Like the older age group, the U15’s produced some great badminton play on the Terenure College courts. Old rivals Terenure College boy Adam Jermyn took on the young Sligo Boy Jonathon Dolan (Summerhill College) in the final.

The Vets really proved that they are the experts when it comes to having a great day with plenty of good, competitive badminton. At the Baldoyle Badminton Centre last Saturday 20th October, three sections competed in the Round Robin Mixed Tournament Classes 1-6. 

Mark Donnelly (Mt Pleasant BC) won the blue ribbon singles event in Lisburn last weekend. The 18 year old Trinity Science student who took a year out of badminton last year to study for his leaving cert was on fire in his singles play...

The Irish under-23 national badminton championships took place on Saturday in Ramsgrange Community School in county Wexford.  The cream of Ireland’s youthful badminton talent made the long trip to the model county to try and create their own unique piece of history and enter the records books as the first ever winners of the inaugural event.   There was also the added incentive of endeavouring to secure places on the Irish under-23 international team to face Norway in Lisburn on Friday next.

Young Jim Morgan (Pembroke B.C.) took the Mixed Doubles Title in the Cumbrian Classic last weekend. Jim travelled to Carlisle with a few of his Northern Ireland colleagues - Nelson McDowell, Ciaran McMahon and Christine Graham.

Like last year Badminton Ireland’s National Badminton week started off with a Juvenile tournament in Sligo, attracting many players from all the four provinces.

Fourteen Wimbledon badminton players lead by Jenny Lacey travelled to Dublin last weekend to play in an invitational team tournament organised by Siobhan Grehan of Mount Pleasant. In July this year, a number of Siobhan’s colleague’s travelled to Surrey to play in a similar tournament, so this was the return visit.

After over 20 years involved in Badminton and the Leinster Branch Executive, Declan McGinn is taking a break.

There were points to prove in the opening Ulster Juvenile U/17 tournament of the badminton season in Lisburn last weekend. In the girls singles No. 1 seed Ciara Brady was toppled by Kirsty Kelly at the quarter final stages with a convincing score 25-23, 21-8. Likewise in the bottom half of the draw Caroline Oliver ousted the No. 2 seed Laura Butler with a 2 set score 21-17, 21-7. Kelly went on to the final to meet Oliver, not before Oliver had beaten Irish selected Ruth Roddis in the semi-final 21-12, 21-9. In the final, both Dublin girls battled it out on court but Oliver was stronger on the day and won the title 21-11, 21-9.