December
04
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Neil
Barrett |
New
Ross Badminton players have been active over the past two weeks in the
preliminary rounds of the county charity tournament and ten of the thirty
one finals down for decision on Sunday night next the 12th December will
feature New Ross members.
Pat Lynch
and Ralph Stone are
the only representative to make the finals in the top division and they
will face Donal O’Keefe and Gavin Smith (Olympic) in the men’s doubles
decider. The New Ross pair are also in the division 2 final where
they will renew rivalry with the Mackey brothers Alan & Vincent from
Taghmon. Pat is also in the mixed doubles final where he and wife
Brideen take on another Taghmon pairing of Stewart O’Toole and Elaine
Dunne. In the division 2 ladies doubles Brideen Lynch and daughter
Laura make up a unique partnership and they meet club colleague Orla
Deegan and her Taghmon partner Elaine Dunne. Laura Lynch takes on
Elaine in the division 2 ladies singles decider and plays in her 3rd final
when she faces Olympics Jennifer Sinnott in the division 3 ladies singles.
Neil Barrett has qualified for two division 3 finals. He partners Frances
Morrissey (Clonroche) in the men’s doubles and teams up with regular
partner Celine Hayes in the mixed doubles where they hope to go one better
than the silver medal they took home last year.
Andrew Wayland
and Wayne Redmond are
the sole club representatives in the division 5 grade and they face a
tough men’s final against top seeds David Ryan and Nicky Sinnott
(Ballycogley). It’s another family affair in the division 7 men’s
doubles where Ray Breen and dad Tony contest their first Badminton finals.
Ray is also in the men’s singles final against Gary Cullen from
Galbally. Both Ray and Tony are better know for their handball
exploits, and having just taken up badminton in the past couple of weeks,
qualification for a county final is a major achievement for them both.
The
first semi-final sees the Tigers team captained by
Pat Lynch
taking on the
Panthers led by Martin Regan. The second semi-final will take place on
Thursday the 16th December with the Jaguars captained by Colm Byrne doing
battle with the Puma’s under the leadership of Ralph Stone.
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There
were 34 entries which was one of the largest ever for the New Ross Club
team competition when entries closed and the competition
had to be postponed from its original starting date on the 7th December
due to the unique problem for the organisers of being unable to cope with
the large number of players interested in participating. The club
has now split the competition into a senior and intermediate event with
the final of the senior grade taking place on Thursday the 16th at
7:30 p.m.
when the Tigers take on the Panthers. Tigers: Colm Byrne,
Martin Regan, Billy Bennett, Rosemary Burke, Karen Hennessey, Adrian
Delaney,
Andrew Wayland
, Wayne Redmond. Panthers:
Pat Lynch
, Ralph Stone, Neill Barrett, Brideen Lynch,
Pat Furlong
, Celine Hayes, Laura Lynch, John Nolan. The intermediate final
between the Puma’s and the Jaguars will take place on the 11th January
also at
7:30 p.m.
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Div
2B Team |
With
the staging of the county charity tournament it has been a quite time of
late for the club teams in the various team competitions. The
division 5 team did record a fine 8-0 away victory over Ballycogley B in
zone B of the county mixed league. The win keeps the teams slim
hopes of qualification for the knockout stages alive, but realistically it
will still take a major stumble over the last couple of games by the
current leaders Galbally and Clonroche to achieve this. New Ross
team: Adrian Delaney,
Andrew Wayland
, Helen Moore and
Sue Barrett
. The only other team in action was the division 2B side who went
down 8-0 away to league leaders Taghmon in their final league match: Team:
Frankie Morrissey, Neil Barrett, Orla Deegan and Celine Hayes.
The
Leinster
under-16 team with local player Laura Lynch on the squad finished a
creditable 3rd behind Nottinghamshire and
Yorkshire
at the York Under 16 open team event.
Leinster
briefly led the tournament on Saturday evening, but slipped a little in
the doubles events. Team manager Itta Marron and coach Pat Marron
were still happy with the team’s performance against strong opposition
from several English and Scottish teams. Laura herself had a 1 in 3
success in the singles events and a 3 from 5 record in the girls doubles.
