Irish Deaf Sports Association

Men Football: New Training Schedule for 2011
15th December 2010

IDSA Director layout the new schedule for 2011. They intend to stick to these dates as much as possible.

Click here for the schedule.
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Vacancy: Training & Education Officer Position
15th December 2010

CARA National National Adapted Physical Activity Centre are looking to recruit a Training & Education Officer on a 1 year fixed term contract.

For further information please contact Niamh Duffy on 066 7145646 / cara@ittralee.ie

Please also see the attached job specification and application form for further details.

Application Form-National Training and Education Officer
National Training and Education Officer Job Specification
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2011 Inter-Provincial Championship
15th December 2010

Update news with Men's Football & Basketball Championships can be found under "Inter-Provincial" section at left side of screen.
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Deaf Village Competition
15th December 2010

As many of you will know a new Deaf Village will be built in the grounds of St. Joseph's School for the Deaf in Cabra, Dublin. Up to now the project has been called the Deaf Village Project. The Catholic Institute for Deaf People
is now inviting the Deaf community and Deaf organisations to suggest an alternative name for the Village.

The name chosen should reflect the activities that will be located in the Village- Administration, Heritage, Social, Sports, Education and Residential. The prize will be a voucher for €300 and there will also be a second prize of €100.

The final decision on the name for the Village will be referred back to the Deaf community / organisations at an open meeting in January or February 2011 and the name to be used will be reached by consensus. There is no limit to the number of entries per person that can be sent in but each entry must have the name and address of the person sending in the entry or else it will not be accepted.

Entries for the competition will close on the 14th of January 2011 and should be sent to: Nuala Byrne, CIDP, 40 Lwr Drumcondra Rd, Dublin 9
Fax: 01-8825541 Email: Nuala@cidp.ie
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Ireland Deaf Futsal: Final Report
15th December 2010

Written by Ciarán Moloney

Having entered a men's team into the recent 3rd European Deaf Futsal Championships which took place in Switzerland from the 5th to 15th November, captain Paul O'Callaghan and his team-mates repaid IDSA's faith in them with a credible 6th place finish out of 26 countries which was made all the more impressive when you consider they finished a lowly 17th out of 20 teams in the 2007 World Deaf Futsal Championships in Bulgaria.

The boys in green had the incredible fortune to have two highly experienced futsal coaches at the helm, Brazilians Gleudson Junior Da Silva and Anderson Nunes. Their input proved to be invaluable as the Irish recorded impressive victories in their group matches over Belarus and Cyprus, winning 8-5 and 12-0 respectively.

This was enough to see them progress onto the elimination stages where they faced Belgium in which the stakes were high. Not only was a place in the quarter final up for grabs, the victorious team would also automatically qualify for the 2011 World Deaf Futsal Championships. Inspired by the devastatingly in-form Joe Watson, the boys in green put in a stellar performance as they took the game to the wire. With nothing to separate the two sides at full time with 7 goals apiece, extra time played was played but victory could not be claimed as the final scoreline stood at 10-10, meaning a penalty shootout was then in order.

The penalty shootout was just as dramatic as the match itself. With the score being 4-4 in Ireland's favour after the Belgian captain saw his effort beaten out by goalkeeper Ciarán Moloney, the responsibility of the last kick went to Sean Young. In the face of intense pressure, the 16 year old displayed a cool composure beyond his tender years as he sent his first touch of the ball of the entire game into the bottom corner of the goal, drawing a final conclusion to what was arguably the most entertaining game of the entire championship.

However the Irish could not sustain such intensity in the following match against the Russians, succumbing to their effective combination of experience and fresh legs in the quarter finals as the match ended 13-5 in favour of our Baltic neighbours. However all was not lost as the Irish went on to defeat Switzerland 8-4 after extra time before facing Turkey in which once again, they were unfortunately at the wrong end of a 9-1 scoreline. Upon arrival in Dublin airport, Irish goalkeeper Ciarán Moloney lauded the efforts produced by all in the Irish camp, "the attitude shown by lads was fantastic, our spirited performances gave us a lot of confidence throughout the tournament. To go from finishing 17th out of 20 teams to 6th out of 26 teams in the space of three years is amazing progress and gives me great pride to have been involved in this team. Thanks must go to our coaches Anderson and Junior who were instrumental."?

