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News |
| 10 May 2008 |
On the 2nd of May 2008 the usual suspects of DAA NI (Emma Farnham, Luke Irvine, David Kelly and Niall McVeigh) travelled to Birmingham for the 15th Annual National Dwarf Games. |
| 3 May 2008 |
Niall McVeigh becomes Armagh Sports Council’s Disabled Sportsperson of the Year |
| 10 April 2008 |
A report on the Pan-Disability Lisburn Badminton Club Excels In Scotland between 4–6 April 2008 is available. Pictures available here. |
| 31 March 2008 |
Football coaching with MAL DONAGHY at University of Ulster HP complex, Jordanstown on Saturday 10 May from 2.00pm till 3.30pm |
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Ulster Sports Trust :
Luke Irvine and Niall Mc Veigh have recently been the recipients of the Mary Peters sports award of £200 which will assist with the costs incurred while competing in the European disability championships, Germany May 2008. |
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Scottish four nations disability championships Emma Farnham, David Kelly, Luke Irvine and Niall Mc Veigh will be traveling to Scotland to compete in the 2nd leg of the four nations championships from the 4 to 6 April 2008 there will be a total of 12 restricted growth players from N Ireland and the UK will competing in the championships |
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Coaching opportunities for DAA members
| Badminton foundation coaching course |
| IFA Football coaching course |
| Basketball coaching course |
| For details contact Eugene Mc Veigh 07814128800 |
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| 28 March 2008 |
More information has been made available on the upcoming World Dwarf Games 2009. Read the latest here. The full developing website is here |
| 17 March 2008 |
The Newtownabbey 7th Annual sporting hall of fame and annual sports awards will take place on Thursday 17 April 2008 at Ballyearl arts centre. David Kelly, Member of DAANI, has been short listed as one of the finalists for the Disability sports award. The winning person will be announced at the gala evening.
GOOD LUCK DAVID FROM THE DAANI COMMITTEE |
| Dec 2007 |
DSE Awards, Manchester Two recipients of awards for their hard work, outstanding results and achievements are Niall and Eugene Mc Veigh. |
| 17-19 Aug 2007 |
Four Nations Badminton Championships The first Four Nations Badminton Championships were held on the weekend of 17th August. It took place at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff and was a superb weekend. The DAA sent a squad of 13 of the best players which was the largest squad of any of the different disabilities present. |
| 12 Aug 2007 |
DDA UK Games Birmingham round up Four of Northern Ireland Dwarf Athletes travelled to Birmingham to compete in the DAAUK National and international games. Over 100 Athletes from Ireland, England and Europe took part in the games. |
| 6-7 July 2007 |
DSE Championships, Blackpool The newly formed Northern Ireland Disability Squad were competing at this year's DSE Junior Championships in Blackpool. This was the first Championships the squad of 8 Athletics have competed in. This year's Championships had over 400 Athletes competing, from all regions of the UK. |
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