Munster Special Olympics
6th & 7th December 2008
COPE FOUNDATION
John Birmingham Centre,
Glasheen.

We are looking for volunteers for umpiring and the top table.

Please give you names to Rory or Terence and the times that you are available.

Visitors from Castlebar Special Olympics Club
20th, 21st, and 22nd June
 
     

 

Castlebar Special Olympics Table Tennis club will be visitors at our club on the Friday night and Saturday. We intend to extend to them a great Cork Welcome. All members of the club are invited to the Saturday session where it it hoped to have a Unified Doubled event. Please watch this space for more information

 

 

World Games 2007 - 2 medals for Pat Dorgan

Some photos by Owen Kelly


The Magic No.


Pat meet the Lord Mayor of Cork City


Pat with team mate Fergal


Pat at the Closing Cermony

 

Pat Dorgan won 2 Bronze medals at the Special Olympic world games 2007 in Shanghai, China.
To come back with 2 medals, from the "home" of table tennis, is a marvelous achievement.
Pat won the first in Men's Doubles and the 2nd for Men's singles. More later....................

Pat Dorgan off to World Games 2007 in China

Congratulations to Pat Dorgan on his selection for the World games in China, 2007. We wish him the best of luck. Pat was selected on foot of winning gold recently at the national games. It is a great honour for the club to have a player selected for the World Games for the second games in a row. His pal Teddy O'Connor returned from the 2003 games with 2 Bronze.

Well done Pat

World games web site

 

 

Special Olympics event on Saturday December 3rd 2005

Hi all.
Terence McSweeney from Cope Foundation has been on to us looking for volunteers for The Special Olympics event on Saturday December 3rd. Please try to give up some of your free time for this very important event - even an hour or two would be greatly appreciated. Anyone who has volunteered in the past has enjoyed the day. If you wish to help out and have not already filled in a special olympic volunteer form then please contact Terence McSweeney on mcsweeney@cope-foundation.ie for a form. To those of you that have already filled in a form please let me know if you are available for any of the jobs below.

Club secretaries / coaches - perhaps you could ask your players if they could spare some time to help out and let me know as soon as you can.

Thanks. Best regards,

Alice-Anne
Munster Secretary



Hi All,
Help really needed for Friday December 2nd at 2.30pm to load up tables etc at Cope, Montenotte, unload and set up halls in Cope Glasheen from 4.00pm onwards - usually takes a few hours.
Saturday Dec 3rd, We usually need 3 for top table from 9.15am, 10 umpires between 9.30 and lunch time, about 6 umpires after lunch to umpire doubles. From 4.00pm or so, as many as possible to assist with return of tables, surrounds etc to Montenotte and the clean up of the venue.
The level of enthusiasm by the volunteers is probably the most important factor in determining the success of this event and to date they have always been wonderful. They have always been overworked and still engaged without complaint. I'm sure, if even an additional 3 or 4 volunteers can be recruited, it would greatly reduce the pressure on the day.

Thanks again for all the help

Regards

Terence

 

Please Contact Terence or Myself indicating the time that you will be available for.

Rory

Cork Indoor Sports Associaltion Awards 2005

Doreen McCreevy was awarded this years Cork Indoor Sports award in the Special Olympics catagory. Doreen one of a number of Special Olympic members of our club who train every Wednesday night.
Doreen receiving her award from the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Mary Shields
 Doreen in good table tennis company with Table Tennis World Champion (over 80's) Bertie Levinge

 

Munster Special Olympics 21st May 2005

To Munster Contacts

Munster Special Olympics Regional Event takes place in John Birmingham Centre, Cope, Glasheen, Cork on Sat 21st May 2005 9.30am to 5.30pm

This is a pre-qualifier for the National S.O. Games in Belfast in 2006.
The Belfast event is in turn a pre-qualifier for the S.O World Games in China in 2007

Volunteers are required for morning and evening sessions on May 21st for umpiring, top table etc.


A volunteer form needs to be filled out and forms are available from Terence McSweeney 021 4507131.

Volunteers must be aged 16 or over.

Munster and Cork Table Tennis has built up a strong relationship with Munster Special Olympics over the past 5 years and volunteers from mainstream Table Tennis have supported this very important Special Olympic event in the past number of years. It is a means of some form of payback for the use of facilities kindly given to us by Special Olympics and Cope Foundation.


A very rewarding day is assured.

Please pass on to a friend
Please let Terence know if you are able to attend and at what times, so that he can complete a Plan for the day.

Regards
Ml

 

 

 


Munster Special Olympics 15th May 2004
VOLUNTEER UMPIRES & OFFICIALS REQUIRED

Special Olympics Munster has requested our assistance with umpiring for the above event. The event is taking place in the John Birmingham Centre (COPE), Glasheen, Cork on Saturday 15th May 2004. Bech Hill is committed to working with Special Olympics and all eligible members of the club you are being encouraged to help.

All players (Over 16) and qualified umpires are requested to help.

