County Juvenile Championships

Well done to everyone who played in the County Championships, which took place on Sunday 22nd February, in Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore .
It is always a great experience to play against players from other clubs and there were some great tussles throughout the day.
Two of our players were very unlucky in their respective finals
Sean-Patrick Guerins in the U-15, lost in three sets to Conor Sheedy of Country Club and
Eoin Bourke in the U-17, also lost in three sets to Jaco Oosthuysen of Hillview.
Next up will be th County Doubles and the County Junior/Senior Team Event.

Table Quiz, A Great Success

The club's table quiz was a great succes with four of our own players on the winning team, Catherine Scanlon, Sinead Bourke, Pat Butler & John Maher.

Much thanks goes to the committee who organised the event and those who helped on the night, The Spinning Wheel pub for offering their premises, to host the event and who kindly supplied the complimentary food, Pat Costello for supplying the sound equipment and the local clubs, businesses and anyone who sponsored a table(s) or raffle prizes on the night.
Thanks must also be sent to the Roscrea Badminton Club who travelled over with 4 teams to support us and we must try do the same when their own comes around, in a couple of months time.

A special, thank you, must go to our own clubman and quizmaster on the night, Joe Keating, for all the work he put in to set the questions,etc. and keep the show running so well all night.
Many compliments were made on how fair the questions were and it showed in how close so many teams were, in the scoring on the night. With just one round to go, it was still well up for grabs.

6th Div. League Match

Well done to the 6th Division B Team, who finished off the first half of the league, with a great victory over their nearest rivals Gurteen 4-3. Templemore had to give away home advantage for this match due to the home game in Templemore having to be called off mid-match.
Thanks again to Gurteen for agreeing to this rearrangement.
This now leaves Templemore 2 points clear of Gurteen and leaves these two teams as favourites to make the final.

County Cup Draw

Div 1.
Ballycommon V Gurteen
Div 2.
Grange V Ballycommon
Gurteen Bye
Div 3.
Gurteen V Templemore
Roscrea V Drangan
Div 4.
Gurteen V Roscrea
Templemore Bye
Div 5.
Templemore V Grange A (Semi-Final)
Grange B V Drangan
Bye V Gurteen
Div 6A.
Ballycommon V Grange A
Templemore V Roscrea
Div 6B.
Templemore C V Gurteen
Roscrea V Templemore

County League Halfway Points Table

Div.3 (zone 2):
Templemore - 4 , Hillview - 3 , Country Club - Withdrawn
Div.4 :
Roscrea - 6 , Country Club - 6 , Templemore - 5
Div.5 (zone 1):
Country Club - 9 , Templemore - 7 , Grange B - 5
Div.6A :
Roscrea A - 14 , Grange A - 11 , Ballycommon - 10 , Templemore A - 7
Div.6B :
Templemore B - 14 , Gurteen - 12 , Grange B - 8 , Roscrea B - 8

Club Tournament

Our in-house club tournament got underway this Thursday 12th Feb. The draw is available on the club notice board each club night and we also hope to have it here for viewing.
Pat Butler, is anxious that all players make an effort to play their matches whenever they get a chance during club nights.
We have spent a few years now in talking about getting such a comp going so fair deuce to Pat for "taking the bull by the horns" and getting it going.

5th Div. Ladies Team of 4 Winners

Well done to our 5th Div Ladies who were successful in beating a very good Country Club team in the final of the County Team of 4 competition last Saturday 7th Feb.
Team was Anna Cashman, Miriam Murphy, Eileen Ryan & Niamh Connolly.

Table Quiz

A reminder about our Table Quiz in The Spining Wheel pub, Templemore on Friday 20th Feb at 9.30pm. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served and a raffle will be held.
Table (of 4) are €20

County Juvenile Competitions

The County Juvenile Singles Championships are to take place in Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore on Sunday 22nd Feb.
The age groups will be U-11, U-13, U-15 & U-17

The County Doubles will also be coming up (so get think about possible playing partners) and the County Junior/Senior Team Championships (4 Boys & 2 Girls).
We really need more girls in the club so get recruiting !

County Cup & League

The 2nd half of the league will be shortly under way but before this the annual Cup competition will begin. Notification will be given out shortly to the players involved on the competing teams.

U-16/U-19 County Schools Championships

Well done to our lads involved on the Our Lady's Secondary School Badminton Teams in the County Schools Championships.
The U-16a team overcame a very good Roscrea Team in reaching the final but were unfortunately beaten by a very good Clonmel High School team.
The U-19 team also were unlucky in their final as it was Roscrea's turn to avenge the U-16 result.

Teams were U-16 A - Shane Cashman, Sean Patrick Guerens, Craig Cleary and Jamie Maloney. U-16 B - Shane Hassett, Alan O Riordain, Liam Murphy and Michael Kennedy
U-19 - Eoin Bourke, Eoin Fitzpatrick, Dean Fairbrother and John Paul Kennedy.
Head Umpire - Bill Bergin

County Singles Results

On Feb 1st the County Singles Championships were held in Colaiste Pobal, Roscrea.
We had many first time entrants at singles championship level with a notable result for Catherine Scanlon in the 6th Division Ladies, who was beaten in 3 sets in the final, which was great for her. There's always next year, as we 'TOO OFTEN' say in Templemore.
Robert Ingram had another great day winning the 4th Division Men and was beaten in 3 sets in the final of the 3rd Division.
In the 4th Division Ladies, Niamh Connolly was very narrowly beaten in the final.
It was great to see some of our Juveniles, Craig Cleary and Sean Patrick Guerens, having a go at this level and the experience will stand to them for future championships.