Results
Munster Class 4 Winners 2009 – Limerick
Limerick – 23 Pts
Tipperary – 19 Pts
Kerry – 18
Cork – 17
Waterford – 12
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Irish Junior Championship Report 2009
Munster Players In Action
Mens Singles
Liam McNamara (Tipperary) – Bye 1st Rd – Beaten 21-4 21-15 2nd Rd
Paul Foy (Cork) – Bye 1st Rd – Beaten 21-7 21-12 2nd Rd
Full Results Here
Ladies Singles
Ciara Pender (Clare) – Bye 1st Rd – Won 2nd Rd 21-18 21-12 – Won Quarter Final 21-11 21-23 21-10 – Beaten Semi Final 15-21 21-19 21-9
Full Results Here
Ciara also reached the semi final of the womens doubles with her partner Aoife Aherne. Reults can be viewed here
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Mitchelstown Badminton Open 2009
94 players, 14 clubs, 5 counties, 109 games and 253 sets and 12 hours of badminton went together to make the Mitchelstown Open a smashing success on Sunday the 11th October.
The tournament was hosted by the Mitchelstown Badminton Club in association with their sponsors Mitchelstown Credit Union. Matches took place in two venues in the town namely St. Fanahans College and the CBS. All of the disciplines were covered singles, doubles and mixed for division 5 and 6 players. With the huge amount of entries and with all disciplines being catered for this was a mammoth undertaking for a club to run but the whole day ran smoothly and great credit must be given to all involved in the club on a great days competition and a superbly organised event.
Proceedings began at 9.30am with men’s and ladies singles competitions. There were 14 entries in the ladies event and the final was contested by Laura Browne of Mungret St Pauls and her club mate Susan Reddin also of the Mungret St Pauls club from Limerick City. It was a very close run final with Susan eventually winning on a score line of 21-20, 21-18. The men’s event was a full card with 32 players taking to the courts. The men’s singles was dominated once again by the Mungret St Pauls club where the final was eventually contested by two of their members, John Rothwell and Tom Deady. Tom eventually won the event after a long morning of 5 games and 11 sets to eventually win on a score line of 21-12, 20-21, 21-19.
The doubles were then straight into it with 21 ladies pairings and 21 men’s partnerships taking part. Games were fiercely contested with a total of 40 matches in all to decide the eventual winners of the titles. The ladies final was contested by the home pairing of Susan McCarthy and Ann Milward against Angie McDermott and Lorraine O’Sullivan of the Ballycommon club in County Tipperary. In an exciting three setter the ladies from Ballycommon ran out eventual winners on a score line of 14-21, 21-12, 21-13. The men’s final was another thriller of a three setter with Noel Heffernan and Mark Ryan of Ballycommon eventually beating the Tong brothers, Andrew and Alan from the UCC club on a score line of 21-18, 11-21, 21-15.
The mixed was the final event of the day and even though most people had played in the previous two disciplines they had obviously saved a lot of energy for the feast of mixed games that were played. Once again there was a full card in the mixed where a total of 32 pairings took to the courts. Indeed the event was oversubscribed with many people looking to pick up partners and a spot in the draw on the day! The final was another local derby and an all Ballycommon affair with Noel Heffernan and Zara Moynan eventually winning the last final of the day beating Martin Ryan and Angie McDermott on a score line of 21-16, 21-13.
Congratulations to all players who took part on the day both winners and losers and to the organising committee for such a smoothly run and well organised event.
All The Best,
Wayne Doyle
Badminton Ireland Regional Development Officer
087-6871929
wayne.doyle@badminton.ie
