Munster Schools

Last week saw our players represent Our Lady's Secondary School in the Tipperary Schools Championships.

Unfortunately the U-16 team were just pipped by Roscrea to make the munster finals (which they eventually went on to win) but both the other teams, U-14 & U-19 won their respective county titles to qualify for the Munster Finals in University Limerick.

At the Munster Finals both teams did themselves proud in finishing 3rd from the high quality 6 team championships.

Well done to all and lets hope the keep improving with the help of the club coaches.

Another Munster Title For Club

Sunday 22nd Jan saw a unique event for the club when two of its players won through their respectives matches to face each other in the Munster Graduate Singles Championships.

Having played together to win the Doubles title two seasons ago Robert Ingram faced Kieran O Brien in an eagerly anticipated singles final.

A closely fought first set saw Ingram win it and needed just one more set for the title.
Win that he did and made sure he could claim the bragging rates of his clubmate.

Two weeks time sees both play again in the Munster Junior Championships, what are the chances of both making the final again.

County Doubles Championships 2011/'12

Last Sunday Jan 29th saw the County Doubles Championships take place in Colaiste Poball, Roscrea with pairings hoping to fight for their chance to contest the finals the following Friday, 3rd Feb, in Gurteen

Results
2nd Div Mens - Winners - R.Ingram & K.O Brien
3rd Div Ladies - Winner - Catherine Scanlan (Touhy)
4th Div Ladies - R/Up - Joanne Mc Hugh (Slevin)
6th Div Mens - Winner - Shane Fogarty

Best of Luck to the winners as they go forward to the Munster Championships !

End Of '10/'11 Season Results-May 2011

County Mixed
Liz Power - 4th Div Winner

County Cup
2nd Div - Winners
4th Div - Winners

County League
2nd Div - R/Ups
4th Div - Winners

Blog Update

Apologies for lack of updates on the blog but this will be rectified very soon.
Thank you.

County Championship Results

Well done to all our players who competed in the County Singles and Doubles Championships over the past month.
Great to see some silverware still coming to the club

County Singles
Niamh Connolly - 3rd Div. Ladies Winner
Catherine Scanlon - 4th & 5th Div. Ladies Winner
Sean Patrick Guerins - 4th Div. Mens Winner

County Doubles
Kieran O Brien - 2nd Div. Mens R/Up
Niamh Connolly - 2nd Div. Ladies R/Up & 3rd Div. Winner
Catherine Maher & Catherine Scanlon - 4th Div. Ladies R/Ups
Sean P Guerins & Jerome Ryan - 5th Div Mens Winners

Juves - Teams for Chris Guesden Trophy

Team 1
Eamon Joyce
Darragh Kennedy
Nathan Wallace
Ian Monaghan

Team 2
Niall Bourke
James Thorpe
Lee Fennell
Sam Van Dam

Team 3
Martin Delaney
Lyndon Fairbrother
Kevin Curran
Darren Cummins

Team 4
Liam Murphy
Jordan Moloney
Patrick Kennedy
John Carroll

Team 5
Kate Cashman
Ciaran Thorpe
Robert O Connell
Kevin Carr

Team 6
Jack Fogarty
Emmett Moloney
Evan Fairbrother
Sean Connors

Team 7
Dylan Moloney
Brian Roche
Ruairi Kinane
Andrew Coleman

Team 8
Draw from losers in 1st Rd

Juveniles - Chris Guesden Trophy

Attention All Juveniles
The Chris Guesden Trophy
Team Event - Starts this Monday 28th Feb
Draw
1st Round:
Team 1 VS Team 2
Team 3 Vs Team 4
Team 5 Vs Team 6
Team 7 Vs Team 8

4 Players Per Team
2 X Doubles & 4 X Singles Per Match
Team Captain picks their own doubles pairings
Team order must be played to strength

Teams to follow !

Juvenile Ladder

The Juvenile Ladder is proving to be very competitive this season with players improving with each week that passes.
Keep it going and really listen to any advice given by any of the more experienced players.
Every little bit helps.

New Season Well Underway

Our badminton season is flying at present with all teams in the middle of their respective 'Team Of 4' matches.
The finals for these will be played on December 9th & 14th. So the aim for all is to qualify for these finals.
League fixtures should be known within the next week or two and will really be competitive with the clubs having 7 teams involved from 7th Division up to 2nd Division.
Best Of Luck to all.

Joan Doran RIP

Templemore Badminton Club would like to offer our condolences to our 2nd Division player Cathy Doran and her family on the recent passing of her mother Joan on Friday 5th March.

Joan was a great player herself and was also heavily involved in her own club of Drangan, the oldest club in Tipperary Badminton.

Unprecedented County Singles Success

Sunday 21st February will forever be marked as a hugely successful day for Templemore Badminton Club in the Tipperary County Singles.
Of the 12 titles on offer the club picked up 6 of these which is a remarkable achievement considering their respective opposition.
First up we had Catherine Scanlon, carrying on from her County Doubles success, in winning the 6th Division Ladies Title.
Next in the Ladies we had Niamh Connolly winning the 4th Division title after being beaten in the final last year.
One of the clubs rising stars is 15year old Sean Patrick Guerens, who managed to turn all his hard training into 2 singles title wins, in both the 5th and 6th Division Mens.
Finally another player reaping the rewards of playing up through the grades and dedicated training is Robert Ingram. He achieved possibly the best ever singles results in the clubs history in winning the 2nd & 3rd Division Titles.
Well Done to all who competed from the club but especially our newly crowned County Champions. Its great to see all the efforts produce some silverware.