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The
Tigers mauled the Panthers in a highly entertaining final of the New Ross
Badminton club senior team competition as they recorded an 13-8 victory in
winning the first club competition of the season. The Tigers raced
into a 4-2 lead after the opening games with Martin Regan and Colm Byrne
defeating
Pat Lynch
and Ralph Stone 12/13, 13/2, 13/8. Billy Bennett and Rosemary Burke
followed this up with a 9/13, 13/11, 13/12 victory over Brideen Lynch and
Neil Barrett. Celine Hayes and
Pat Furlong
recorded the Panthers first win when they defeated
Karen Hennessy
and Adrian Delaney 9/13, 13/11. 13/10, but the Tigers regained their
advantage immediately when
Andrew Wayland
and Wayne Redmond overcame Laura Lynch and John Nolan 13/12, 13/9.
In the 2nd series of games Colm Byrne and Billy Bennett stretched the
tigers lead even further when they had an easier than expected success
13/4, 13/9 over
Pat Lynch
and Neil Barrett. Brideen Lynch and Ralph Stone looked sharp for the
Panthers in their doubles when overcoming Rosemary Burke and Martin Regan
13/6, 13/6. The final two games went the way of the Tigers with
Karen Hennessy
and
Andrew Wayland
defeating
Pat Furlong
and Laura Lynch 13/2, 6/13, 13/10 and Adrian Delaney and Wayne Redmond
defeating Celine Hayes and John Nolan 13/5, 11/13, 13/12.
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Div
2A Team |
Despite
a fine 6-4 home win by the clubs division 2A team over league leaders and
defending champions Taghmon it was not enough to deny the visitors their
2nd title in a row. Needing to win by a clear 5 points to force a
play-off the home side lost the opening ladies doubles game when Brideen
Lynch and Rosemary Burke were beaten 17/14, 15/13 by Deirdre Kehoe and
Gillian Murphy. Taghmon then took the opening set of the first mixed
doubles with Deirdre and Stewart O’Toole winning 15/13 over Pat &
Brideen Lynch, but the recent charity winners fought back to take the
remaining two games 15/13, 15/8. New Ross then took the lead on the
night when Rosemary Burke and Ralph Stone defeated Philip Wadding and
Gillian Murphy in 2 sets. The home side also won the final men’s
doubles game with
Pat Lynch
and Ralph Stone defeating Stewart O’Toole and Philip Wadding 6/15, 15/3,
15/4. The division 5 team also suffered a setback in their quest for
the runner-spot in the division 5 zone B mixed league when they were
beaten 5-4 at home by Clonard. New Ross winners on the night were
Adrian Delaney and
Andrew Wayland
in the men’s doubles and
Andrew Wayland
and
Sue Barrett
in the 2nd mixed doubles match.
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Ralph
Stone |
Half-way
through the New Ross club singles ladder competition and defending
champion
Ralph Stone
is still holding on to the top position in his quest to defend the title
won for the first time last season. There was plenty of activity on
the ladder leading up to the Christmas break, with John Nolan making a
significant move upwards when he had a fine 15/6, 15/4 victory over Eoghan
Cashin. Billy Bennett made a winning return to the singles court
when he overcame
Andrew Wayland
15/10, 15/5 in his first match back and
Sue Barrett
moves from 13th position to 10th by virtue of a fine 15/6, 1/15, 15/6
victory over Joseph Sinnott.
The
club returned to action after the Christmas break on Monday last and
already the action is coming thick and fast. Taghmon are the
visitors on Wednesday night for the 2nd leg of the division 1 mixed league
final. New Ross trail the defending champions 8-2 after the first
leg and barring a monumental stumble the return leg is a mere formality
for the visitors, with New Ross seemingly playing for pride only.
Club members are reminded that the closing date for those interested in
playing in the Wexford doubles leagues is fast approaching and anyone
interested should include their name on the board as soon as possible.
The
Waterford
mixed league starts on Monday the 10th January with a new look New Ross
team playing away to defending champions
Waterford
. Missing
Pat Lynch
, Martin Regan and Orla Deegan from last year’s team they face a tough
opening encounter, with Colm Byrne, Neil Barrett and Celine Hayes coming
into the side. Meanwhile in the
Waterford
men’s league Terrerath’s had a fine 2-2 home draw with defending
champions Lismore, but lost 3-1 away to current leaders
Waterford
in their final match. The 3 points
obtained however ensures the New Ross district side remain in a creditable
3rd position.
On
Tuesday night the 11th the Pumas and Jaguar’s meet in the New Ross clubs
intermediate team final, with proceeding beginning at 7:30 p.m.
It
was a good holiday period for under-age star Laura Lynch with a double
success at the Leinster Close Juvenile badminton finals. Laura
picked up winners trophies in the ladies and mixed doubles finals and was
a runner-up in the under 15 girls singles competition. Her next
major competition will be the
Ulster
open on the 22nd & 23rd January.
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