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Wexford sweep the boards in Leinster Championships Wexford swept the boards winning all three titles in the Leinster Inter County Championships held in the Badminton Centre, Dublin on Sunday last. The New Ross trio of Karen Hennessey, Brideen and Pat Lynch were on the class 2 team who overcame neighbours Carlow 4 – 2. Wexford also won the class 3 by beating Meath and the Class 4 by defeating Longford by the same margins. Members
to the fore in County Championships
The qualifying rounds of the county Championships continued during the week with New Ross players were very much to the fore. In the division 2 men’s doubles semi-final Pat Lynch and Martin Regan beat Alan Carton (Clonroche) and J. J. Murphy (Terrerath) 8-15, 15-13, 15-8. The New Ross/Taghmon partnership of Pat Lynch & Deirdre Kehoe eventually got the better of Philip Wadding (Ferns) and Gillian Murphy (Taghmon) 17-16, 8-15, 15-12 to qualify for the division 2 mixed doubles final where they will meet the County Charity champions Alan Carton and Miriam Butler of Clonroche. In the division 5 ladies singles Mary Wade overcame Betty Kelly of Davidstown and will play Olive Waters of Gusserane in the final. Mary teamed up with Brian Cullen to make it a hat trick of finals for her when they beat the number one seeds Colm Walsh and Orla Sinnott of Ballycogley 15-8, 15-13 in the mixed doubles semi-final. It’s going to be a busy night for Brian on the 23rd because he qualified for his 5th final when he partnered Laura Lynch to reach the division six mixed doubles final with a 15-4, 15-6 victory over John Rossitter and Ann Egan of Gusserane. It is another feather in the cap of young Laura Lynch who at just 12 years and a few weeks becomes the youngest ever player to qualify for a championship final. Division 6 Men's team setting a strong pace. Despite the activity on the championship scene there were some league matches during the week involving club teams. The division 6 men’s team continue to set the pace with a fine 8 –1 victory over Taghmon in New Ross. The divsison 5 men got back on winning ways with a 7 – 2 victory over Ballykelly, while the division six ladies travelled to Ballycogley and won impressively by 7 games to 2. The under 17 league champions are Taghmon who comprehensively defeated New Ross 7-0 in their final game. March 10th 2002 Under 13 County title for Club Team Pride of place this week goes to the 13 team, which won the clubs first ever
under 13-league championship by narrowly defeating Taghmon 4 - 3 in a very
exciting final in Barntown Community Centre on Tuesday. The New Ross Team
was Laura Lynch (capt), Ruth McGuiness, Aoife Bennett, Robert Farrell, Declan
Burke and Niall Parker. Premier team in Waterford Final Congratulations to the Waterford Premier mixed team who qualified for the
final of the Waterford Mixed League after a 5-1 victory away to Touraneena in
their final group match. Its New Ross first final since 1998 and they
await the winners of the Lady Lane and Lismore playoff before they will know
their final opponents. Team: Rosemary Burke, Brideen Lynch, Orla Deegan,
Pat Lynch, Martin Regan (capt), Noel Carton. The ladies novice team had an excellent 8-0 home victory over Davidstown to go top of the table. Their final two games, home and away against second place Olympic BC will decide the outcome of the league title. The all-conquering division six men's team were held to a 4-4 all draw away to Ballycogley, but remain in the driving set for divisional honours. The division 5 men's team won 6-3 away to Clonard to keep alive their hopes of a league title. County
Championships In the co-championships they were victories in the division one men's doubles for Pat Lynch & Noel Carton who beat Seamus Creane and Jimmy Sinnott (Terrerath) 15-8, 15-13. Brideen Lynch and Rosemary Burke beat Sarah Murphy and Helen Ryan (Taghmon) in the division 2 Ladies doubles 15-2, 15-8. County
Seniors beaten in All-Ireland Finals
March 17th 2002 Ross under-age stars perform well in Spring Open The
Annual Spring Open under-age Badminton Tournament was played in the Badminton
Centre Terenure on Saturday and Sunday last and for the first time New Ross
Badminton Club was represented in three grades, Wayne Redmond (U18), Orla Deegan
