IRISH WHEELCHAIR RUGBY Irish Wheelchair Rugby Arrive in Denmark for the 2009 IWRF European Championships

The Irish Wheelchair Rugby arrived safely in Denmark to compete in their fourth European Championships. Monday and Tuesday the team have their last training sessions before their first game on Wednesday morning against major rivals and reigning European Champions, Great Britain.

The Irish Team will have five pool matches to make it through to the final knock out stages of the Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Irish will face some strong opponents in the pool matches, going up against three time European Championships Great Britain, and the hard hitting Swedish and Finnish Teams.

The team, captained by Alan Lynch, is looking forward to the challenge of this European Championships and is looking to improve on their current European and World rankings in the hope of qualifying for next years World Championships in Canada. Commenting on the teams preparation, Irish Wheelchair Rugby Captain, Alan Lynch, said, Preparation has all gone according to plan so far and we are all looking forward to the challenge ahead.

The schedule of games for the Pool Stages are as follows:

• Wednesday 14th October
  Game.1 08.45 Ireland v Great Britain
  Game.2 18.00 Ireland v Finland
  
• Thursday 15th October
  Game.3 10.30 Ireland v Sweden
  Game.4 18.00 Ireland v Netherlands
  
• Friday 16th October
  Game.5 08.45 Ireland v Austria

For up to date results and more information on other games and on the overall European Championships visit www.ecwheelchairrugby2009.dk. For all the latest updates on the Irish Teams progress check us out on www.gaelicwarriors.com.


For Further Information contact Irish Wheelchair Rugby Team Manager Naomi O'Reilly at email address irishwcrugby@hotmail.com or at Mobile +353 87 757 6303.