The Knock out Cup competition for division 4 League teams took pride of place at the Killarney Sports Centre on Sunday last where 5 clubs battled hard for several hours to see who would come out on top and be acclaimed as the club of the day.
The Clubs who took part were Moyvane, Killarney, County Tralee, Listowel and Iveragh. With each club meeting each other on the Round Robin system this was a fiercely contested competition with the organisers amazed at how many games went the full distance of the 21-20 scoreline.
After so many thrilling encounters it was Tralee’s County Club that captured the main honours as they came out on top with a total of 17 games captured with the Iveragh Club of South Kerry in 2nd place on 13 points but well done to all 5 clubs for giving the onlookers such a feast of Badminton on the day.
The Munster Juvenile Inter Co Rd 2 Badminton Competition took place UL Limerick Sunday 20 March. This photograph shows the Under 13 Kerry Team who were Runners Up on the day and came home with Silver Medals. The Team as follows, Front Row: L/R Aoife Murphy, Grace Guiney, Deina Vesko, Ciara Knightly, Katelyn Reid. Back Row, from left; Billy Lacey (Manager/Coach) Sean O’Mahony, Cathal O’Donovan, Seamus Bradley, Peter Burke. Photo: Tom Bradley
Kerry Juvenile Tournaments
The juvenile club tournamens for both girls and boys took place on Saturday last in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre with over 100 playerscompeting and what a treat of Badminton every player who took part served up.
Listowel club won the overall shield.
Results as follows;:-
U11 Girls:
Fia Spillane (Annascaul) and Molly O’Donoghue (Killarney) defeated Ava MacKay (Listowel) and Sarah Quinn (Moyvane) 21/14, 21/11
U11 Plate
Mary Casey Annascaul and Grace Harrison Moyvane defeated Ella Griffin Annascaul and Cliona Walker Dingle 21/9
U13
Girls Katelyn Reid Annascaul and Ella Galvin Killarney defeated Aoife Murphy Listowel and Fiona Brosnan Kingdom 21/18, 22/20
U13 Plate
Deina Vesko Listowel and Lucy O’Leary Killarney defeated Lucy Jayne O’Gara Killarney and Ciara Knightly Annascaul
U15 Girls
Ciara Hudson (Moyvane) and Molly McElligott (Listowel) defeated Jemi John County (Tralee) and Eibhlin McGovern Annascaul 21/12, 21/8
U17 Girls
Marie Kennelly (Moyvane) and Sonia Smith (Killarney) defeated Jessica Galvin and Georgina Wharton (Killarney) 21/16, 21/19
U11 Boys
Gearoid O’Sullivan Listowel and Liam Newsome Annascaul defeated Eddie Healy Listowel and Jack O’Donoghue Moyvane 21/16, 21/19
U11 Plate
Padraig Moriarty Annascaul and Thomas O’Sullivan defeated Aidan Fahy Annascaul and Adrian McSweeney Kingdom (Castleisland) 21/10
U13/15 Boys
Greg Horan Moyvane and Luke O’Loughlin Kingdom defeated Micheal O’Shea Kingdom and Nikolai O’Callaghan Listowel 24/22, 21/16
U13/15 plate
James Smith Killarney and Ryan S Newstead Annascaul defeated Philip Healy Listowel and Jack McGovern Kingdom 30/26
Munster Juvenile Inter County
The Munster Juvenile Inter County Competitions took place at Limericks UL Arena on Sunday last and Kerry had teams involved in the under 11 and the under 13 year old age groups..In the under 11 competition Kerry drew with Waterford at 10 games each and in the semi-final defeated Tipperary by 13-7. In the final, however, Kerry came up short by just 2 games against Cork.
The under 13 competition followed much the same pattern. Kerry had a great 17-3 win against Clare and in the semi-final defeated Waterford on the same 17-3 scoreline but Cork again proved to be the Kerry nemesis in the final with Cork again coming out on top by 2 games but Kerry did bring home the silver medals in both events
The Easter period is a relatively quiet one on the Badminton front. The Kerry Masters ( over 40 years of age) will take place at the Killarney Presentation Gym on Friday night commencing at 8 pm. All those interested in playing are requested to enter through their club by this Wednesday. All divisions are catered for in these competitions and players are urgently requested to support these events.
The penultimate rounds of the CPC.IE sponsored Kerry County Championships will take place in the Killarney Sports Centre on Friday April 1st to commence at 7.45 pm. Championships up for grabs are the Mixed doubles championships for divisions 1, 3 and 5. Again, as these championships are taking place during the Easter Holidays period all players are advised to check with their Club secretary. to make sure their names are in the draw. Dont forget; if you are not in-you can’t win
All Kerry Badminton patrons are reminded to note that the annual County Rewards night and Dinner Dance and Social will take place this year at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night May 14th. This years event will be hosted by the Ballyheigue Badminton Club.
LADIES AND MENS LEAGUE FINALS;
This Thursday night March 24th will see the Moyvane Community Centre host the finals of the Moriartys Butchers, Dingle sponsored division 5 ladies and mens league finals.
In the mens section Causeway, who only this year have reformed their Club, have battled their way to the final where their opponents will be either Killarney or Moyvane.
At the time of writing the finalists for the division 5 ladies section is unclear but the finalists will come from either, Moyvane, Listowel or Iveragh
Play commences at 8 pm.
