Navan woman reads out official prayer at Special Olympics opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the Special Olympics was an occasion to remember for Navan based athlete and Basketball Official Philomena O'Hare, who  read the Officials Oath on behalf of all officials at the Games today at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.
She read:

Philomena (46) , a member of Navan Arch Club, worked her way from the playing field to membership on the international Special Olympics Sports Rules Advisory Committee (SRAC).
In the past 20 years, she competed at all competition levels up to national level in basketball, bowling and table tennis. At the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles, she participated as a basketball table official for the first time in her career. She continues to be an active athlete leader in Special Olympics Ireland with the support of her mentor, Mary Davitt.