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Kerry Division 1,3 & 5 Doubles County Championship
On Friday last, the division 1,3 and 5 Doubles County Championship in association with CPC.ie took place in the Tralee Sports and Leisure complex. There was a great crowd there on the night between players and supporters.
As always, this competition was highly contested in each of the divisions with big draws in each separate division.
A big thank you must be said to all those that organized the competition itself and made out each of the draws for the night.
The winners from this competition get to go forward and represent Kerry in the Munster Doubles and Mixed finals which will take place in mid-April in UL. Best of luck to all winners who will now represent their county in this next round.
The results from the night are as follows:
DIVISON 5 MENS WINNERS (presented by Tom Bourke)
Division 5
Men:
Winners: Hasib Ahmmed & Driss Lecointe (Killarney)
Runners-Up: Adrian Kenny & Johnny Carmody (Ballyheigue)
DIVISION 5 LADIES WINNERS (YELLOW AND RED) AND RUNNERS UP (BLUE) (presented by Tom Bourke)
Ladies:
Winners: Sinead McElligot & Maggie Li (Listowel)
Runners-Up: Aine Knightly & Rita Knightly (Annascaul)
DIVISION3 MENS WINNERS (1ST AND 3RD FROM LEFT) AND RUNNERS UP (LAST 2 ON RIGHT) (presented by Tom Bourke)
Division 3
Men:
Winners: Arthur Chute & Oscar McElligot (Listowel)
Runners-Up: Kieran Crehan & Alvin Fahad (Killarney)
DIVISION 3 LADIES WINNERS (2ST AND 3RD FROM LEFT) AND RUNNERS UP (LAST 2 ON RIGHT) (presented by Tom Bourke)
Ladies:
Winners: Adele O’Brien (Killarney) & Josie Gilbert (Ballyheigue)
Runners-Up: Bridget McCarthy & Denise Collins (Moyvane)
DIVISION 1 MENS WINNERS (LEFT)AND RUNNERS UP (RIGHT) (presented by Tom Bourke)
Division 1:
Men:
Winners: Alan Nelligan (Kingdom) & Fergal Hannon (Listowel)
Runners-Up: Mikey Belova Flanagan & Ivan Rusov (Listowel)
DIV 1 LADIES WINNERS (FIRST AND 3RD FROM LEFT AND RUNNERS UP (LAST 2 ON RIGHT) (presented by Tom Bourke)
Ladies:
Winners: Edel Kenny & Miriam Rohan (Kingdom)
Runners-Up: Deina Vesko (Listowel) & Helen Browne (Moyvane)
Munster Grade C,E & G Intercounty Competition
On Sunday, 3 Kerry teams travelled to Cork to compete in their respective graded intercounty competitions. The grade E and G teams travelled to the new MTU arena while the C team went to Carrigaline.
6 teams competed in the grade G competition with Kerry meeting Cork and Tipperary in their group.
Unfortunately it wasn’t their day and after some very close games, they came out on the wrong side in both cases when it came down to the mixed games. The team lost to Cork 5games to 4 and then to Tipperary 7 games to 2.
There were 5 teams in the grade E competition. The Kerry grade E team came up against a very strong Cork team in the first round who became the eventual winners. The team were beaten 7 games to 2 in this round.
They then came up against Waterford in the next round. This was a much closer affair and it went all the way to the deciding mixed doubles game where unfortunately it just didn’t work out on the day.
Finally, the Kerry grade C team who were playing in Carrigaline got runners-up on the day. In the first round, came got the better of Tipperary winning 6 games to 3. But unfortunately the team then fell to a very string Cork team 5 games to 1 as the final was the first to 5 games.
All-in-all, all 3 travelling teams played well on the day and represented Kerry badminton to a high regard in each case. Well done to all involved.
KERRY GRADE G TEAM
Kerry grade G team:
Mike Reardon, James O’Mahoney, Niall O’Hanlon, Stephen Cotter, Brian Hehir & Kevin Thanasegaran
Caroline Lemass, Saoirse Murphy, Jessica Galvin, Mary Mulcahy and Eileen McCarthy
KERRY GRADE E TEAM
Kerry Grade E team:
Aidan McCarthy, Jebin John, Ivan Rusov, Michael Collins, Ushas Girijakumari Raju,
Brid Murphy, Catherine Murphy, Valerie Guiney, Bridget McCarthy, Adele O’Brien.
KERRY GRADE C TEAM
Kerry Grade C team:
Donie Enright, Alan Nelligan, Ethan Tritschler, Kelvin McNally, Fergal Hannon
Sinead Galvin, Deina Vesko, Maeve Twomey, Edel Kenny, Miriam Rohan
