The five members of Tralee Together Special Olympics team with their medals. Photo by Danielle Courtney
By Danielle Courtney
TRALEE’S very own Special Olympics club, Tralee Together, returned from the Ireland Special Olympics Games 2014 on a high this Monday.
For the first time ever the club had five athletes competing in the four day event, which took place in the University of Limerick.
All five returned with medals. Hugh O’Brien won bronze in the 50 metres, while Liam Purcell took bronze in the Soft Ball competition.
Christopher Courtney won silver in the Shot Putt and Eoin O’Sullivan got silver in his Soft Ball division.
Maurice Moriarty returned with two medals – gold in his Shot Putt event and silver in the 100 metres.
The successful club celebrated with a garda escorted procession through the town, the athletes at the helm in open-topped cars.
The procession finished in Cumann Iosef, their training grounds, where the rest of the club were waiting to celebrate. Massive congratulations to all of the club and their dedicated coaches.
The Tralee Special Olympians parade through town on Monday evening. Photo by Danielle Courtney
