Standings F.02 Divisioning

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ireland 1 (G)	4	3	1	80	76	7
Ecuador (S)	3	1	2	50	51	4
Mexico (S)	3	1	2	63	68	4

Ireland 1 Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
29.07.2015	Ecuador	13	Ireland 1	18
30.07.2015	Ireland 1	31	Mexico	25
30.07.2015	Ecuador	19	Ireland 1	12
01.08.2015	Ireland 1	19	Mexico	17

Ireland Team

Player	Player
Sarah Byrne	Ann Cooney
Amy Duffy	Nichola Farrell
Laura Mangan	Lydia McGowan
Clare Nolan	Megan Reynolds
Laura Reynolds	Michelle Stynes

Report

Ireland 1 won Golf Medal in the Female 02 Division in the Special Olympics World Games Basketball in 2015. After trading wins with Ecuador and defeating Mexico Ireland 1 were in a strong position going into their Final match with Ecuador, particularly after Mexico shocked the Ecuadorians with a 21-18 win in the penultimate match. In the decider Ireland 1 triumphed by two points over Mexico, winning 19-17 to wrap up the Gold Medal. Ecuador and Mexico shared bronze. The win came in Los Angeles, the home city of the famed Los Angeles Lakers NBA and Los Angeles Sparks WNBA Basketball teams.

References

Images

[1] Pinterest (2020) c4ae7265dbc9befb7b59fe5321beaefc [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c4/ae/72/c4ae7265dbc9befb7b59fe5321beaefc.jpg [Accessed 7 September 2020]

Websites

[2] Special Olympics (2020) BB Basketball Team [Internet] Available from: http://www.specialolympics.org/gms/ [Accessed 7 September 2020]

[3] Special Olympics (2020) BB Basketball Team [Internet] Available from: http://www.specialolympics.org/gms/#/g/269NEG250LG6LVSS/event/bb/BBTEAM [Accessed 7 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Susan Delaney

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