(U16) and Laura Lynch and Robert Farrell at (U12). Wayne lost in the early rounds, but
Orla, Laura and Robert progressed to
the semi-finals before losing in the penultimate game. Orla was beaten 11-7, 11-3 by Sarah Cox from Offaly, Robert went down
15-8, 15-5, to the number one seed David Tutting, and Laura lost in 3 sets
13-10, 9-11, 3-11 to the number one seed Sarah McIntyre. It was a fantastic achievement by all three players and their
achievements rank them with the best players around in their age bracket. Division 6 title for Men's team. In the domestic leagues the division 6 men’s team completed their league program with a fine 8-1 win over second place Clonard. This victory all but guarantees that them of the league title and they finish with an impressive record of 5 wins and one draw. Team panel: Brian Cullen (capt), Wayne Redmond, Eoin Mernagh, Alan Nixon, Robert Farrell and Shane Moran. County
Championships
March 24th 2002 Champions defeated by New Ross in Waterford Final They say that perseverance eventually pays dividends and that was certainly the case on Thursday last when New Ross Badminton Club eventually won the Waterford Premier Mixed title after a lapse of five years. This win erased five years of frustration for New Ross who had lost out in the previous five semi-finals. When the victims in the final were Lady Lane BC who were the champions in that period it just added to the sense of achievement. Going into the game Lady Lane were very much the favourites as it was expected that with a full team on duty they would prove too strong yet again for their Wexford opponents. It started well for the underdogs however when Pat Lynch & Noel Carton took the first men's doubles in 3 sets, and New Ross really put it up to their opponents when Rosemary Burke and Brideen Lynch won the ladies doubles in straight sets. Lady Lane steadied the ship when John Riordan and Ger Meagher beat Noel Carton and Martin Regan in the 2nd men's doubles to leave the score at 2-1 in favour of New Ross. The second ladies doubles was a very close and tense game and when Rosemary Burke and Orla Deegan won in straight sets it was a massive boost for New Ross who now needed just one more game to clinch the title. This they achieved in the very next game when Pat & Brideen Lynch defeated Timmy Keogh and Mary Walsh in straight sets to the delight of the New Ross players.
Brian dominates County Finals
It was a hat trick of success for Brian Cullen in the County Championship finals in Taghmon Community Centre on Sunday night. It had started badly for Brian when he lost the six division singles in three sets to Colin Walsh from Ballycogley, but he quickly overcame this disappointment to partner Alan Nixon to success in the division six men's doubles and teamed up with Adrian Delaney to win the fifth division title. He secured his hat trick when winning the division six mixed doubles with Laura Lynch. This was also a personal triumph for Laura who at just 12 years of age becomes the youngest ever player to win an adult title. It was a hat trick as well for Pat Lynch, but unfortunately it was a hat trick of defeats. He lost the first division men's doubles with Noel Carton when they were beaten 5-15, 15-13, 8-15 by the number one seeds Liam Sinnott and Philip Walsh. He narrowly lost the division one mixed doubles with wife Brideen going down 15-5, 15-17,13-15 to Alan Carton and Miriam Butler from Clonroche, and to add salt to the wounds he lost the division 2 final 16-17, 12-15 to the same opposition when partnered by Deirdre Kehoe. The night was not a total loss however as he did have the consolation of winning the second division men’s doubles when he and partner Martin Regan defeated Philip Waddding & Stuart O'Tootle from Ferns 15-7,15-10. Martin claimed his second title by winning the division 3 men’s doubles with partner N Carton and Brideen Lynch and Rosemary Burke claimed the division 2 ladies doubles with a 2 sets to 1 victory over Deirdre Kehoe and Gillian Murphy from Taghmon. Also successful on the night was Orla Deegan who defeated Marianne Carroll from Taghmon 7-11,11-5,11-7 to win the division 4 ladies singles crown.
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