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Annual Report 2012
HORSE SPORT IRELAND
High Perfor
mance
Lt Col (retired) Gerry O'Gorman,
Chair of the Para Equestrian High
Performance Committee.
This programme is run by HSI with an input from Para
Equestrian Ireland and Paralympics Ireland. The Team
Manager is Dara Kearney.
Chairman
: Lt Col (retired) Gerry O'Gorman
Team Manager:
Dara Kearney
HSI representative:
Triona Connors
Paralympics Ireland representative:
Nancy Chillingworth
Team Coach:
Donie McNamara
Para Equestrian High Performance Programme
Triple medal winning Helen
Kearney on the podium at the
Paralympics.
Dara Kearney, Chef d'Equipe of the Irish Para Equestrian Team,
addressing the London 2012 Paralympics Team Bronze medal winners
at a HSI reception for the team at McKee Barracks in Dublin on 11th September.
Olympic Bronze medallist Cian O'Connor with the Irish
Paralympic Equestrian Team who won Team Bronze: Helen
Kearney, Eilish Byrne, Geraldine Savage, James Dwyer.
The Irish Para Equestrian Team participated
in three Nations' Cups in preparation
for the 2012 Paralympic Games. These
were Deauville in France, Moorsele in
Belgium and Hartpury in Great Britain. The
programme also had a signifi cant input
from Paralympics Ireland who ran training
camps for the team in conjunction with
HSI. Businessman Denis O'Brien generously
supported the programme in 2012.
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