Templemore Win Another Munster Title

On Sunday 24th Jan in Killarney, Robert Ingram & Kieran O Brien won the prestigious Munster Graduate Mens Double Title.
On their way to the title they had some very tight matches. Round 1 saw them come back from 20-15 down in the final set against a Kerry pair who were one of the favourites. They also beat a Limerick pair in 3 sets in the quarters. They beat another Kerry pair in 3 sets in the semis and another Limerick pair in another tight 3-set final.
Well done to the two lads and it shows the effort that is being made throughout the club, to improve as much as possible.

League Results

County League Match Results
Div. 2
Thurs 14th Jan - Hillview (3) - Templemore (4)
Div. 5
Wed 13th Jan - Drangan (1) - Templmore (6)
Div 6B
Wed 13th Jan - Loughmore A (4) - Templemore C (3)

County Doubles Jan 31st

The County Doubles in all Divisions Mens & Ladies will be taking place on Sunday Jan 31st in Colaiste Pobal, Roscrea.
Entries are closing soon so contact Anna asap with partnerships.

Monday 11th - Matches Cancelled

Any matches due to be played on Monday 11th Jan, have been cancelled due to weather.

League Fixtures '10

The freezing weather is playing havoc with fixtures but this is the current list
Div. 2
Mon 4th Jan - Home Vs Gurteen (To be re-fixed)
Thurs 14th Jan - Away Vs Hillview
Mon 25th Jan - Home Vs Gurteen

Div. 3
Sunday 17th Jan - Away to Roscrea (3pm -Citeaux Hall)
Thurs - 21st Jan - Home to Gurteen (in Drom)

Div. 4
Tues 12th Dec - Away to Grange (To be refixed)

Div. 5 (Zone 1)
Thurs 7th Jan - Home to Grange (To be refixed)
Wed 13th Jan - Away to Drangan
Mon 18th Jan - Home to Grange

Div. 6 (Zone 1) - Templemore A
Thurs Dec 10th - Home to Grange
Mon 11th Jan - Away to Roscrea

Div. 6 (Zone 2) - Templemore B
Mon 11th Jan - Home to Ballycommon
Tues 19th Jan - Away to Gurteen

Div. 6 (B-Division) - Templemore C
Mon 11th Jan - Away to Loughmore A
Wed 13th Jan - Away to Loughmore B

Team Of 4 Draw

2nd Div. Men
R1 Home Vs Grange
R2 Away Vs Hillview
R3 Bye
R4 Home Vs Gurteen
R5 Away Vs Ballycommon

3rd Div. Men
R1 Home Vs Gurteen
R2 Away Vs Hillview
R3 Home Vs Roscrea

4th Div. Men
R1 Away Vs Hillview
R2 Home Vs Grange
R3 Bye

5th Div. Men
R1 Home Vs Roscrea
R2 Away Vs Grange B
R3 Bye
R4 Home Vs C.Club
R5 Away Vs Grange A

6th Div Men - A Team
Zone 1
R1 Away Vs Roscrea
R2 Home Vs C.Club
R3 Away Vs Loughmore
R4 Home Vs C.Club B
R5 Bye
Zone 2 - B Team
R1 Home Vs C,Club A
R2 Away Vs Grange A
R3 Bye
R4 Home Vs Gurteen
R5 Away Vs Ballycommon

4th Div Ladies
Final Vs Grange

5th Div Ladies
R1 Away Vs Ballycommon
R2 Bye
R3 Home Vs Grange A
R4 Away Vs Grange B
R5 Home Vs Gurteen

6th Div Ladies
Zone 1 - B Team
R1 Away Vs Ballycommon
R2 Home Vs Roscrea
R3 Home Vs Gurteen
Zone 2 - A Team
R1 Home Vs C.Club
R2 Bye
R3 Away Vs Grange A

County Team Of 4 '09/'10 - Teams

Templemore Teams for upcoming Team Of 4 Competition:
4th Div. Ladies - Niamh Connolly, Catherine Maher, Anna Cashman & Miriam Murphy
5th Div. Ladies - Anna Cashman, Miriam Murphy, Joanne Slevin & Lorraine Mullen
6th A . Ladies - Olivia Thorpe, Catherine Scanlon, Sinead Bourke & Martha O Brien
6th B . Ladies - Caitriona Fogarty, Edel Hickey, Margaret Ryan & Sandra Russell

2nd Div. Men - Kieran O Brien, Robert Ingram, Dominic Sharpe & Mark Shaw
3rd Div. Men - Kieran O Brien, Robert Ingram, PJ Nolan & Seamus Bohan
4th Div. Men - PJ Nolan, Seamus Bohan, Jerome Ryan & Sumesh Babu
5th Div. Men - Tim Curran, Sumesh Babu, Johnny Coleman & Jerome Ryan
6th A . Men - Joe Keating, Pat Malone, Matt Butler & Shane Cashman
6th B . Men - Sean Patrick Gueren, Darren Russell, Tommy Kennedy & Pat Buckley

Juvenile Inter-County Trials

Notice to all juveniles.
The club will soon be putting players forward for county trials.
The age groups are U-13, U-15 & U-17 in boys and girls.
The first Munster Inter-County of the year will be on at the end of November.
It is important that if you come in and play on the Monday nights so we can possibly put you forward for these trials.
The ladder will be starting next Monday and also some kind of doubles ladder.