Irish Deaf Sports Association

Tennis Fun Day for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children & Adult
6th September 2011

A Deaf professional Tennis Coach, Anthony Sinclair, provide a fun days of games, drills and activities where children & adult will learn key skills, improve existing skills and meet new friends.

Rackets will provide but if you have your own racket, please bring with you.

All to wear proper trainers and sport wear (track suit, short, t-shirt)

Open to all Deaf/Hard of Hearing & their hearing siblings.

Where: Westwood Club, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3, Ireland

When: SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2011

Cost: FREE

Time: (subject to change)
Age 5-10: 12:00 to 13:00
Age 11-18; 13:00 to 14.30
Age: Adults (19+); 14.30 to 16:00.

Please click "attending" on facebook if you coming and text IDSA 087 1349877 (name at end) with the number of children & adult. We need to know the number on the day.

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IDFF; 3rd Emerald Deaf Futsal Championships
6th September 2011

The 3rd Emerald Deaf Futsal Championship turned out with successful on last Saturday, 3 September. 4 teams took part and they played in league before they face some team again in semi-final & final.

In the league campaigns, Kevin Dudley’s team was the only team have won 3 out of 3 with 9 points while Stuart Foy’s team finished 2 with 4 points, Darren Dunne’s team finished 3 with 3 points and Paul O’Callaghan’s team finished bottom with 1 point.

In 1 semi final, Dudley’s team take on bottom team, O’Callaghan’s team and O’Callaghan shocked win over Dudley by 5-4 and in 2 semi final, Darren Dunne’s team beat Stuart Foy’s team in penalty shoot out (4-2) after both finished 6 all at normal time. Both semi-finals played very excellent matches and they gave it everything battle to reach the final.

In final, another excellent match as bottom league team, Paul O’Callaghan beat Darren Dunne’s team 6-5. At one stage, O’Callaghan was 4-1 down and they managed come back to 5 all before within few minutes left, Danny Rea scored the winner goal.

Eamon Byrne finished with top score goal with 11 goals and 16 year old, Danny Rae was the player of the Championship.

Well done to everyone and the full result can be found at the IDFF section.
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World Deaf Swimming Championships
6th September 2011

Comments from Coach & Swimmers about World Deaf Swimming.

Rodney Moorehead, Coach

It was a great experience for me to be part of the Irish Deaf Swimming team for the WDSC and I thoroughly enjoyed it.standard of the athletes was very high and I'm sure it gave our two swimmers great hopes of what to aspire to, and aim for in the future. I as a coach also learnt a lot from other coaches on best practise for competitions such as this and I look forward to putting it into action for next time.thought the competition was organised very well and the volunteers that were working were extremely helpful in answering our many questions throughout the week. The only issue we had was transport from our hotel to the pool, but credit to the organisers, once the problem was highlighted it was rectified for the duration of the competition.of the highlights for me was being given the opportunity to meet such a diverse group of people who all had the common interest/passion for swimming. I found the challenge to learn the different signs from various countries, including Ireland, a good experience which I'm sure will benefit me in the future. Thanks to Dee and Nora for being patient with me while trying to get involved with there conversations. I think it got easier as the week went on!two swimmers Eoin and Nora did their country very proud and they were a pleasure to train and watch compete. I'm sure this experience will stand them in great stead for the future and Im sure future success is just around the corner for both. Eoin even with his diet of Kfc and Coco Pops seemed to have that boundless energy that only a 16 year old would have. He competed excellently and you can see he has a great edge for competition which will be a great help for him in future gala's.was like a seasoned pro throughout the week and trained and competed like one to boot and I wish her every success in the future.
So thanks again to Dee and IDSA and I look forward to working with you again in the near future.


Eoin O’Meara, Swimmer

My experience of WDSC (World Deaf Swimming Championship) was a great one. Some of the things I enjoyed was meeting new people and making new friends from around the world, swimming against other countries, swimming for Ireland and swapping items with the other competitors from different countries like Badges, T-shirts (swapped with U.S.A. and Great Britain) and Swim Hats (swapped with Sweden, Australia and got a U.S.A. hat for free).

I also broke all of my personal best time’s for all five events that I swam in which is great for me. I really enjoyed my time being in Portugal, and travelling with the team Dee, Nora and Rodney.

Irish Deaf Sports Association, thank you for selecting me to represent Ireland and would be happy to do it all again.

Nora Duggan, Swimmer

The World Deaf Swimming Championship in Portugal was an unforgettable experience for me. I swam in 4 events- 100, 200, 400 and 800 freestyle and improved my timing but more importantly, it gave me the motivation to work harder, the confidence to do better and the experience I will never forget. Meeting all those swimmers from around the world was fantastic.
It made me feel good that I'm not the crazy one getting up early in the mornings for trainings, that I'm not alone in this. It was also great watching some fantastic relays, one was so close it was unbelievably exciting! Overall, it was an experience I will alwaysremember.

I would like to thank Irish Deaf Sports Association for selecting me to be on the Irish Deaf Swimming Team.
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