The futsal squad would like to take this opportunity to thank the following organisations and people;
DSA, ISC, DDA, MDSC, LDSC and CDSC for their sponsorship,
FAI for supplying gear,
Seán Herlihy of IDSA for his hard work.
Ciaran Moloney for match & article reports.
Sporting Fingal Futsal players for their assistance in training.
St Joseph's School for the use of their sports hall.
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FAI Establishes an Inclusive Supporters Club (FAIISC)
15th December 2010

The Football Association of Ireland, through their Football For All programme has established a new supporters club in partnership with all disability governing bodies throughout the country. The FAI’s Football for All programme supports in excess of 3,900 players nationwide every year in cooperation with our programme partners, Special Olympics Ireland, Association of Irish Powerchair Football, Football for All Schools, Irish Deaf Sports, Irish Blind Sports, Cerebral Palsy Sport Ireland, Irish Wheelchair Sport, National Learning Network / Rehab Care, Street Leagues Ireland, Down Syndrome Ireland, Dyspraxia Ireland, Acquired Brain Injuries Ireland/Headway and Amputee Ireland. The Football for All programme improves opportunities for players with a disability to enjoy football at over 40 venues throughout the country.

The FAI is keen to ensure the Irish football experience at the Aviva stadium is available to all. The stadium takes centre stage among Europe’s stadia in regards to access ensuring all supporters can receive the same great experience at any event they attend. Having the ability to offer such an experience to all Republic of Ireland supporters, FAIISC has been established. This new affiliate of the ‘Boys in Green’ aims to represent Irish supporters with disability views, issues and concerns within the Aviva stadium and the FAI.

The key objectives of FAIISC are:
· To be a voice for Irish fans with a disability
· To enrich the experience of Irish fans with a disability at the AVIVA stadium
· To raise disability awareness
· To be a source of information on access to AVIVA stadium for its members

Any revenues from the inclusive supporters club will go towards the funding of our extensive football for all programmes working with 12 disability groups and enable 3,900 people with disabilities every year to participate in our sport. Since the Football for All programme was started by the FAI, more than €2m has been spent by the Association in this area.

National Coordinator of the Football For All programme with the FAI Oisin Jordan commented "The establishment of a supporters association for fans with a disability was an idea we have worked to develop with our disability group partners for the new AVIVA stadium. The FAIISC will ensure our existing fans with disabilities receive an unforgettable experience at the home of Irish football and will also encourage new fans with disabilities to become involved”.

David Glynn Chairman of FAIISC and Irish Blind Sports member: "On behalf of the committee I would like to thank the FAI, in particular Oisin Jordan, for taking the opportunity to recognise the need for improved access to International games. It is a new era for the FAI and the AVIVA Stadium and we are delighted to be a part of this. We hope that by setting up this group it will revolutionise the way people with a disability follow the Ireland International team not just by attending games but by meeting people in a similar situation. The FAI have really made an effort to recognise each section of our group and combat the difficulties previously faced by attending football games"

Joyce Cook, CAFE (Centre for Access to Football in Europe)Managing Director said: “We congratulate the FAI and its disabled supporter representatives in the Republic of Ireland for establishing the new FAI Inclusive Supporters Club. It’s been a pleasure working with everybody in setting up this new national group which will only help to improve the situation for Irish disabled fans both at home and internationally. Everyone at CAFE looks forward to our continuing friendship and co-operation with all involved.”

FAI Chief Executive, John Delaney said, “One of the priorities of the Association once we moved to Aviva stadium was the founding of a supporters’ club for people with disabilities. We now have this new fantastic home and it is important for it to be accessible to everyone and for everyone to have a positive experience on match days.”

Mary Hanafin TD Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport said "I would like to congratulate the FAI on this extremely worthwhile initiative. Everyone involved with Sport shares the same objective of equal access for all supporters. Supporters of the Irish International Football team who attend the Aviva Stadium will now be able to share in the wonderful atmosphere that the home crowd generates confident in the knowledge that their needs will be looked after."

Fans with a disability interested in becoming members of FAIISC can do so by completing the application form that can be found on the home page of the FAI website www.fai.ie. If members want to purchase a season ticket for the AVIVA details can be found on the application form.
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MDSC Football Friendly
15th December 2010

Munster Deaf Football will play friendly match at against hearing club at Lee Road, Public Camplex, Ennis, Co. Clare. They will play on 23rd December at 2pm.

