Corporate Ireland comes out to play

Fifty-one brave corporate teams will battle it out this weekend in the Wicklow mountains for the All-Ireland Challengers Trophy…

Fifty-one brave corporate teams will battle it out this weekend in the Wicklow mountains for the All-Ireland Challengers Trophy. Sponsored by Glen Dimplex and FAS, the competition will challenge the teams both physically and mentally.

Last year's winner, Shorts, will defend its title and teams lining up to challenge them include Guinness, Smurfit, Kingspan, Seagate, Siemens Nixdorf, Telecom, Jurys, IFI, First National and Ulster Carpet Mills.

A celebrity team representing the Arthritis Foundation will include former rugby star Fergus Slattery, Bord Failte chairman, Mark Mortell, Crimeline presenter David Harvey and former Miss Ireland, Anna-Maria McCarthy.

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