The Munster Closed Div 1 Finals were held in Ennis on Friday 29th March in Ennis.
The results were:

U13
Boys Singles: Brian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) defeated Tomas Howard (Dromtariffe).
Boys Doubles: Brian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) & Tomas Howard (Dromtariffe) def Cathal O’Donoghue (Banteer) & Cal Shine (Banteer).
Girls Singles: Sarah Pingree (Gurteen) def Alexandra Troy (Ennis).
Girls Doubles: Sarah Pingree (Gurteen) & Eadaoin Coghlan (Carrigaline) def Alexandra Troy (Ennis) & Katie Browne (Ennis).
Mixed Doubles: Brian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) & Sarah Pingree (Gurteen) def Tomas Howard (Dromtariffe) & Claire Hogan (Gurteen).

U15
Boys Singles: Brian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) def Cian O’Mahony (St Mary’s).
Boys Doubles: Brian & Cian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) def Lyndon Fairbrother (Templemore) & Maurice Molloy (Ennis).
Girls Singles: Moya Ryan (Ennis) def Karen MacNamara (Ennis).
Girls Doubles: Karen MacNamara (Ennis) & Lana Browne (Ennis) def Moya Ryan (Ennis) & Alexandra Troy (Ennis).
Mixed Doubles: Moya Ryan (Ennis) & Cian O’Mahony (St Mary’s) def Lana Browne (Ennis) & Brian O’Mahony (St Mary’s).

U17
Boys Singles: Andrew Cullen (Country Club) def Sean Howard (Dromtariffe).
Boys Doubles: John McCabe (Country Club) & Andrew Cullen (Country Club) def Sean Howard (Dromtariffe) & Michael Healy (Dromtariffe).
Girls Singles: Ciara Dwyer (Ennis) def Megan Bredin (Ennis).
Girls Doubles: Moya Ryan (Ennis) & Megan Bredin (Ennis) def Louise Sexton (Lady Lane) & Ciara Dwyer (Ennis).
Mixed Doubles: Ciara Dwyer (Ennis) & Sean Howard (Dromtariffe) def Moya Ryan (Ennis) & Cian O’Mahony (St Mary’s).

For full details go to http://bi.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=B5B6B155-7693-449E-8DF9-B965CDB63663

Michael McGrath President of Munster Badminton, Oliver Deady Chairman of Juveniles/Schools Committee and Mary Browne Secretary.

Munster/Connaught competed in the Celtic Challenge U15 in Terenure last Saturday and Sunday for the first time. The participating teams were Leinster, Lothian from Scotland and Alpha B.C. from Lisburn.

Our team was Ben Gallagher-Lynch, Adam McAllister, Luke Gannon, Molly Davies, Feena McMenamon (All Connaught), Brian and Cian O’Mahony, Lyndon Fairbrother, Moya Ryan, Maurice Molloy, Karen MacNamara, Lana Browne and Aine Ryan (all Munster). I

t was a great experience for all of them and it certainly brought Munster and Connaught closer together. 15 matches were played against Lothian on Saturday morning with everyone getting two matches. We then played Leinster the eventual winners on Sat. afternoon and played Alpha B.C. on Sunday morning. Munster/Connaught came third overall with some fantastic performances, with every point fought for.

The Badminton Ireland Juvenile U13, U15 and U17 Inter Provincials were held on Sat 16th March in Baldoyle. All the Munster teams performed excellently with both the U13 and U15 teams only a couple of games from winning. Well done to all the players, managers and coaches on a brilliant effort, and thanks to Munster Badminton for their generous support.

The Munster Teams were:

U13 Munster Team
Alexandra Troy, Katie Browne, Aisling O’Meara (all Clare), Brian O’Mahony, Tomas Howard, Cathal O’Donoghue, Cal Shine, Ronan Quirke, Eadaoin Coghlan (all Cork) and Sarah Pingree (Tipperary).

U15 Munster Team
Karen MacNamara, Aine Ryan, Lana Browne, Moya Ryan (all Clare), Conor Murphy, Cian O’Mahony, Grace Lane (all Cork), Lyndon Fairbrother (Tipperary), Jonathan Keane and James Flaherty (all Kerry).

U17 Munster Team
Megan Bredin, Ciara Dwyer, Amy MacNamara (all Clare), Sean Howard, Laura Murphy (all Cork), Andrew Cullen, Liam Pingree, John McCabe (all Tipperary), Louise Sexton and Callum Thomas (all Waterford).

Full results available at
http://bi.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=6B8B6CF0-CA29-4C98-88BA-D96210555E08.

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Moya Ryan (Ennis) has been selected on the Irish U15 Team for the second time.Moya had won the Irish U/15 Singles and Mixed titles recently in Lisburn.

The Team will play in this years Quadrangular in Dublin in May, which will see the best players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland compete in both a team and individual event. This is a great opportunity for the Irish players to prove themselves against some of the best players in UK who are breaking through on the European stage. The Irish U15 Team Management is Al Bredin (Ennis) and Naomi Darragh.

Moya joins Ciara Dwyer, Megan Bredin, Brian O’Mahony, Tomas Howard and Liam Pingree as the sixth International from Munster this year.

Munster Badminton sponsors Irish Under 13 International Brian O’Mahony for his trip to Barcelona with the Irish U13 Team.

President of Munster Badminton Michael McGrath presented a cheque to Brian O’Mahony