Division 3 travelled to Dublin to play in the All-Ireland Finals in Baldoyle Badminton Centre yesterday along with a happy bunch of vociferous supporters.
The first round was played in the morning against the Leinster Division 3 qualifiers, Rahan from Offaly, and Boyle, in flying form, took that match 6 - 1. There was a bit of a break then until facing the Munster qualifiers from Carrigaline in Cork at about 3.45pm. This proved a much tougher encounter with a lot of the games being very close and it ultimately came down to the very last set which was lost by only two points. Of course if the usual method of scoring in a Round Robin competition had been used, Boyle would have been way ahead in sets and crowned All-Ireland champions, as they deserved to have been! C'est la vie!
Such an amount of hard work and training had gone in to prepare for the final, it seems very cruel to have come so close and have it snatched away at the very last but hopefully when they get a chance to mull it over, despite being very disappointed, the team will be extremely proud to walk away with All-Ireland Silver in Division 3. Congratulations to all.
No mean feat for our little club from Boyle in Roscommon! Onwards and upwards!!
The first round was played in the morning against the Leinster Division 3 qualifiers, Rahan from Offaly, and Boyle, in flying form, took that match 6 - 1. There was a bit of a break then until facing the Munster qualifiers from Carrigaline in Cork at about 3.45pm. This proved a much tougher encounter with a lot of the games being very close and it ultimately came down to the very last set which was lost by only two points. Of course if the usual method of scoring in a Round Robin competition had been used, Boyle would have been way ahead in sets and crowned All-Ireland champions, as they deserved to have been! C'est la vie!
Such an amount of hard work and training had gone in to prepare for the final, it seems very cruel to have come so close and have it snatched away at the very last but hopefully when they get a chance to mull it over, despite being very disappointed, the team will be extremely proud to walk away with All-Ireland Silver in Division 3. Congratulations to all.
No mean feat for our little club from Boyle in Roscommon! Onwards and upwards!!
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