Post Tagged with: "Kerry Badminton Association News"

By Colm Griffin Kerry Ladies and Men’s Doubles Championships Friday night last was one of the busiest evenings on the badminton calendar in Kerry when the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre played host to the CPC.ie sponsored Division 1, 3 and 5 Ladies and Men’s Doubles Championships. With 128 players […]

By Colm Griffin Kerry Juvenile Girls Singles Championships  Over 60 juvenile girls took to the courts at the Kerry singles championship at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday 2nd February Some great games were played out on the day and Listowel took 3 of the 4 titles on offer. […]

By Colm Griffin Munster Individual Championships Grades F, G and H The University of Limerick was the venue for the first major badminton event involving Kerry badminton players last Sunday (Jan 6th) and the Kingdom was particularly well represented particularly in grades G and H. Listowel duo Rita McCarthy and […]

By Colm Griffin Munster Closed Championships U-11 / U-15 Kerry were well represented at the Munster Closed Championships last weekend at the University of Limerick and our young Badminton players certainly made the county proud. In the U-11s clubmates Nicole Vesko and Ben McElligott from Listowel both had double success. […]

By Colm Griffin Haynes Shield Three teams took part in the Haynes Shield event last Sunday in Kinsale including Kingdom Castleisland representing Kerry with the assistance of a couple of guest players from Listowel. In the first match of the day Lakewood of Cork overcame Kilmacthomas of Waterford 7-5. The […]

CPC.ie Juvenile November Handicap  Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre played host to the first major Juvenile tournament of the season last Saturday (Nov 24th) and with 155 players taking part from 10 different clubs across the county the future of badminton in Kerry looks to be in a good place. […]

By Colm Griffin Waterford Invitational Open All roads led to Cappoquin last weekend for Kerry players in Grade C and Grade D (Kerry Div 1 and 2). Thankfully many of the players from the Kingdom were on song on the day as it proved to be a very successful event […]

Badminton News by Colm Griffin Sunday saw Kerry badminton season go into full flight with the hosting of the November handicap competition at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. An impressive 110 players across the 5 divisions in the county participated in the event and competition was quite intense with 3 […]

Kerry Badminton News  By Colm Griffin November Handicap The Kerry Badminton season gets underway in earnest this weekend as the November Handicap takes place on Sunday in Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. It is hoped that a big contingent of players from throughout the county will take part in this […]

BADMINTON The University of Limerick Sports Arena was a hive of Badminton action on Sunday  last as this 12 court arena hosted the FG Forza sponsored  the All-Ireland Inter League Club Finals From a Kerry perspective there was just the one representive this year and this was the Moyvane Grade […]

BADMINTON NEWS By Junior Griffin For most players throughout the country  the badminton season is well and truly over but for those involved in the winning clubs from the provinces of Munster, Connacht and Leinster the show is still going on. The provincial winners of each grade  from C to […]

By Junior Griffin The bell tolled  for the end of another Badminton competitive season last week with the completion of the CPC.IE sponsored mixed leagues over two nights in two separate venues and the playing of the Paddy Sugrue tournaments at the Tralee Sports complex on Sunday last. Before one […]

By Junior Griffin Competitive badminton returns to the Tralee Sports Centre next Sunday April 8th for the first time in 10 years with the staging of the Paddy Sugrue Tournaments which caters for divisions 2 to 5. Mr Sugrue was former President of Tralee’s County Club and also the Kerry Badminton […]

  Kerry Badminton News from Junior Griffin Friday night last, March 23rd, 2018 saw the final stages of the  closing programme of another Kerry Badminton Association, CPC.IE sponsored, County Championships at the Killarney Sports Arena and on the night it was the divisions 2 &4 mixed doubles championships that took […]

The refixed Kerry doubles championships for both ladies and men for divisions 2&4 took place last Monday night in the Killarney Sports Arena. For a Bank Holiday night there was certainly a great turnout and the many onlookers were certainly treated to all that is good in the game of badminton. Results as […]

BADMINTON NOTES On the home badminton scene  last weekend the programme was dominated by the CPC.IE mixed doubles championships for divisions 1,3 &5 and  for the second time in 3 weeks these 3 divisions certainly brought a huge crowd of Badminton followers to the Killarney Sports Arena on Friday last  […]

Even though it’s  an indoor sport,  the snow fall of last week certainly  put paid to the sport of badminton  as well as most of the  other sports last weekend  as travelling was just out of the question  and the health and safety  of all participants must always be the […]

BADMINTON NOTES The main badminton activity of last weekend was the Munster Grade E team event which took place in Waterford on Sunday last. Originally, 4 Counties had entered, namely Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford but the home County withdrew on Saturday evening which left it a 3 tier contest. […]

BADMINTON NOTES The Kerry even doubles badminton County Championships, again sponsored by CPC.IE commenced in the Killarney sports Centre on Sunday last and which catered for divisions 1,3 & 5 and what a huge turnout there was over the day which saw no less than 6 County titles decided. In […]

By Junior Griffin THE second phase of the County Kerry Badminton  singles County  Championships programme , again sponsored by CPC.IE, Ltd,  took place at the Killarney Sports Centre on Friday night last and which catered for divisions 2 &4 in both ladies and mens singles. The entries received in both […]