PARALYMPICS European Wheelchair Basketball Championships

22 Jul 2009


The Irish Senior International Wheelchair team travel to Latvia next Wednesday (July 22) to participate in Division C of the European Championships.

Ireland face a difficult assignment with hosts Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Greece and Belarus all on the horizon as they bid to reach the knockout stages of the competition.

The Belfast Knights boast four members of the panel (Calvin Watson, David Young, Jason Kennedy and Peter Mitchell), while Limerick and Dublin’s Killester has three members each on the 12-man squad. UCD will be represented by Paddy O’Neill and Stephen Melvin.

The team, will be lead by Head Coach Alain Tremblay, who hails from Quebec in Canada and was at the helm when Ireland finished sixth when they hosted the European Championships in 2007.

Player/coach of the Knights, WBC Jason Kennedy, who originally comes from Derry, has been selected to captain the Irish team for the championships.

“The preparations have been going excellent,” said Kennedy. “We have played a series of friendly games against the Knights and they proved extremely useful preparation.

“We must reach the final if we are to get promoted to Division B of European basketball and that is certainly our aim.”

 

 


Irish Wheelchair National Team

Calvin Watson (Belfast Knights), David Young (Belfast Knights), Jason Kennedy (Belfast Knights), Captain John Fulham (Limerick),  Mark Barry (Limerick), Mark Rohan (Limerick), Micheal O'Cearra (Killester, Dublin), Mick Cunningham (Killester, Dublin) Mick Kelly, (Killester, Dublin), Paddy O'Neill (UCD), Peter Mitchell (Belfast Knights), Stephen Melvin (UCD).

 

Management

Alain Tremblay (Head Coach, Quebec, Canada), Orla Dempsey (Assistant Coach, Offaly), Quentin Barry (Team Manager, Dublin), Amanda Carty (Physio, Dublin).

European Championship for Men, Division C - 2009

 

July 24, 2009

  • Group A: Ireland v Latvia; 17:45

 

July 25, 2009

  • Group A: Croatia v Ireland; 15:30

 

July 26, 2009

  • Group A: Ireland v Lithuania; 13:15

 

July 27, 2009

  • Group A: Ireland v Greece; 15:30

 

July 28, 2009

  • Group A: Belarus v Ireland; 15:30

 

July 29, 2009:

  • Knockout stages

 

For Further Enquiries Please Contact:

Quentin Barry (Team Manager, Dublin) – 0868095429
Irish Wheelchair Association - 018186400