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Local athletes counting down to 2019 Special Olympics World Games

written by Chris McNulty January 22, 2019
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Donegal will be well represented at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi.

Letterkenny gymnast Patrick Quinlivan and North West Special Olympics Club basketball players Leon McDaid and Siobhan McCay will be part of Team Ireland for the Games, which take place in March.

They are part of a 91-strong squad to represent Ireland.

Quinlivan (36), who hails from Long Lane in Letterkenny, competes in Level 4 Floor, Vault, Rings, Asymmetric Bars, Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse.

McDaid, from Convoy, began to play basketball competitively after joining the North West Special Olympics Club, which is based in Letterkenny.

McCay from Strabane, Co. Tyrone first joined the Special Olympics in Easter 2006.

She first played netball for her school in Plumbridge, before discovering her passion for basketball at a multi-sports development day.

North West Special Olympic Club coach Tommy McCay will also be traveling as a basketball coach.

Leon McDaid and Siobhan McCay

Team Ireland will join 7,000 Special Olympics athletes from 170 countries at the Games.

Athletes from across the island will compete in 12 sports

The Special Olympics will take place between  March 14-21 and is set to be the biggest sporting and humanitarian event in the world this year.

Local athletes counting down to 2019 Special Olympics World Games was last modified: January 22nd, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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2019 Special Olympics World GamesAbu Dhabiconvoyleon mcdaidletterkennyNorth West Special Olympics ClubPatrick Quinlivansiobhan mccayTommy McCay
Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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