Between 18 and 24 September 2010, the Special Olympics European Summer Games 2010 were held in Warsaw, Poland.

1600 athletes from 58 National Programmes from all over Europe, competed in 9 sport disciplines, supported by 2000 volunteers, 600 coaches, 200 judges and 250 medics.

Team Ireland returned home with 10 Gold, 8 Silver and 11 Bronze medals. Several other athletes finished just outside the medal placings and the football team put up a fantastic performance in a very tough group.

34 Athletes represented Ireland in 5 sport disciplines

Athletics
Badminton
Bowling
Football
Table Tennis

Athletics

First Name	County
Mark Bolger	Kerry
Cathy Fitzgerald	Carlow
Niall Flynn	Wicklow
Breffini McCarthy	Dublin
Robbie McNamara	Clare
Mary Melia	Mayo
Hugh Mohan	Sligo
Therese Nolan	Kilkenny
Nicole Smith	Down

Badminton

First Name	County
Darren Day	Antrim
Ruth Geerah	Westmeath
Bernadette Kennedy	Wexford
Riobard Lankford	Cork

Bowling

First Name	County
Emma Chalmers	Antrim
James Crowe	Limerick
Monica Kilgannon	Sligo
Dermot Leavey	Dublin
Kyle Norton	Louth

Football

First Name	County
Andrea Buckley	Meath
Kim Byrne	Wexford
Linda Cannon	Galway
Siobhan Dunne	Tyrone
Karina Houlihan	Tipperary
Catherine McCarthy	Tipperary
Nicola McIntyre	Tyrone
Diane Mitchell	Kildare
Mary Margaret Strain	Donegal
Fionnuala Treacy	Galway

Table Tennis

First Name	County
Leah Breen	Wicklow
Gerard McCormack	Sligo
Doreen McGreevey	Cork
Philip Patton	Down
Francis Power	Meath
Sarah Shaw	Cork

Coaches accompanying the team will be:

Athletics: Pauline Nugent, Olga Carthy, Michael O’Leary
Badminton: Edel Dempsey, Ken Kavanagh
Bowling: Kevin Mallon, Chris Mackey
Football: Oisín Jordan, Ciara Twomey, Adrienne Murphy
Table Tennis: Jim Kelly, Joan McSwiney

Welcome Home

Team Ireland were welcomed home to Dublin Airport on Friday by Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Mary Hanafin TD, Special Olympics CEO Matt English and a large group of family and friends.