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Division 2 &4 Singles Championships
On Friday last, the division 2 & 4 mens and ladies singles championships took place in the Tralee sports complex. Once again following on from the previous weekends competition, the support for the players was great to see and once again it was good to have so many players back playing.
On the night, Listowel came out the best winning 3 of the 4 titles up for grabs. The best game of the night was the division 4 mens final went all the way to 3 sets finishing 21.19 in the third set!
The results are as follows:
Division 4 Men:
Winner: Paudie Curtain (Listowel)
Runner Up: Rahad Rahman (Killarney)
Ava McKay, Listowel Club in action as she won the Division 4 Kerry Singles title. Photo: Thomas Bradley
Division 4 Ladies:
Winner: Ava McKay (Listowel)
Runner Up: Jessica McLoughlin (Kingdom)
Kelvin McNally, Listowel Club in action as he won the Division 2 Kerry Singles title. Photo: Thomas Bradley
Division 2 Men:
Winner: Kelvin McNally (Listowel)
Runner Up: Aidan McCarthy (Kingdom)
Ruth Concannon Kingdom/Castleisland Club in action as she won the Division 2 Kerry Singles title. Photo: Thomas Bradley
Division 2 Ladies:
Winner: Ruth Concannon (Kingdom)
Runner Up: Adele O’Brien (Killarney)
Juvenile Girls and Boys Doubles Championships
The Kerry juvenile doubles took place in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday with association with Lee Strand Milk. It was great to see such a huge entry in the competition.
There was over 180 entries on the day it was one of the biggest juvenile competitions in recent years. Similarly to the night before, Listowel came out on top winning all 8 titles on the day.
Results:
U10 Girls:
Winners: Lauren Spillane (Killarney) & Anna O’Neill (Listowel)
Runners Up: Aoibhinn Lyne & Rachel O’Leary (Annascaul)
U10 Boys:
Winners: Josiah Wieland & Sean Kelly (Listowel)
Runners Up: Aaron Stack & TJ Finnucane (Moyvane)
U12 Girls:
Winners: Alexia Belov Flanagan & Margaret Carmody (Listowel)
Runner Up: Liwia Polanczyk (Annascaul) & Roisin Sheehy (Tralee)
U12 Boys:
Winners: Jontie Wieland & Brendan Moriarty (Listowel)
Runners Up: Scott Akinyemi & James Corr (Tralee)
U14 Girls:
Winners: Triona Prenderville & Nicole Vesko (Listowel)
Runners Up: Irena Carol & Kayla Galvin (Killarney)
U14 Boys:
Winners: John Joe Carmody & Michael O’Sullivan (Listowel)
Runners Up: Mikey O’Connor & Przemek Choromanski (Moyvane)
U16 Girls:
Winners: Sinead Kelly & Kate Nolan (Listowel)
Runners Up: Sara Carol (Listowel) & Grace McGovern (Kingdom)
U16 Boys:
Winners: Oscar McElligot (Listowel) & Darius MsCormack (Annascaul)
Runners Up: Jack Lyne (Annascaul) & Diarmuid Quirke (Milltown)
Plate Competition:
GIRLS
U10
Winners: Siun Phelan (Annascaul) & Grace Leonard (Tralee)
Runner Up: Saoirse Laide & Ava Phelan (Annascaul)
U12
Winners: Ella O’Neill & Julia Quilter (Listowel)
Runners Up: Katie Greaney & Muireann Currain (Annascaul)
U14
Winners: Darina Burke & Katelyn Dillon (Milltown)
Runners Up: Kate Barry & Sinead Leahy
U16
Winners: Niamh Lucchini (Killarney) & Niamh Hanafin (Annascaul)
Runners Up: Emilie Stack & Cara Leahy (Listowel)
BOYS
U10
Winners: Lorcan Clancy & Rioghan O’Sullivan (Annascaul)
Runners Up: Adam Treacy & Aodhan Kennedy (Annascaul)
U12
Winners: Luke Fallon & Cillian Quilter (Listowel)
Runners Up: Dara Kennedy & Brian Enright (Listowel)
U14
Winners: Vishnu Prasana & Eli O’Shea (Tralee)
Runners Up: Ryan Molloy & Adam Molloy (Tralee)
U16
Winners: Bipro Ghosh (Killarney) & Jack Quinn (Moyvane)
Runners Up: Evan Daly (Iveragh) & Ryan Henderson (Listowel)
A big thank you to all those on the day who helped out in running the competition!
It was brilliant to see so many young people getting into the sport and enjoying it. The future of badminton in Kerry looks very bright!
Intercounty Grade D, F & H
On Sunday last, Kerry had 3 teams representing them in their respective grade in the Munster graded Intercounty Competition. The Ds hadn’t far to go as the Munster Grade Ds were held in Killarney. The Fs were in Borrisoleigh in county Tipperary and the Hs were in Cappoquin county Waterford.
The Kerry Grade D team who took part in the Munster Inter-County Competition in Killarney. Photo: Tom Bourke
Grade Ds:
The grade D competition was held in the Presentation gym in Killarney and hosted 3 teams. Kerry, Cork and Tipperary. On the day, Tipperary were the strongest team after beating both Kerry (6 games to 3) and Cork.
Kerry then went on to beat Cork(6 games to 3) meaning that they took home silver on the day!
Well done to all the players on the Kerry grade D team all playing very well on the day. A big thank you to those to all those who ran the competition as this competition was being run by Kerry badminton.
The Kerry Grade F team who took part in the Munster Inter-County Competition played in Tipperary . Photo: Tom Bourke
Grade Fs:
The Kerry grade F team had an early rise Sunday morning as they travelled to Borrisoleigh in co.Tipperary. There was 5 out of the 6 counties playing in this competition. Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford all had teams playing on the day.
Kerry had to play Tipperary in their first game and unfortunately lost out here 6 games to 3.
So then, they went on to play Limerick in the next round winning this by the skin of their teeth coming down to the last game. In the end they won 5 games to 4.
The team then fell to a very strong Waterford team in the semifinal. Waterford then went on to win the final against Cork. Well done to all the players and manager on the day.
The Kerry Grade H team who took part in the Munster Inter-County Competition played in Waterford. Photo: Tom Bourke
Grade Hs:
Finally the grade H Kerry team went all the way to Cappoquin in co. Waterford to play in their competition.
It was great to see all 6 counties competing in this competition. Kerry played Cork and Limerick unfortunately losing out to both on the day.
Playing Cork in their first game, the team played very well in some very close games but just losing out in the end 6 games to 3.
They then went on to play against a very strong Limerick team and were beaten well by the eventual winners on the day.
A big thank you to all players and managers for travelling and playing on the day all the teams did very well and represented Kerry badminton very well!
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