2012 High Performance Directors Forum
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High Performance Directors (PD) from 8 sports attended the first Peer Exchange Session of 2012, held at the Irish Institute of Sport (IIS) on Friday, 3rd February. Topics brought forward by the PD’s for discussion were:
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John Treacy, CEO Irish Sports Council opened the session and welcomed the group by reinforcing the important role the PD’s play in building and managing the HP sports system that supports athletes to realise their potential. He also spoke about their contribution to the overall development of the wider high performance sport system. Gary Keegan, Director of the Institute of Sport said “The Institute was delighted to be able to facilitate this session. It was fantastic to get so much high performance sports expertise in the room, discussing challenges and solutions facing performance directors this year. We now await instructions from the PD’s on the format they want for this forum going forward. The response from the PD’s was positive; they value the opportunity to exchange with their peers in such a forum”. |
The Institute intends to host more of these sessions in 2012. For more details contact aporter@instituteofsport.ie
Attendees: Peter Banks (Swim Ireland), Chris Jones (Triathlon Ireland), Kevin Ankrom (Athletics Ireland), Lindsey Weedon (Pentathlon Ireland), James O’Callaghan (Irish Sailing Association), Nancy Chillingworth (Paralympics Ireland), Michael Watt (Badminton Ireland), Billy Walsh (Irish Amateur Boxing Association)
Guests: John Treacy (Irish Sports Council), Finbarr Kirwan (Irish Sports Council), Stephen Martin (Olympic Council of Ireland), Jo Hopkins (Sports Institute Northern Ireland), Richard Archibald (Sports Institute Northern Ireland)
IIS Presenters/Facilitators: Gary Keegan (Director of Irish Institute of Sport), Ken Lynch (Head of Talent Development), Phil Moore (Director of Performance Medicine), Rod McLoughlan (Director of Performance Medicine)