Joe Sheehan from Mallow Special Olympics has been selected on the lreland floorball team to travel to the World Championships in Turin, ltaly, next March. Also from Cork on the Ireland team are James Hunter, Jack Buckley, and Gavin Bourke.
Floorball is a type of floor hockey, which is played indoors with five players and a goalkeeper on each team. The game has been played regularly by Mallow Special Olympics, and is very enjoyable to watch and play.
Speaking about his love for the game of floorball with Special Olympcis, Joe Sheehan said, “I meet a lot of people, I get to travel, I make friends wherever I go, it’s exciting, it’s really exciting. Floorball, for me, it’s the pace, the speed. I love shooting from a distance, it’s a great game.”