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1 month 3 weeks ago #75491 by Able_Here_Team
It is the clatter of chair-on-chair tackles that hits you as you walk into the sports hall in Lisburn.

Men and women speed up and down the hall, hurling about 15kg of metal straight into each other.

This is wheelchair rugby - it is fast, intense and very loud.

Three of Ireland's wheelchair rugby squad - Conor Connolly, Chris Meneilly and Alan Patterson - do some of their training with the Ulster Barbarians.

They are preparing for the European Championship Division C competition in Norway with the hope of gaining promotion to Division B.
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1 month 3 weeks ago #75494 by pain.chronic.words.iconic
Amazing!!! Have you ever seen Murderball? I wrote a whole essay on how watching it in college completely changed my view of disability. If you haven't seen it, you ought to. Thanks for sharing this!

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