
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This coming weekend, on Saturday May 16th, Gormanston College in Co Meath, will play host to the three Cup finals, which are played in honour of former members of the organisation. The Ger Larkin Cup will feature the two teams who finished at the base of the league table, Dundalk Ravens and Shannonside Stealers from
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