Annual Ennis championship

The annual Ennis Junior Badminton Club Championships were completed over the weekend.
The club’s two courts were in constant use throughout the weekend as the club’s emerging talent battled for junior titles. The tournament was co-ordinated and scheduled by junior badminton captain Hilary O’Sullivan and the committee.
The results are listed below.
U-11
Girls’ Singles: winner, Katie Browne; runner-up, Emer Murray.
Boys’ Singles: winner, Aaron Moloney;  runner-up, Ronan Foley.
Boys’ Doubles: winners, Aaron Moloney and Ronan Foley; runners up, Darragh Daly and Patrick Bugler.
U-17 Division 1
Girls’ Singles: winner, Sinéad Flynn; runner-up, Kate Bredin.
U-13 Division 1
Girls’ Singles: winner, Róisín Dwyer; runner-up, Karen MacNamara.
Boys’ Singles: winner, Maurice Molloy; runner-up, Cathal Ruane.
Girls’ Doubles: winners, Áine Ryan and Róisín Dwyer; runners-up, Karen MacNamara and Sally Molloy.
Mixed Doubles: winners, Cathal Ruane and Karen MacNamara; runners-up, Maurice Molloy and Sally Molloy.
U-13 Division 2
Girls’ Singles: winner, Róisín Devane; runner-up, Siun Moran.
Boys’ Singles: winner, DJ Keehan; runner-up, Daniel Jakab.
Mixed Doubles: winner, DJ Keehan and Róisín Devane; runners-up, Oran Killeen and Siun Moran.
U-15 Division 1
Girls’ Singles: winner, Megan Bredin;  runner-up, Amy MacNamara.
Boys’ Singles: winner, Ciaran O’Brien; runner-up, Sean Hanrahan.
Girls’ Doubles: winners, Amy MacNamara and Megan Bredin; runners-up, Emma Kavanagh and Sophie Marron.
Boys’ Doubles: winners, Eoin Flynn and Sean Hanrahan; runners-up, Cian Ruane and Ciaran O’Brien.
Mixed Doubles: winners, Ciaran O’Brien and Emma Kavanagh; runners-up, Eoin Flynn and Megan Bredin.
U-15 Division 2
Boys’ Singles: winner, Niall Guinnane; runner-up, Thomas Flynn.

AGM
A very well attended AGM of Ennis Tennis and Badminton Club last week heard a positive report from outgoing chairman Conor Bunbury on the club’s activities.
On the playing front, the club competed at junior and senior level at a large number of regional and national competitions.
Despite the well-documented economic environment, club treasurer Tom Byrne recorded a robust set of financial and membership figures.
The development plans for the club were outlined by Ger Browne and Al Bredin and there was a detailed drawing on display to assist the discussion.

Inter-provincial and schools success
A number of juniors from the club had great success recently on the inter-provincial front.
Nine juniors from the club played for the Munster U-13 and U-15 titles in Dublin.
Last week, Coláiste Muire won the Irish Schools U-16A National Championship. They tied with Wallace High from Belfast on matches but won on a countback of points. The team was Ciara and Róisín Dwyer, Megan Bredin and Amy McNamara.

Tennis
On the tennis front, the club’s team travelled to play ­Killaloe over the weekend for the Clare Cup. Killaloe ­triumphed with a score of 116-76. This is the fourth year of this competition and the score is two wins each.
The Spring League for mixed doubles pairings is now well underway and the weekly American Tournament is scheduled to start in May.

Quiz night
A table quiz will take place this Friday in the clubhouse and non-members are welcome.