Click here for more informaiton
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LDSC Badminton Fun/Training CANCELLED
15th December 2010

Badminton training at St. Joseph's School is cancelled till in January 2011.
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Joseph Watson Pulled Out from Ireland Futsal (Hearing)
10th December 2010

We are sad to find out that Joseph pulled out from Ireland Futsal Team (hearing) for international friendly match at Finland due with heel injured. Wishes him a speedy recovering.
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Website are back up and running again!!
1st December 2010

IDSA's website are back up and running again!! It could not update it due with technical problem. IDSA would like to apologise for that.
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Joseph Watson Picked for Ireland Futsal (Hearing)
1st December 2010

Current Deaf Men's Football & Futsal player, Joseph Watson, is picked to play with Ireland Futsal Team (hearing) for international friendly match (two) against Finland at Tampere, Finland on 13th & 14th December.

These friendly matches are for preparing with UEFA qualifiers against Norway, Andorra & Israel on 20th-23rd January 2011 in Dublin.

IDSA wishes Joseph with a very best of luck.
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LDSC Badminton Fun/Training
1st December 2010

LDSC Badminton manager, Ivan Gryzloz, pleased to confirm you that he will start fun/training badminton on next Tuesday 7th, from 5-7pm at St. Joseph's School Hall.

Everyone is welcome!!

Click here for more infomformation
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IDSA Race Night
1st December 2010

IDSA want to thank people for attended the IDSA Grand Annual Race Night at Quinns Pub last night. It was very enjoyable night and IDSA raised 4,500 euro (approx) in total. A big big thank you for your support.
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2010 IDSA Sports Award
1st December 2010

IDSA announced a new Sports Award Ceremony, which is expected to become an annual event as a part of our recognition to our Deaf Irish athletes who have achieved exceptional performance during the current year. There will be awards for different categories such as best athlete of the year both for senior and junior, promising performance or potential etc.

IDSA U21 Basketball Player of the Year 2010
Carmel Duggan

IDSA U21 Basketball Most Improved Player 2010
Ciara Anna Moloney

IDSA U21 Basketball Best Team Spirit 2010
Joanne Chester

IDSA Football Player of the Year 2010
Jonathan Cosgrave

IDSA Futsal Player of the Tournament 2010
Joseph Watson

IDSA Futsal Young Player of the Year 2010
Jason Maguire

IDSA Senior Swimmer of the Year 2010
Eoin Nolan

IDSA Most Improved Swimmer of the Year 2010
Nora Duggan

IDSA Junior Swimmer of the Year 2010
Helen Ward

Congratulations to the winner

Click here for gallery
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Inter-Provincial Champinships Draws
1st December 2010

Inter-Provincial Championship will be held in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Sports Stadium, Co. Cork on Easter weekend.

Draws for Basketball & Men's Football Champioship took place at Dublin Deaf Association after IDSA AGM.

Basketball

Semi-Final

1. 10:00 Connacht v Ulster
2. 11:00 Leinster v Munster

13:00 Loser match 1 v Loser match 2
14:00 Winner match 1 v Winner match 2

Men Football

Semi-Final

1. 11:00 Munster v Ulster
2. 11:15 Connacht v Leinster

17:30 Loser match 2 v Loser match 1
19:00 Winner match 1 v Winner match 2
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IDSA 42nd AGM
1st December 2010

IDSA held their 42nd AGM on Saturday November 20th in Dublin Deaf Association. 32 delegates from island of Ireland attended the meeting. President, Kevin Lynch, gave a minute silent for Billy Jackson and Brendan Commane who they died early this year. They were hugely involved with the past Regional Council & IDSA sports and they will be sorely missed to our members.

June O’Mahony, Ken Talyor and Milton Reddy stepped down from the EC and IDSA would like to thank them again for their invaluable service during their tenure.

Dillon Smith was ratified as Gen. Secretary and wishes Dillon a best of luck in the coming year. Futsal Director (Men & Ladies) and two Committee Members are vacant posts.
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Belfast Deaf United Through to Semi Final
1st December 2010

Belfast Deaf United beat Glasgow Deaf Football 4-1 to secured a place in the semi-final of the British Deaf Cup.

Click for full report...