I understand that there may be times during the course of the day when some tables may be free and players are requested to come in playing gear and use the opportunity to knock up with the Special Olympic players.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME YOU ARE PREPARED TO GIVE TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS ON THE 15TH MAY. You can email me at "I want to help"

Thanks for you help
Rory

 

 

See the Table Tennis Ireland Site for more Munster Special Olympics news

CONRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!

Teddy O'Connor COPE Foundation and a member of the club returned to training with 2 Bronze Medals as a reward for his efforts at the Special Olympics World Games 2003.

 

 

Cork Indoor Sports Personality Awards 2003

Michael Cummins COPE/Beech Hill was selected as the Special Olympics sports personality of the year for 2003. Michael was selected for the award for his table tennis expoits. Michael, well done from all at Beech Hill

*Irish Team Selection*

Teddy O'Connor from Beech Hill and COPE has been selected for the Irish Special Olympics Table Tennis Team for the world games in 2003

Well Done Teddy !!!!!!!!!!!!

RESULTS FROM MUNSTER SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES, GLASHEEN, CORK, 7th December 2003.
(Compiled by Owen Kelly)

Well done to Beech Hill / Cope players who all performed very well in Glasheen. Well done also their coach Terence.
Thanks to the Beech Hill members who helped with umpiring, to the coaches who helped run the event and to Amy Flahive who ran the desk with Vicky. Well done also to Mary D'Arcy & Mary O'Connor for providing food for the Umpires.
Well done all
Rory

RESULTS

LADIES SINGLES - GROUP 1
1ST PATRICIA GROARKE COPE FOUNDATION
2ND EMILY MEAGHAR CO - ACTION
3RD HANNA GUINA CARRIGLEA
4TH CATHERINE McCARTHY NAGLE CENTRE

GROUP 2
1ST REBECCA BOURKE LAOCHRA ARANN
2ND MARGARET CAREY NAGLE CENTRE
3RD CATHERINE HEALY B.O.C. ENNIS

GROUP 3
1ST DOREEN McGREEVEY COPE FOUNDATION
2ND ESTER POWER CARRIGLEA
3RD KAREN LYNCH B.O.C. ENNIS

GROUP 4
1ST JENNIFER MURPHY COPE FOUNDATION
2ND MICHELLE BENHAM CO - ACTION

MENS GROUP 1
1ST STEPHEM KELLEHER COPE FOUNDATION
2ND KIERAN BYRNES LAOCHRA ARANN
3RD JOHN RYAN B.O.C. ENNIS
4TH DECLAN HAYES B.O.C. ENNIS

GROUP 2
1ST JERRY McCARTHY CO- ACTION
2ND JOHN WHELAN COPE FOUNDATION
3RD P.J. PURCELL WATERFORD

GROUP 3
1ST MICHAEL O'GRADY CO - ACTION
2ND MICHAEL CUMMINS COPE FOUNDATION
3RD J.J. ALLEN COPE FOUNDATION
4TH GER CONNOLLY WATERFORD

GROUP 4
1ST PAT DORGAN COPE FOUNDATION
2ND TEDDY O'CONNOR COPE FOUNDATION
3RD ROSS KELLY B.O.C. ENNIS

LADIES DOUBLES GROUP 1
1ST MARGARET CAREY + REBECCA BOURKE NAGLE CENTRE+ LAOCHRA ARANN
2ND PATRICIA GROARKE + DOREEN McGREEVEY COPE FOUNDATION
3RD ESTER POWER + HANNA GUINA CARRIGLEA
4TH CATHERINE HEALY + KAREN LYNCH B.O.C. ENNIS

MENS DOUBLES GROUP 1
1ST STEPHEN KELLEHER + PAT DORGAN COPE FOUNDATION
2ND MICHAEL O'GRADY + JERRY McCARTHY CO - ACTION
3RD JOHN RYAN + DECLAN HAYES B.O.C. ENNIS

GROUP 2
1ST MICHAEL CUMMINS + TEDDY O'CONNOR COPE FOUNDATION
2ND JOHN WHELAN + JOHN JOE ALLEN COPE FOUNDATION
3RD GER CONNOLLY + P.J. PURCELL WATERFORD

MIXED DOUBLES GROUP 1
1st TEDDY O'CONNOR + MARGARET CAREY COPE FOUNDATION + NAGLE CENTRE
2ND PAT DORGAN + REBECCA BOURKE COPE FOUNDATION + LAOCHRA ARANN
3RD DOREEN McGREEVEY + STEPHEN KELLEHER COPE FOUNDATION
4TH JOHN RYAN + CATHERINE HEALY B.O.C. ENNIS

GROUP 2
1ST MICHAEL CUMMINS + PATRICIA GROARKE COPE FOUNDATION
2ND EMILY MEAGHAR + MíCHAEL O'GRADY CO - ACTION
3RD JOHN JOE ALLEN + JENNIFER MURPHY COPE FOUNDATION
4TH DECLAN HAYES + KAREN LYNCH B.O.C. ENNIS

 

*Next Munster Special Olympics Event*

The Next Event will be held at the Cope Foundation's John Birmingham Centre in Glasheen on December the 7th. I will post more details as the become available. Again you help will be appreciated. We will be looking for umpires & officials. Please contact Terence at the club on Monday nights or ring him on 4505604.