Cork County Badminton Association

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Cork had some fantastic results at the All-Ireland Inter-County competitions recently in U.L.  Class 2 defeated Wexford in the final. Class 4 qualified for the semi-finals which will be played at the end of March in Galway & Class 5 won the Munster Inter-County held in Killarney.  For more info go to Inter-County page.

Results of Cork County Championships held recently:  Winners will go forward to the Munster Championships in Killarney, Singles on 15th April, Doubles & Mixed on 29th April.

Div 1 Mens Singles: Tom Burke  beat Eoin Moynihan  22-20, 21-16

Div 1 Mens Doubles: Paul Foy & Conor Hayes beat Gary O’Sullivan & Liam McNamara  17-21, 24-22, 21-17

Div 1 Ladies Doubles:  Caroline & Michelle Hayes beat Trish Doyle & Tanya Niedzielski 22-20, 21-16

Div 1 Mixed Doubles:  Tom Bourke & Helen Twomey beat Gary O’Sullivan & Ciara Pender  21-17, 21-13

Div 2 Mens Singles:  Chris Kelleher beat Kevin Moynihan  21-15, 21-19

Div 2 Ladies Singles:  Lucy Kearns beat Patricia O’Herlihy  21-15,13-21, 21-9

Div 2 Mens Doubles:  Terence Rumley & Alan McCarthy beat Kevin Moynihan & David Collins  24-22, 15-21, 21-16

Div 2 Ladies Doubles:  Emer O’Keeffe & Marianne Collins beat Angela McCann & Anne Murphy 15-21, 21-19, 21-12

Div 2 Mixed Doubles:  Conor Leahy & Joyce Murphy beat Terence Rumley & Angela McCann 21-10, 21-10

Div 3 Mens Singles:  John Aherne beat Kristian O’Connor 25-23, 22-20

Div 3 Ladies Singles:  Elaine Sheridan beat Lorraine Whelton 21-8, 21-19

Div 3 Mens Doubles:  David Jacob & Kristian O’Connor beat Sree Sreedharan & Adham Jaber 21-17, 21-19

Div 3 Ladies Doubles:  Adele Foley & Lorraine Whelton beat Martina Deane & Marguerite Galvin 21-13, 20-22, 21-19

Div 3 Mixed Doubles:  Brian O’Sullivan & Lorraine Whelton beat Kristian O’Connor & Paula Hanley 22-20, 21-17

Div 4 Mens Singles:  John Aherne beat Paul Kingston 21-18, 19-21, 21-11

Div 4 Ladies Singles;  Elaine Hudson beat Orla Coghlan 21-14, 21-18

Div 4 Mens Doubles:  Sean Sheehan & Willie Bartley beat Paul Kingston & Gary Helen 19-21, 21-16, 21-11

Div 4 Ladies Doubles:  Elaine Hudson & Laura Butler beat Suzanna Lucacova & Siobhan Quirke 21-18, 21-9

Div 4 Mixed Doubles:  Michael Power & Elaine Hudson beat Patrick Daly & Siobhan Quirke 21-18, 21-19

Div 5 Mens Singles:  Jerome McGrath beat Ross Leacy 21-13, 13-21, 21-9

Div 5 Ladies Singles:  Claire Warner beat Norma Murphy 21-18,10-21, 21-19

Div 5 Ladies Doubles:  Isabelle O’Callaghan & Ann Marie McCarthy beat Collette Carmody & Eimear O’Connor 21-17, 22-20

Div 6 Mens Singles:  John Scannell beat Myles Leacy 21-9, 21-18

Div 6 Ladies Singles:  Claire Warner beat Susan McCarthy 21-2, 21-7

Div 6 Mens Doubles:  B. Kelly & I Sweetnam beat Nicholas Bryan & D. O’Driscoll 21-15, 19-21, 21-15

Div 6 Ladies Doubles:  Sile Fallon & Siobhan Twomey beat Elaine Megihan & Sinead O’Neill 21-10, 21-5

Div 6 Mixed Doubles:   David Bell & Susan McCarthy beat Nicholas Bryan & Julianne Hayes 21-15, 21-16
 

See Latest Results page for info on Championship Cup Finals

The 1st of the County Singles Championships were played on Sunday last.  There was quite a good entry in most of the Grades.  A very enjoyable days badminton was had by all.  See results on Latest Results Page.

At the Juvenile Awards Night recently  were: L to R, Oliver Deady, (Chairman, Juvenile Section CCBA), Ciare Buckley, Liz Horan, Wendy O’Mahony, (Secretary,) Myra Bernard, Aine Howard, Carmel Motherway & Leslie Smith, (President, CCBA.)

 

Cork travelled to U/L last Sunday to take part in the Inter-County Class 3 competition.  In the 1st round Cork had Galway as their opppsition.  The team played extremely well & came out of this match with an 8-1 win.  Galway then went on to play Meath.  Meath did likewise & won this match 8-1 also.  This left Cork & Meath on similar points going into the last round.  After the level doubles both teams were drawn at 2-2.  Cork went on to clinch the match at 5 games to 3 with no need to play out the last game.  Cork are now through to the All-Ireland semi-finals which will be played in Galway at the end of March.  Well done to everyone involved.  The team is: Conor Hayes, Carrigaline, Paudie O’Mahony, Carrigtwohill, Robert Patterson, St. Mary’s, Ali Zain, Melbourn, Terence Rumley, Bride, Nime Stefansson (Captain)  &Maree Dwyer, Melbourn, Michelle Hayes & Lucy Kearns, Carrigaline, Emer O’Keeffe, Banteer, Team Manager:  Betty Thompson. 

Cork Class 2 team who won the All-Ireland Inter-County recently:  Left to right:  Betty Thompson (Manager), Nime Stefansson, Tom Ahern, Tanja Niedzielski, Gary O’Sullivan (Captain), Caroline Hayes, Paudie O’Mahony, Michelle Hayes, Conor Hayes, Trish Doyle.