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ULSTER SPECIAL NEEDS TAG RUGBY 2015/16 There’s an air of change about these days in special needs tag rugby and all for the better! Over the course of the 2015/16 season our

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The culmination and for many the highlight of the season will be this year’s Wooden Spoon International Tag Rugby Festival at Garryowen RFC, Limerick on 11th June. It is a mark of growth that this year, four strong club touring parties will be travelling down to represent the Province in this annual celebration of our sport. We wish them all, good luck and hope that you all have fun! We hope you enjoy tonight’s half time display by four of the ten clubs currently playing within the Province and we would encourage anyone who has an interest in either playing or volunteering to get in touch with your local club, the details of which are all available through the Ulster Rugby website. For more information visit www.ulsterrugby.com/rugby-in-ulster/club

sport has continued to thrive and recognition of its growth has spread throughout the island of Ireland, leading to the formal incorporation and development of branch groups (or Disability Advisory Groups (DAGs) as they are known) into the IRFU structure. For Ulster this incorporation has meant that we are now able to promote and grow the game with support from within the heart of Irish rugby. In Ulster, we continue to develop club teams and players and with the recent welcome support of DCAL in a targeted project promoting equality and tackling social exclusion that ran between January and March this year; 21 new club players were recruited. The initiative saw 270 participants across 16 special educational needs schools taking part in a series of fun training sessions and blitz days within the Province.

By Gary Donald // Ballymena Bears

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