Well done to Belfast Deaf United.
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Ireland Deaf Futsal
1st December 2010

With a huge achievement effort from Ireland Futsal team, they finished 6 place from 26 teams at 3 European Deaf Futsal Championship. As result of that, Ireland will play World Futsal Championship in Sweden in late 2011.

IDSA wishes to congratulate to the team with brilliant performances and is looking forward to support them again at the World Futsal Championship.

Lastly, behalf of Ireland Futsal Team, many many thank you for your supported and enjoyed viewing all the comments from IDSA facebook.

You can go to "European Futsal" section (at left side of screen) to view full reports, galleries at Switzerland.
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Men Football & Futsal News
12th November 2010

Futsal:

Click here for latest news....
Click here for Gallery....

Don't forget to join IDSA facebook to view the latest score between Ireland v Russia at 5.30pm and good luck to lads.

Football:

Click here for the latest news about draw for 7th European Deaf Football Championship 2011.

Also, you can go to EDSO website to view all Groups for the championship.
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Ladies Basketball Trails #2...GENTLE REMINDER
12th November 2010

Click here to view the poster for trial.

Trial will be in Poppintree Sports Centre, Dublin, on this Saturday 13th November from 11am to 1.00pm. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland Deaf Futsal through to Quarter-Final
11th November 2010

Ireland beat Belgium at penalty shoot out (5-4) after both finished with 10-10 after extra time with epic game as this could be one of the best game ever in EDSO history!!!!!

Belgium scored 7-6 with 47 seconds left to go before Brian Daly hit back 7-7 within 25 seconds left. The match ended up with 7-7 and they have to be play in extra time. Ireland got two quicked goals to bring up to 9-7 before half time in extra time. At second half, Belgium fighted back with three goals within three minutes to go......today hero, Christopher Corcoran scored within a minute left before the match finished with 10 all.

Therefore, they go on to penalty shoot out, which Ireland won 5-4.

Ireland will play Russia in Quarter-Final tomorrow at 5pm.

Good luck with tomorrow match.

Don't forget, you can go to Irish Deaf Sports Facebook and becoming friends. You will see updates news/scores for all Ireland matches.

ISL video match report will appear on website later on. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Draws for 7th European Deaf Football in 2011 on Tonight
11th November 2010

Football Director, Sean Herlihy & Joint Manager, Rino Giglione will attend tonight EDSO Football meeting at Winterthur, Switzerland about next summer 7th European Deaf Football Championship, which it will be play in Odense, Denmark.

Also, there will be draws to find out which group and teams that Ireland will face. Draws will take place at 8pm (irish time).

IDSA facebook will be live to give you update news with the draws.

Draw took place at Dublin Deaf Club on Tuesday 9th November.
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Ireland Deaf Futsal 5 - 9 Holland
10th November 2010

Ireland lost to Holland 9 - 5 (Christopher Corcoran (4) & Brian Daly) this morning.

Ireland will face Belgium in 1st Round tomorrow at 4pm (irish time).

Good luck with tomorrow match.

Don't forget, you can go to Irish Deaf Sports Facebook and becoming friends. You will see updates news/scores for all Ireland matches.

ISL video match report will appear on website later on. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Result for IDSA/FAI Raffle
10th November 2010

Draw took place at Dublin Deaf Club on Tuesday 9th November.

1st Prize: Ireland v Norway winner Andrew Lynch, sold by Kevin Lynch
2nd Prize: Ireland v Norway winner Roy McKee by Roy McKee
3rd Prize: Cavan Crystal Champagne Flute Set winner Catherine Stuart

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FAI Kick Start 2 GENTLE REMINDER
10th November 2010

Please note: Candidate only allow to do Kick Start 2 if s/he completed Kick Start 1 course.

Venue: Leisure Point, Finglas, Dublin

Date:
Friday 3rd December 7pm – 10pm
Saturday 4th December: 9.30am – 5.30pm
Sunday 5th December: 9.30am – 3.30pm

Cost: €75

Click here for more information.

Interpreter will be provided

To book a place contact:

By email: Paul Whelan/ Sean Herlihy/ Jamie Wilson

By Mobile: Paul; 086-0441004 or IDSA 0871349877

Places are limited so please book early
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UDSC Bowling Tourney this Month
10th November 2010

Hi bowlers and region members,

Please click attachments ( UDSC Bowls Poster, UDSC Open Bowls Tourney & Entry Form) for this bowling championship on 27th November at Cookstown Leisure Centre, Fountain Rd, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT80 8PQ.

