Irish team selected for Gee Bee tournament

Team Ireland fly out Thursday for the Gee Bee multi-nations in Finland.

The tournament begins Friday with quarter-finals in Helsinki.

It’s expected that 16 nations, the hosts,  Australia, Belarus, Belgium, England, Estonia, France, Jordan, Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden will compete at the 35th edition of the tournament.

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Irish squad

49kg Stephen McKenna (Old School)

52kg TJ Waite (Ormeau Road)

60kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Josephs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

Coaches: Zuar Antia, Noel Burke

Physio: Ursla Brooks

R&J: Jim Murrin