Cork
SportsAbility Seminar - February 24th 2016
Cork Sports Partnership is organising a SportsAbility Seminar in
CIT, on Wednesday February 24th
The event takes place, at 7:30pm in IT1, in the Library
Building, at
7:30pm. Admission is free.
Cork SportsAbility Seminar enables, encourages and supports the
development and delivery of sports, physical activity & physical
education for people with disabilities in Cork.
This event is open to the public and is suitable for people with
disabilities, coaches, parents, athletes, teachers, SNA’S, students.
and anyone with an interest in sport.
Speakers
Cork athletics will be well represented on the night with visual
impaired athlete Sinead Kane, Paralympic medallist
Orla Barry and Carrigaline Paralympian Niamh McCarthy. Other speakers
on the night include former Cork football manager Conor Counihan and
much more.
Booking Places
Limited places available, register today, for
free, at: http://www.corksports.ie/index.cfm/page/sportsability-seminar-1
Schedule and Speakers
19:00 Registration & Refreshments
19:30 Introduction
19:35 Athletics Sinead Kane, Visually Impaired
athlete & solicitor
19:55 “Road to Rio” Q & A session with
Paralympic athletes Orla
Barry & Niamh McCarthy
20:15 Social & Physical Benefits of Sport &
Physical activity
Conor Counihan former Cork football manager
20:35
World Summer Games Experience Q & A session with
SpecialOlympic athletes Colm Monahan & Trudy Hyland
20:35 Irish Amputee Football Association David
Saunders, Irish
International Amputee Footballer
Location
IT1, Library Building/
Berkeley Centre, CIT, Melbourn Road
Cork
Athletics Homepage