:: Johnny Wins in Arklow
Posted by admin on 06-05-2008
Johnny O Keeney won the Battle of the Fermoy Clubmates last weekend to claim the Mens B/C Singles title at the Arklow Irish Open. In the final he overcame the challenge of Sean Keane on a 2-1 scoreline.
Liam Hughes and Noel O Callaghan combined well to take the Open Mens Doubles title, defeating Adam Neary and Stevie O Loan in the final encounter. Noel also reached the Open Singles final but had to settle for second best on the day against his Spanish opponent, Carlos Oviedo. The seeding points from reaching the final will be enough to take him back to pole position on the National seeding list and if he retains his Kilkenny Open title in 3 weeks time, he will finish the season sitting top of the pile for yet another year.
Pictured are Sean Keane and Johnny O Keeney
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:: Catherine and Ronan are Templederry Champions
Posted by admin on 05-05-2008
The finals of the Templederry Novice Singles Championships were held this week and they resulted in impressive victories for both Catherine Shanahan and Ronan Kinane.
Ater losing the first game against her opponent, Laura Young on a 15-4 scoreline, Catherine battled back well to take the match to a deciding tie-breaker thanks to a 15-12 victory in the second game. It was Laura that started the decider with all guns blazing and within minutes, she found herself 7-0 up and in complete control. The game however took a different twist when Catherine regained the serve and completed an amazing comeback by cliaiming the 11 winning scores without losing her serve again.
Ronan overcame the challenge of pre-tournament favouite Din Carey to take the mens title while displaying his best racquetball to date. After a slow start, Ronan took control of the game when the scores were 4 each and after that he never gave his opponent a chance as he closed out the game in impressive fashion. Ronan continued to impress in the second game and seemed to have the match gift-wrapped when serving at 14-9 but to Dins credit, he didn't throw in the towel and fought back to bring the match to a tiebreaker. The quality of Ronans serves was the difference in the decider as he served out a number of top quality aces and in doing so, he recorded a very impressive 11-2 victory.
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:: Touraneena Win Aisling Hynes Memorial Trophy
Posted by admin on 22-04-2008
The Touraneena Club in West Waterford retained the Aisling Hynes Memorial Trophy for the second consecutive season thanks to their overall points victory at the 9th Irish Junior Open held in Fermoy.
3 victories in the Under 11 boys, Under 13 boys and Under 21 girls by Mike Kearns, Dean Cliffe and team captain Eithne Skehan respectfully paved the way for the victory over their nearest rivals Templederry.
Photo shows (Back L-R) Dean Cliffe, Eoin Kearns, Eithne Skehan (captain), Conor Skehan, Gemma Cliffe. (Front L-R) Mike Kearns, Dearbhaile Skehan, Aisling Hallinan, Clodagh Kearns and Jack Skehan.
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:: 9 Irish Junior Open Titles For Munster Clubs
Posted by admin on 21-04-2008
Munster clubs won 9 of the 12 titles on offer at the 9th Irish Junior Open held in Fermoy. the strength in depth with numbers within the province was also evident as 71 of the 86 players that played over the weekend were affiliated to Munster clubs.
In the Under 9 grades, Templederry recorded an impressive double as Conor Looby won his first ever title at National level in the boys grade while Aisling Carey finished off a superb season with victory in the girls grade.
Mike Kearns (Touraneena) produced an excellent performance to claim the Under 11 boys title while his club mate Dean Cliffe recorded victory in the Under 13 boys grade. Kate Ryan (Rossmore) continued her fine progress in the game this season with a well earned victory in the Under 13 girls grade.
Rossmore got their second victory in the Under 15 girls grade when Aisling Hickey claimed the title with a very impressive final victory. Sean Keane added another title to his recent impressive list of achievements with victory in the Under 17 grade while both the Under 21 titles will also rest in the Munster province for the next 12 months thanks to victories from last year's Junior International captains, Eithne Skehan (Touraneena) and Johnny O Keeney (Fermoy).
Photo shows Conor Looby and Aisling Carey (Both Templederry)
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:: 9th Irish Junior Open
Posted by admin on 17-04-2008
The 9th Irish Junior Open will this weekend be held in Fermoy. Near on 100 players have entered the annual event with 80 of them coming from the Munster province.
Titles in the Under 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 21 age-group are up for grabs in what should prove to be a very good spectacle for junior racquetball. The Aisling Hynes Memorial Trophy will also be presented to the club that scores the most points over the weekend. Last year, Munster clubs secured the 3 spots in this and hopefully we'll see a repeat of it again this year.
Pictured are Eimear Murphy (Templederry), Aisling Carey (Templederry), Megan Ryan (Rossmore) and Moira Kinane (Rossmore).
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:: International Team for Worlds Named
Posted by admin on 17-04-2008
The Irish International team that will compete in the World Championships in Kingscourt in August has been named and the munster Province will be well represented.
