Sean finishes the series of reaction to WFDF’s decision to cancel WUGC by speaking to Aidan Kelly, ShowGame contributor and Ireland mixed player, and Emily O’Brien from the Irish women’s team. They talked about their views on the tournament not happening and about how things might be going in Ireland in 2021.
RUNDOWN
Worlds is off. How do you feel about it? (1:14)
The IFDA announced beforehand that Irish teams wouldn’t be going, how did that change your feelings when WFDF made their announcement? (4:10)
WUGC wasn’t the only thing that was called off - Emily was eligible for the under-24s tournament that was cancelled and talked about her feelings on that (7:21)
How do you think the decision-making process was handled? (08:31)
The international calendar has been cleared - what might 2021 look like in Ireland? Some good chat here about plans to still have a ‘Team Ireland’ this year (11:15)
Aidan talks about some positives to come out of this past 12 months, with a focus on fostering more elite mindsets in Irish ultimate, and more cohesion in the national programme (14:33)
Emily talks about the anticipation of the first tournament when we’ve come through the pandemic and can return to some normalcy (17:46)
