It was Tournament Sunday day for Kerry Badminton at the Killarney Sports Centre on Sunday last where the annual 4 tournaments for all divisions were played off.
Divisions 3m4 and 5 were reasonably well supported but the Kerry Badminton executive were disappointed with the lack of support by many of the division 1 and 2 players.
However the action throughout was most entertaining and at the end of the day that is the important factor.
Results as follows;
Paddy Drummond Cup; Divisions 1 and 2; Brid Murphy and Tom Bourke (both Kingdom, Castleisland) were winners on 90 points with Peggy Horan (Killarney) and Fergal Hannon (Listowel runners up on 83 points.
Waterstone Cup; Division 3; Winners; Sandra O’Connor (Killarney) and Timmy Hanrahan (Moyvane) on 37 points; Runners up; Carmel Hudson and Chris McCarthy 0both Moyvane) on 34 points
Div. 3 mens plate Winners; Patrick Corridon (Listowel) and Marius Asaunski (County, Tralee); 42 points; Runners-up; Tom Clear (County) and David Graham (Kingdom) 37 points
Div. 4 Mixed Doubles Shield; Winners; Rita McCarthy (Listowel) and Jamie Elliott (Moyvane) 42 points; Runners-up; Maria O’Connor (Killarney) and Anthony Barrett (Listowel) 38 points
Junior Griffin Shield; Division 5; Sue Weatherill (Iveragh) and Oliver Carmody (Moyvane ) defeated Laura Sheahan (Listowel) and Daniel O’Connor (Killarney); 21-11; 12-21; 21-9
Div. 5 plate Maria Kennelly (Moyvane ) and Mike Donovan (Annascaul) defeated Jennifer Murphy (Listowel) and Michael Collins (Moyvane) 22-20; 21-14
LADIES AND MENS LEAGUES
The ladies and mens leagues for divisions 3 and 4 which commenced in October are now nearing the closing stages but there could be many twists and turns yet before the final picture will be known.
The division 3 league is sponsored by Agri Auto parts of Tralee and Listowel whilst the division 4 league is sponsored by Speedy’s Bar of Moyvane
In the division 4 ladies there are two 3 team sections with the defending champions Ballyheigue being the pace setters in section 1 with the opposition being supplied by Moyvane and Listowel.
Ballyheigue have won all four matches played and would look good to qualify for the next round.
Section 2 consists of Iveragh, County, Tralee and Killarney. This section looks wide open with each club having won and lost a game each
In the mens Division 4 league there are also 2 sections. Section 1 consists of Annascaul, Killarney A, Causeway and Iveragh with Annascaul here having 3 wins to their credit and Killarney having 2 so the West Kerry side have a slender advantage here.
Section 2 sees Moyvane, Listowel and Killarney B in opposition with Moyvane being leaders having won 3 matches.
In division 3 in the mens league there are 4 teams which are Moyvane, Killarney,, Tralee and Iveragh. This league would seem to be a straight shoot out between Moyvane and Killarney as each club have won 2 out of their games played.
The division 3 ladies consists of 3 clubs, Moyvane, Castleisland and Killarney with Moyvane leading the way having won 3 out of 4 games played.
The finals of these leagues are set for Tralee for Wednesday January 13th.
The post Christmas Badminton programme is the busy part of the Badminton season and all players and mentors are requested to note the January programme which is mostly as follows; The Listowel Club opens 2016 with their annual tournaments on the weekend of January 9/10th. The Kerry schools finals are in Killarney on Jan. 12th; As mentioned the ladies and mens league finals are on in Tralee Wed. Jan. 13th; Sunday, January 17th sees Killarney host the Munster Senior 2 and Graduate championships; The Badminton Ireland Shuttle Time Coaching Course will take place in the Presentation School, Milltown on Monday Jan. 18th; The Kerry County singles commence on Friday evening January 22nd for divisions 1,3 and 5; January 31st will again see Killarney host the Munster Senior 1 and Junior Championships whilst on the same day the Ballyheigue Club will host their Annual Tournaments, so for all Badminton enthusiasts the month of January sees all players well catered for
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