User talk:Maurice Noonan

Wheelchair HurlingItalic text

Wheelchair Hurling is a sport for people with a physical disability that disqualify them from playing an able bodied sport. These include Spina Bifida,birth defects,cerebral palsy,paralysis due to accident amputations(of the legs, or other parts),and many other disabilities.

Wheelchair Hurling was first started in Dublin in 1998 by Tim Maher, who was a principle of a Dublin Special Needs school.The sport was confined to the school at the time until 2012 a team in Limerick came together to play the game and then more got involved and more teams in Ireland played the game and now they have 4 Provincial Teams Munster Lenister Ulster and Connaght.

The GAA got involved in the sport and they organised a league and an All-Ireland to be played in the sport.Each Province play three 21 minutes matches on 4 different days in each of the 4 province the matches are held and the overall winner of the 4 days are the league Champions.For the All Ireland it is on a one day and the overall winner on the day is All Ireland Champions, the 2017 All Ireland Champions were Lenister.

Match Regulations
 * Teams are six a side, made up of: 2 Forwards,1 Midfielder,2 Backs and 1 Goal Keeper.
 * There are three zones in the game, the attackers and defenders have to stay in there appropriate zone, the midfielder can travel everywhere around the court and the Goal Keeper has to stay inside his square.
 * All indoor ground hurling.
 * All goals scored
 * Team with the most goals wins.
 * Referee match rules.

Overall Wheelchair Hurling is a great sport and it is a very enjoyable sport to watch and play and it is a very competive sport for people with disabilities.