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Badminton Is Back!
Kerry badminton is back up and running for the 2023/2024 season. The fastest racket sport in the world. All skill levels and abilities are welcome.
Joining your local club is a great way to make friends and the social aspect of badminton brilliant. Whether your looking for a new hobby or you’re returning to the sport after some time away, why not give it a go?
We have clubs all over the county who are always looking for new members of all ages and abilities. We have clubs in Killarney, Tralee, Castleisland, Listowel, Moyvane, Ballyheighue, Annascaul, Iveragh and Ballybunion.
To find out when and where your local club train, keep an eye on the clubs Facebook page as each club likes to maintain an active presence on social media.
Competitions will begin in the coming months with provincial competitions having already begun. We look forward to what will be another great of badminton, hopefully we will see you on the courts.
Munster Masters Competition 2023.
The Munster Masters competition took place this past weekend in the SETU arena in Waterford. It was a master competiton meaning that it was run on age rather than grading. In order to play in a masters competition, you must be at least 35 years old. From there, it goes up in 5 years. O35,O40,O45 and so on. It was great to see many of our own players from clubs throughout the county travel to the event. There was a huge entry with 132 players playing in the different levels on the day.
Many players with different clubs within the county travelled all the way to Waterford to play. A great day was had by all and some of them even managed to come back with some silverware for their efforts!
A big congratulations must be given to Sinead Galvin (Killarney) who got silver in her grade of the singles, silver in the doubles with Miriam Rohan (Castleisland) and she then went on and won the mixed in the same grade with her partner Marcus Alexander (Letterkenny).
Sinead and Miriam weren’t our only players who came home with some silverware from the weekend as Trish Herlihy (Listowel) and Helen Browne (Moyvane) for silver in their level of the ladies doubles and Helen also got to the final of the mixed doubles competition in the same grade with her partner Skaria Olahannon (Cork). Finally a big well done to Don Ring (Kingdom) who got silver in the mens doubles competition of his level with his partner James Hurton (Waterford).
A big well done and congratulations to all the players who played on the day, it was great to see interest from many players within the county. If this was anything to go off, I’m sure that this year will be a very successful year for Kerry badminton .
