South Offaly Special Olympians represent Team Leinster at national finals
Offaly athletes secured hard earned gold, silver and bronze medals for Leinster and their club
CONGRATULATIONS to South Offaly Special Olympics Club athletes Nikita Dunican, Mark Sadler, Christopher Gannon and Tony Shaughnessy, who represented the club on team Leinster at the Special Olympics All Ireland in Dublin on the weekend of June 20th.
They all participated in their selected events and some athletes improved on their personal bests during the three days of very competitive competitions.
They were successful in securing hard earned gold, silver and bronze medals for Leinster and their club.
The club would like to take this opportunity to thank the following sponsors for support in raising funds to enable the athletes to participate in this wonderful four year event; Camcor Riders, EJ Foundry Birr, Paul and Eoin Hoare, Bridie Reams and her committee from Cloghan, Total Health Pharmacy Cloughjordan, and Kieran Shaughnessy.
Picture shows Nikita, Mark, Christopher, Shauna (coach), Tony and Patsy (chaperone).