Action during the 2023 GAA Wheelchair Hurling and Camogie All Ireland Finals at SETU’s campus in Carlow. Photo credit: Sportsfile.
South East Technological University will host the GAA M. Donnelly Wheelchair Hurling/Camogie All Ireland Finals for the next four years at its campus in Carlow.
The first instalment took place on Saturday, October 21 at SETU in Carlow.
“We are delighted to have hosted the event, we have hosted some wheelchair hurling and camogie blitzes back in 2015. They were really exciting games and brilliant to be a part of. In terms of sport here at SETU, over the last number of years we have developed a good sporting tradition,” said SETU Director of Sport in Carlow, Donal McNally.
“We do a lot of work with the Irish Wheelchair Association, we do a lot of para-athletics and basketball. When the opportunity for the wheelchair hurling and camogie finals came about, we were really excited to get on board to support it.”
“The wheelchair hurling and camogie programme gives everyone in the community the opportunity to experience GAA sport no matter what ability you have, and we could not run the programme without the support of our volunteers and members of GAA clubs. The number of players in all the provinces is increasing each year,” said Gerladine McTavish, GAA Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
“The GAA for ALL committee is delighted with its collaboration with SETU. The committee would like to thank the team at SETU in Carlow for hosting the M. Donnelly Wheelchair Hurling and Camogie All Ireland Finals, with special thanks to the sponsor, teams, volunteers, and spectators who attend all the games across the country,” she added.
The GAA For ALL Committee is made up of the GAA, LGFA, the Camogie Association, the Handball Association, the Rounders Association, and many other stakeholders.
The committee engages in awareness campaigns and development and guidelines around GAA For ALL.
Munster were crowned the GAA M. Donnelly All-Ireland Wheelchair champions after defeating Ulster on Saturday, October 21.
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