BADMINTON Connacht, the smallest of the three provinces in terms of numbers, took four of the six titles on offer at the Badminton Ireland Inter-Clubs finals held in the Baldoyle and Terenure badminton centres. A strong squad from Oranmore won the F division, beating University of Limerick, and also won the H division. Near neighbours […]
SQUASH: For a second year, the Irish women’s squash team has finished runners-ups to England at the European Team Championships in the Netherlands. In the final, Irish No 1 Madeline Perry lost the opening match against Laura Massaro but Aisling Blake then evened the score when she beat Alison Waters. So it came down to […]
POOL: Dubliner Fred Dinsmore is the double European champion after winning both 8-ball and 9-ball titles at the European Pool Championships wheelchair title in Slovenia. In the 8-ball final, Dinsmore beat world 9-ball champion Henrik Larsson of Sweden 5-3. Earlier in the week, Larsson has beaten the Dubliner 5-4 in the 10-ball competition. In the […]
Updates: SQUASH: Ireland’s Madeline Perry and Aisling Blake seeded to clash in the semi-final of the women’s tournament at the Cannon Kirk Irish Squash Open women’s tournament in Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Club next week. With four previous wins to her credit, Perry is top seed, while Blake is at No 3. At the recent Irish Nationals, […]
MINORITY REPORT, Herald 6 April 2013 TEN PIN BOWLING: Young Irish bowler Amanda Larkin made history las week when she became the first ever Irish winner of the European Youth Championships in Vienna. Competing against 68 players from 22 countries, Larkin made the matchplay finals in ninth place after bowling consistently well in the qualifying […]
BADMINTON. A European team including Irish No 1 Scott Evans is currently playing the second round of matches for the Axiata Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia fighting to hold on to fourth place on the table. After last weekend’s opening round. Thailand has a one point lead over Indonesia with Malaysia one point behind again. […]
Scott Evans TENPIN BOWLING: To celebrate 50 years of ten pin bowling in Ireland, schools from all over the country were invited to try free bowling in their local centres last week. The results were overwhelming with close to 20,000 youngsters getting their first taste of this enjoyable sport. “The figures were way beyond […]
* Don’t think this ever got into the paper last week, so have taken out the outdated material on hockey and badminton. Aisling’s great win is still worth noting! SQUASH: After many previous encounters, Aisling Blake from Sligo won her first national women’s squash title when she beat Irish No 1 Madeline Perry at Fitzwilliam […]
Madeline Perry Update: Aisling Blake ended Madeline Perry’s 14-year reign as Irish women’s squash champion at Fitzwilliam on Sunday afternoon. BADMINTON: Chloe Magee proved best of the Irish at the All-England Badminton Championships in Birmingham winning her opening round match in the qualifying tournament for the women’s singles. In a 50-minute marathon, Magee had lost […]
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