Categories: Connacht Main News Provincial

Chernobyl Kids Enjoy Rugby Session With Connacht Coaches

Connacht head coach Pat Lam and assistant coach Dan McFarland took a break from their busy pre-season training schedule on Tuesday to take a special coaching session and introduce the game of rugby to a group of children from Chernobyl.

‘Camp Claddagh’ is the Galway branch of the Adi Roche-founded charity, Chernobyl Children Internationaland is responsible for the group of 22 children, aged between 7 and 12, who are staying in Galway for the month of July.

During Tuesday’s rugby session at the Maree Community Centre in Oranmore, the happy children were introduced to their new friend – the rugby ball – and were instructed not to let it drop. This was followed by relay races, light skills and running drills.

The Chernobyl Children International’s ‘Rest and Recuperation’ programme is designed to give sick children the respite they need from the radioactive environment in which they are forced to live.

They spend four weeks in Galway and are given the chance to relax and detoxify in a healthy environment.

Related Links –

More Photos From The Rugby Session In Oranmore

Adi Roche Welcomes Children Into Shannon Airport

Share
Published by
jmcconnell

Recent Posts

  • Club and Community
  • Home Top News
  • Spirit Of Rugby
  • The IRFU

Respect Our Game Initiative taking place in Clubs this Weekend

19 hours ago
  • Connacht
  • Home Top News
  • Leinster
  • Munster
  • Provincial
  • Ulster

Lane, Corrigan And O’Brien Lead The Way In Celtic Challenge

20 hours ago
  • Munster
  • Provincial

Tom Ahern Signs Two-Year Contract Extension

2 days ago

This website uses cookies.

Read More