Julie Skehan (pictured) will be the sole female representative on the team where she will get the honour of captaining the Womens team in a major championship played on home soil.
Recently crowned All Ireland Singles Champion, Liam Hughes (Fermoy) wil be joined on the Mens team by Touraneena player Triston Hickey while Fermoy man Noel O Callaghan (O Loughlins) will captain the Mens team.
Munster are also repesented in the coaching staff as munster Council Chairman, Christy Slattery (Templederry) is the assistant coach to the team.
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:: Liam Hughes is New National No. 1
Posted by admin on 17-04-2008
Fermoys Liam Hughes is the new National No. 1 following the recent Fermoy Open. He has 9 points to spare over Noel O Callaghan (O Loughlins) at the top of the list. 2 other Munster men are in the top 8 with Triston Hickey (Touraneena) in fourth place while Patrick Hanley (Fermoy) is in eighth place.
Munster only has one female player in the top 8. Julie Skehan (Touraneena) is in second place, 14 points behind Moylaghs Elma Gibney. A victory at the upcoming Arklow Irish Open would bring the 20 year old into pole position for the first time ever.
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:: Double Delight in Youghal and Touraneena
Posted by admin on 17-04-2008
The Munster Junior Doubles Championships were held recently for the first time with the Youghal and Touraneena clubs combining to act as host clubs. Overall a total of 76 players participated in what proved to be a very successful event.
Aisling Carey and Eimear Murphy proved to be class act in the under 10 girls grade as the Templederry duo produced some unbeatable performances to claim the title. Touraneena cousins, Aisling Hallinan and Clodagh Kearns combined very well to win the Under 12 grade while the Under 14 trophy will rest in Rossmore for the next 12 months thanks to the performances of the ever improving Aimee Quinn and Kate Ryan. Gemma Cliffe teamed up with her Touraneena club-mate Caoimhe McGrath to record victory in the Under 16 grade while Gemma then doubled up with Templederrys Siobhan Corcoran to secure the Under 18 title also.
Jack Skehan contiued his winning run in the Under 10 grade when he teamed up with debutant Kieran Tobin to take the title to the Deise County. Darragh Carey and Odhran Murphy combined brilliantly to rule supreme in the Under 12 grade while Conor Skehan and Mark Gleeson produced the best performance of the event in the final of the Under 14 grade to record a very impressive victory. The Fermoy duo of Sean Keane and Eoin McCarthy finished top of the pile in the Under 16 grade while Sean Hyslop and Garvan Dunford, both from the Touraneena club running out victorious in the Under 18 grade.
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:: Munster Win 5 Titles at Fermoy Open
Posted by admin on 17-04-2008
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Munster players won 5 of the titles on offer at the recent Fermoy Open. Triston Hickey (Touraneena) teamed up with Arklows Adam Neary to win the open Mens Doubles title thanks to a straight games victory over Fermoys Liam Hughes and Patrick Hanley. Chris Carey ruled supreme in the D/Novice Singles grade defeating Brian Byrne from the Arklow club in the final.
Sean Keane was in brilliant form over the weekend and as a result, he recorded victories in both the Under 18 Boys Singles and the B/C Mens Singles.In both finals, he defeated his International team-mate Ruaidhri O Rourke from the kingscourt club in Co. Cavan. Aisling Hickey (Rossmore) continued her impressive recent form en route to claiming the Under 18 Girls title. In the final she ran out a 2-0 winner over Arklows Orla Byrne.
Pictured is Aisling Hickey with tournament director Liam Hughes.
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:: Racquetball By The Blackwater
Posted by admin on 27-03-2008
The Fermoy Youth Centre is where the action will be this weekend as 60 players will battle it out for the various titles on offer at the Fermoy Open. With the announcement of the Irish Senior Team been named fastly approaching, the main interest will be in the Open grades where many players will still fancy their chances of gaining one of the team places.
In the Open Mens grade, Noel O Callaghan will face either Johnny O Keeney or Christy Slattery in quarter final while on the same top half of the draw, Joe Farrell will go to battle with Triston Hickey in the other quarter final. On the bottom half, Adam Neary will face either Patrick Hanley or Chris Carey in one quarter while the All Ireland Open Champion Liam Hughes will face Jimmy Gannon or Arlen Aherne in the other quarter.
In the Womens draw, Julie Skehan is top seed where she will face either Aisling Hickey or Katie Kenny in her quarter final. Toni Neary and Donna Ryder will square up to each other in the other quarter final on the top half of the draw. All Ireland Champion Ciara McMenamon will go to battle with Eithne Skehan in the third quarter while Majella Haverty will be up against either Clodagh McMenamon or Geraldine Byrne in the bottom quarter of the draw.
Best of luck to all the Munster players and hopefully plenty of silverware will remain within the province after the final presentation. Pictured are Fermoy players Johnny O Keeney and Sean Keane.
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