SEMINAL MOMENTSThe Arthur Ashe Courage Award is presented to Trevor Ringland,a [Ireland Rugby and former Chair of PeacePlayers NorthernIreland Board] Protestant, and Dave Cullen, a Catholic andpassionate PeacePlayers Northern Ireland advocate, at the ESPYS.“TEN YEARS AGO, BECAUSE OF MY OWN PERSONAL STRUGGLE, I WOULD HAVEHAD PROBLEMS SHARING A PLATFORM WITH TREVOR RINGLAND. HOWEVERSPORT [AND PEACEPLAYERS] HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT IF YOU GET A CHANCE TOBUILD A FRIENDSHIP, YOU DESTROY AN ENEMY.”2007DAVE CULLENAddressing a crowd of professional athletes at the 2007 ESPYsPeacePlayer’s First Game of Three Halves, wherechildren and young people from different backgroundsare brought together to explore culture and identity byparticipating in three sports from Northern Ireland’s rich,and often segregated, sporting heritage: football, Gaelicfootball and Rugby.20122489% OF PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THEY GOT TO PLAY A SPORT THEYWOULDN’T NORMALLY GET TO PLAY DUE TO CULTURAL BARRIERS AND DIVISION.
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