On Saturday, our under 11s had a great day with Roisin Collins taking the Division 2 Girls Singles title and Caoimhe Ryan taking third place. Caoimhe and Cillian Ryan brought home the Division 2 Mixed Doubles first place honours. Congratulations also to Cillian Ryan on coming fourth in the Boys Singles and Odhran Hayes who came sixth in the Singles, in his first competition.
In Division 1, Ruth Browne with her partner Mark Bugler (Mountshannon) won the mixed doubles and Ruth came third in the singles competition. Oisin Hayes was runner up in the Boys Division 1 Singles competition.
In Clonlara Ennis was well represented in the Under 15 competition. Katie Browne took the Girls Division 1 honours. Richie Barron was runner-up in Division 2 of the Boys Singles and Richie and his partner, Kate Gleeson (Ardnacrusha) were Runners up in the Division 2 Mixed Doubles. The success in the U 15 Division 1, Boys Singles, was shared between two club members. Ronan Foley took home the title and Seosamh Ryan was runner up. Ennis was represented on both sides of the net in the Division 1 Mixed Doubles competition. Katie Browne and Ronan Foley won the competition while Seosamh Ryan and his partner Susan Daly (Killaloe) came runner up.
On Sunday Paul Mullane took first place in the U 13 Division 2 plate competition. Jack Browne and Cillian O’ Riordan shared the division one titles between them, coming first in the Boys Doubles. Jack Browne took first place in the Boys Singles competition with Cillian O’ Riordan coming a close second while Cillian and his mixed doubles partner Susan O’ Shea (An Droichead) took the Mixed Doubles title knocking Jack and his partner Alice Gleeson (Ardnacrusha) into second place.
In Clonlara, Ennis took all the honours in the Girls Division 1 competition, with Aine Ryan winning out and Sally Molly coming second. These two girls paired up to win the U17 Girls Doubles title. Maurice Molloy was the Runner up in the Boys Division 1 competition and Brendan Dolan took runner up position in the plate competition. Maurice and Brendan teamed up to win the Boys doubles competition. The U17 Division 1 Mixed Doubles was fought for by two pairings from the club. Aine Ryan and Maurice Molloy won the competition beating Sally Molloy and Brendan Dolan into second place.
Thanks, from all the parents, to Mary Browne and Paula Ryan, of the Ennis Junior Badminton Committee who in their role as Clare County Junior Badminton Committee members, ensured the smooth running of both venues on both days.
