The Irish Wheelchair Rugby team arrived safely in Denmark to compete in their fourth European Championships. Monday and Tuesday the team have their last training sessions before their first game on Wednesday morning against major rivals and reigning European Champions, Great Britain. The Irish Team will have five pool matches to make it through to the final knock out stages of the Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Irish will face some strong opponents in the pool matches, going up against three time European Championships, Great Britain, and the hard hitting Swedish and Finnish Teams.

The team, captained by Alan Lynch, is looking forward to the challenge of this European Championships and is looking to improve on their current European and World rankings in the hope of qualifying for next years World Championships in Canada. Commenting on the teams’ preparation, Irish Wheelchair Rugby Captain, Alan Lynch, said, “Preparation has all gone according to plan so far and we are all looking forward to the challenge ahead”.

The schedule of games for the Pool Stages are as follows:

Wednesday 14^th October

Game.1 08.45     Ireland v Great Britain

Game.2 18.00     Ireland v Finland

Thursday 15^th October

Game.3 10.30     Ireland v Sweden

Game.4 18.00     Ireland v Netherlands

Friday 16^th October

Game.5 08.45     Ireland v Austria

For up to date results and more information on other games and on the overall European Championships visit www.ecwheelchairrugby2009.dk.

For Further Information contact Irish Wheelchair Rugby Team Manager Naomi O'Reilly at email address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at Mobile +353 87 757 6303.