Cerebral Palsy Sport Ireland

by Paralympic Council of Ireland on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 5:18pm

The Irish Team of 8 athletes and 7 support staff, led by James Nolan, are now en route to Christchurch New Zealand to compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships.  A noisy bunch in an otherwise eerily quiet Terminal 2 of dublin Airport gathered for the long trek to New Zealand whcih will include stops in London and Singapore before arriving in Christshucrh on Saturday morning.

Back row: Nadine Lattimore, Ray O’Dwyer, Ailish Dunne, Orla Barry, Michael McKillop.
Front Row: Garrett Culliton, Catherine Wayland, Rosemary Tallon

The team includes:

1) Defending T37 800m Champion Michael McKillop from Newtonabbey

2) European F57 Record holder Orla Barry form Ladysbridge seeking her first major Championship medal.

3) Clonasalee’s 4 time Paralympian Garrett Culliton in the F52 Discus.

4) Drogheda’s Athens Paralympian Rosemary Tallon in the F52 Discus

5) Catherine Wayland form New Ross trying to imporve onher superb 6th place at the Beijing 2008 Games in the F51 Discus

6) Ailish Dunne from Mountmellick in her first Major Championship in the F11 Shot

7) Nadine Lattimore from Clontarf also in her first Championship in the F11 Shot

8.  W.I.T. student, Ray O’Dwyer from Hugginstown in his first Championships in the F34 Shot & Javelin.

Follow the teams progress here on FB or on www.paralympicsport.tv

We wish them all the very best of luck.

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