To play the championship, you need to fill the entry form and email to Alfred.

Entry fee is free.

Welcome to all current members of all Regions.

NB to all club leaders, please do favour for me to pass this message to your club members.

I hope that you a lot will join us an enjoy this competition.

Thank you!

Regards

Alfred Hagan
Tourney organiser
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Match Reports for Ireland Deaf Futsal againist Belarus & Cyprus
10th November 2010

Competing in the European Deaf Futsal Championships for the first time, the Irish Deaf Futsal team have emerged as dark horses with wins over Belarus and Cyprus in their first two group games.
With qualification to the knockout stages already guaranteed, the boys in green take on Holland today in their final group match. Already they have served their country magnificently and have been a great source of pride for those who follow the team.

Ireland vs Belarus: 8 - 5
Throughout a tough opening game versus Belarus, the boys had their fans biting their nails in what proved to be a very difficult test. Despite falling behind twice during the game, we kept our nerve and it was only in the last few minutes of the game that we pulled away by three goals to gain maximum points. After the match, Captain Paul O’Callaghan praised his teammates, complimenting them on their work rate and the fact they never lost focus of the job at hand.
It was very tough in the first game with Belarus. It was nerve-wrecking during the whole game. Lads managed very well. Captain Paul O’Callaghan commented it was very tough game and great team to work together, kept focus on with lots of pressure during the whole game. When it came up with losing score 4-3 then finding it difficult to beat until the last 10 minutes before it’s over we finally beat with 8-5.

Ireland vs Cyprus: 12 - 0
The Irish recorded their first ever clean sheet in competitive futsal as they ran riot in their second group game against Cyprus.
The Cypriots were no match for the fighting Irish who maintained a intense pace from start to finish with Joe Watson, a junior international player, grabbing a haul of 7 goals.
In his post match analysis, coach Gleudson Junior was upbeat about the performance, complimenting the lads on the control they exerted over the game, “We were very patient and we took our chances very well. When the score was 7-0, it afforded me the opportunity to rotate the players to prevent injuries and also to provide our other players with some valuable international experience.” The Brazilian also praised the lads on their attitude and discipline in the manner in which they recorded a clean sheet without picking up any bookings and stated that he “was eagerly anticipating tomorrow’s final group match against Netherlands “which will bring the group stages to a conclusion and determine who they face in the next stage.

You also can watch ISL Video, click here
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Ireland Deaf Futsal 10 - 0 Cyprus
9th November 2010

Ireland beat Cyprus 12-0. (Joseph Watson 7, Justin Smyth, Brian Daly, Mark Sinclair, Christopher Corcoran & Jason Maguire) Its their 1st ever clean sheet.

In earlier, Holland beat Belarus 9-2, that mean Holland is 1st & Ireland is 2nd at table because Holland have better goals different. They will play tomorrow to battle for 1st place.

Well done to lads and good luck with tomorrow match.

You can go to Irish Deaf Sports Facebook and becoming friends. You will see updates news/scores for all Ireland matches.

ISL video match report will appear on website later on. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland Deaf Futsal 8 - 5 Belarus
8th November 2010

A great open win for Ireland Deaf Futsal in 3rd European Deaf Futsal Championship.

ISL video match report will appear on website later on. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ladies Basketball Trails #2
8th November 2010

Click here to view the poster for trial.

Trial will be in Poppintree Sports Centre, Dublin, on Saturday 13th November from 11am to 1.00pm. ____________________________________________________________________________________
ISL Video News in Switzerland
7th November 2010

Go to news section at under "European Futsal", where you can find at the left side of screen, to watch ISL video news in Switzerland.
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European Deaf Futsal Championship
5th November 2010

You can find latest News, Fixures/Results, Gallery and good luck comments under "European Futsal" where you can find at the left side of screen.

Also, you can check the latest news on our facebook
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LDSC; Badminton
5th November 2010

LDSC Badminton manager, Ivan Gryzloz, is looking for new player to play badminton for Leinster Deaf Team.

Click here to view the poster.
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UDSC Bowling Tournament
5th November 2010

Hi bowlers

Time is nearer! Please see attachment for coming tourney. Watch for entry form soon, in need to be confirmed by UDSC committee.

Alfred Hagan