Junior Badminton News ......
Club Blitz – Saturday 3rd March
22 juniors gathered to play in the club blitz.
During the morning they enjoyed lots of games
pringles, freddos & plenty of chat!!!!
Results
Court 1
1st Emma Joyce & Maurice Molloy
2nd Sophie Marron & Adrian Ryan
Court 2
1st Aoife Flouch & Jill Broderick
2nd Emer Murray & Cillian O’Riordain
Congratulations to blitz winners.
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Well done to Grace Molloy, Cillian O’ Riordain & Jack Browne who took home
medals from the Blitz in Scarriff.
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U11 Ennis juniors Seosamh Ryan & Patrick Bugler help
Clare team win the recent Under 11 Inter County (Round 2) Competition in UL.
Only one point was needed for the Clare team to secure victory from Cork. There was much excitement as Seosamh & Susan Daly (Killaloe) took to the court. They put their nerves to one side and won their match much to the delight of their team mates.
Others competing for their County were Sally Molloy, Aine Ryan,
David Moloney, Brendan Dolan & Eoin Flynn – all played on the U15 team which came in 3rd place after many very close games.
Well done to all juniors, team managers and Clare Badminton Association
who put in a lot of time & effort for this event to take place.
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U13/17 Irish Open
Karen MacNamara & Lana Browne runners up at U13 Irish Open in Lisburn recently – Well done girls..
Although ranked No. 1 seeds for this competition, the girls on the day were unlucky to lose out in the final 21-14, 21-19.
Karen got to the semi final stage of the U13 singles narrowly loosing to
No. 1 seed & competition winner Clodagh Dunne 21-19, 26-24. Lana was unfortunate to go out of the competition in the quarter final stage with a close score of 21-19, 21-19.
In the Under 17’s Moya Ryan got to the quarter final stage in girls singles.
Megan Bredin & Moya reached the semi final in the girls doubles.
Ciara Dwyer took U17 finalist Rebecca Getty to 3 sets in her first round match
15-21, 21-12, 21-17.
Amy MacNamara played some great badminton in her first game but lost out to the more experienced Rachel Boyle 21-19, 21-13.
And finally, Katie Browne (age 10) played in the U13 mixed doubles competition partnering young Josh Armstrong from Lisburn...
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U15 Munster Championships Sunday 11th March
Good luck to all heading to UL this weekend....
Hope you all have a smashing time!!!!!