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Kerry Juvenile Un 10 Boys Singles Badminton took place at Killarney Sports & Leisure Centre Saturday 20 January. This is Donagh Moloney, Moyvane Club. in action. Photo by Thomas Bradley
The Kerry Juvenile Singles County Championships
The Kerry Badminton Association Juvenile Championship season got underway on Saturday in Killarney with the county singles competition. With 175 players taking part, it was one of the largest Kerry juvenile competitions in recent years.
While there was good representation from all the Kerry Juvenile clubs and after 7 ½ hours of some excellent competitive badminton, it was Listowel players who dominated proceedings reaching all 8 finals and winning 7.
Kerry Juvenile Un 14s Girls Singles Badminton took place at Killarney Sports & Leisure Centre Saturday 20 January. Un 14 Girls Winner and R Up Nicole Vesko. and Irene Carol, Listowel Badminton Club. Photo by Thomas Bradley
Many thanks to all juvenile clubs, helpers, parents, supporters and players. Thanks also to Suzanne and Mary for making the draws and to Tom Bradley as always for the great photographs taken.
The results were as follows:
U10 Girls
Winner: Anna O’Neill Listowel 21/1 21/6
R.UP. Rachel O’Leary Annascaul
U10 Boys
Winner: Donagh Moloney Moyvane 21/17 21/19
R.UP. Josiah Wieland Listowel
U12 Girls
Winner: Alexia Belova Flanagan Listowel 21/10 21/2
R.UP. Margaret Carmody Listowel
U12 Boys Jontie Wieland Listowel 21/17 21/8
R.UP Scott Akinyemi
U14 Girls
Winner: Nicole Vesko Listowel 21/6 21/8
R.UP. Irene Carol Listowel
U14 Boys
Winner: Ciaran Moriarty Listowel 21/5 21/9
R.UP. John Joe Carmody Listowel
U16 Girls
Winner: Kate Nolan Listowel 21/14 21/8
R.UP. Sinead Kelly Listowel
U16 Boys
Winner: Oscar McElligott Listowel 21/5 21/5
R.UP. Darius McCormack Annascaul
PLATE:
U10 Girls W Albha Sheehy Tralee, Rup Isabel Belova Flanagan Listowel
U1O Boys: W Rioghain O’Sullivan Annascaul, Rup Mikey McCarthy Annascaul
U12 Girls W Muireann Curran Annascaul, Rup Mia Fitzmorris Listowel
U12 Boys W Cillian Quilter Listowel, Rup Eoin McClure Milltown
U14 Girls W Amelia Kubik Tralee, Rup Gwen O’Sullivan Kingdom
U14 Boys W Corey Heaphy Listowel, Rup Jack Cahill Listowel
U16 Girls W Sinead Galvin Milltown, Rup Aine Newsome Annascaul
U16 Boys W Brian Hurley Milltown, Rup Conall Murphy Killarney
Helen Browen, Moyvane and Ushas Girijakumari Raju, Killarney, in action at Moyvane Club Tournament, 21-Sunday-23. Photo by Thomas Bradley
Moyvane Memorial Tournament 2024
The Timmy Noonan and John McGrath Invitational Tournament took place this past Sunday the 21st of January. It was great to see such a great entry and so many people supporting the local club competitions despite the horrible weather that was endured over the weekend.
Donie Enright and Eileen Roache Moyvane Club presenting Jessica O’Loughlin Kingdom/Castleisland and Kiaran Creghan Killarney with their Trophies after winning the Moyvane Division 3 Competition. Photo by Thomas Bradley
It was a mens and ladies doubles competition with a mixed doubles final. Unfortunately, the division 5 competition had to be cut short Sunday evening due to a power cut in the hall. The results from the competition are as follows:
Division 1&2:
Winners: Ushas Girijakumari Raju (Tralee) & Helen Browne (Moyvane)
Runners Up: Chris McCarthy (Moyvane) & Jennifer Nash (Killarney)
Division 3:
Winners: Kieran Crehan (Killarney) & Jessica O’Loughlin (Tralee)
Runners Up: Mikey Sheehy (Tralee) & Marie Kennelly (Moyvane)
Division 4:
Winners: Kevin Thanesgran (Tralee) & Mairead O’Connell (Kingdom)
Runners Up: Tom Bradley (Kingdom) & Charlotte Quinn (Moyvane)
The Munster Grade C, F and H Championship
The Munster grade C, F & H championships took place in the SETU Arena in Co.Waterford yesterday, Sunday January 14th. There were some brilliant matches played throughout the day and some of our own Kerry badminton players played very well and managed to bring back some great results and some silverware also!
In the grade H, Hasib Ahmed and Biprojit Jhosh (Both Killarney) made it all the way to the semi final losing out to the ultimate winners of the competition after playing some brilliant badminton all the way through the competition.
In the grade F competition, Adele O’Brien (Killarney) made it to the final of both the ladies singles and the ladies doubles. Where she came away with silver on both occasions. With some great games played along the way she played some very good games.
Finally in the grade C competition, Fergal Hannon (Listowel) made it to the final of the mes singles where he lost out in a close 3 set game. He then went on and joined up with Niamh Hickey where they went all the way to the final and came out on top in a very close final went all the way to the line when they won in 2 sets. 21.19 and 22.20 against a very strong Cork pairing.
