News
Senior 6 Nations
21 October 2010
Ireland's Senior Men and Women travel to the Isle of Man this weekend to participate in the Senior Six Nations Championships. A strong looking team of John Murphy and Paul McCreery, led by NPC Peter Nilsson will look to challenge for medals in the Team event, following their 4th place finish when Ireland hosted the event in 2009. The Irish Ladies, coached by Arthur Brett, consists of Ulster pair Amanda Mogey and Claire Nelson. Mogey and Nelson both represented Ireland at the recent European Championships and are just returned from the Commonwealth Games, where they represented Northern Ireland. Both teams will look to start strongly on Friday evening with matches against Wales and the hosts. Play contines on the Saturday(regular updates will appear on ITTAWeb), with England first up.
Commenting on the event. ITTA Secretary Ken Strong stated:
" We travel to this year's 6 Nations Championships with 2 strong teams. With the improving in Paul Mc Creery and John Murphy since last year's event in Ireland we are hopeful of success in the Men's event. Our Women's Team players, Amanda Mogey and Claire Nelson have just returned from the Commonwealth Games with the Northern Ireland Team where they recorded a 9th place finish in the team event. They will be strong contenders with England for the Gold medal position in the Women's Team competition."
