The Badminton competitive season for the Kerry Badminton Association commenced at the Killarney Sports Centre last weekend and the fare provided over both days certainly proved that the game of Badminton is alive and well within the County as between the juveniles on Saturday and the adults on Sunday close on 250 players displayed their skills and expertise in two wonderful days of play.
Each of the 4 adult competitions played on Sunday saw badminton action at its best and the division 5 grade in particular was a joy to behold where many new players from all parts of the County were displaying their skills in Kerry competition for the first time
Overall results as follows
Div. 5 Mixed final; Marie Kennelly (Moyvane) and Daniel O’Connor (Killarney) defeated Deirdre McAuliffe (Listowel( and Colm Carroll (Ballyheigue ) 21-16; 21-19
Div 4 Mixed final; Michelle Corridan (Moyvane) and Jebin John (County, Tralee) 25-23; 17-21; 21-13
Div. 3 Mixed Final; Jeanelle Griffin (Moyvane) and Marusz Tusnski (County) defeated Sandra O’Connor (Killarney) and Timmy Hanrahan (Moyvane) 30-27
Div 1 &2 Mixed Final; Miriam Rohan (Kingdom, Castleisland and Donnacha Moloney (Moyvane) defeated Catherine Murphy and Michael Crossan (both Kingdom 30-27
The juveniles on Saturday certainly came out in force with 8 clubs from the County being well represented on the day.Results as follows;
U11 Girls Winners Pia Hickey Killarney & Stephanie Reid Annascaul 21/17 21/18
R/up Molly O’Donoghue Killarney & Ellen Brosnan Annascaul
Plate Winners Ella Ava Liston Listowel & Sarah Casey Annascaul
R/up Sara Hayes Listowel & Aoife Scanlon Newstead Annascaul
U13 Girls Winners Grace Guiney Listowel & Lucy O’Leary Killarney 22/20 21/18
R/up Katelyn Reid Annascaul & Ella Galvin Killarney
Plate Winners Ciara Knightly Annascaul & Lucy Jane O’Leary Killarney
R/up Adele O’Brien Killarney & Madison Carter Listowel
U15 Girls Winners Jemi John County (Tralee & Molly McElligott Listowel 21/19 21/17
R/up Ciara Hudson & Aoife Bowler Moyvane
U17 Girls Winners Marie Kennelly Moyvane & Rachel O’Connor Dingle 30/29
R/up Eimear Horgan Kingdom & Jessica Galvin Killarney
U11 Boys Winners Liam Newsome Annascaul & Tomas O’Sullivan Listowel 21/18 21/17
R/up Ruadhan Donovan Annascaul & Conor O’Keefe Killarney
Plate Winners Artyon Burke Kingdom(Castleisland) & Jack Lyne Annascaul
R/up Mint O’Connor Kingdom & Aidan Fahy Annascaul
U13 Boys Winners Christopher O’Donoghue Moyvane & Tadgh Griffin Ballyheigue
R/up Seamus Bradley Kingdom & Gearoid Quilter Ballyheigue 21/10 21/15
Plate Winners Roiri O’Connor Killarney & Michael O’Shea Kingdom
R/up Mikey Brosnan Annascaul & Kieran O’Donoghue Listowel
U15 Boys Winners Niall O’Brien Killarney & Kevin Griffin Annascaul 21/16 21/17
R/up Conn O’Regan Dingle & Jack Moriarty Annascaul
U17 Boys Winners Jebin John County & Kyle Reidy Ballyheigue 30/29
R/up Killian Falvey Annascaul & Conor O’Sullivan Kingdom
Juvenile Doubles Championships
The Kerry County Championships commence on Saturday next in the Killarney Sports centre with the Girls and Boys doubles championships for the under 11/13/15 and 17 year old age groups and another huge crowd of players are guaranteed to fill the spacious Killarney arena. The competitions commence at 11 am. All players are requested to check in by 10.45
Again a reminder to all players that the Newtownsandes sponsored Moyvane tournaments are due to be played in the local Community Centre on Sunday November 29th. Entry forms are now with Club secretaries.
