Connaught Closed Junior B Competition - Jan 15th 2011

The Connaught Closed B Competition will be held in Boyle again this year on Saturday 15th January and is open to all players from Division 3, 4, 5 and 6. There will be Singles, Doubles and Mixed Competition with Singles starting at 10am, Mens and Ladies Doubles to start at 12.30pm and Mixed to start at 4pm approximately.

While the lead in time is short (this is mainly due to adverse weather we had in December which meant the club hardly met at all!) we hope that as many of our own players as possible will participate and we hope that all of those who thoroughly enjoyed last years competition will be able to come back again this year.

To make the competition a similar success to last year we will need all hands on deck so if you're available on Saturday 15th January even for an hour to give a hand in the shop or at the desk it will be greatly appreciated. There are plenty of jobs for everyone!

Entries for the competition should be returned to Mandy on the official entry form which will be available on club nights or can be emailed if preferred (boylebadminton@gmail.com).

2011!

Club Finishes for Christmas...

There will be no club night tonight Monday due to the hazardous driving conditions around the town so badminton has officially finished now until after Christmas.

We will recommence, weather permitting, on Thursday 6th January 2011 at 9pm.

We wish all of our members a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and safe New Year.

Deepest Sympathy - Tom O'Hart RIP

The club extends deepest sympathy to Ruth and Enda O'Hart and to Aisling Creighton following the death of their father Tom.

The arrangements are as follows:
Reposing at Rockmount from 3pm to 6pm this Thursday evening with removal to St. Michael's Church, Croghan, arriving at 7.30pm. Requiem Mass tomorrow, Friday, at 12 noon. Burial immediately afterwards in Eastersnow Cemetery.

As a mark of respect there will be no badminton on Thursday 16th December and the Christmas Get-Together planned for Friday 17th December is also cancelled.

Christmas Get-Together

Our clubs Christmas night out will be this Friday (weather permitting) in The Craoibhín, Boyle from 9pm (ish).

All members are very welcome, we hope to see as many as possible for a drink and some craic.

As a club we have a lot to raise a toast to so come along and enjoy the fun.

November Update ...

LEAGUE UPDATE
The Division 7 and Division 6 league both got off the ground this month. In Division 7 the Boyle team travelled to Ballygar and also to Four Roads where they enjoyed fantastic games & hospitality in both venues. With a 4-3 defeat in Ballygar and a 5-2 win in Four Roads they finish the month happy with their performance in the league so far.

Division 6 welcomed the Ballinaheglish team to our home venue and while there were some close encounters in all of the games the Ballinaheglish crew held the upper hand and left Boyle with a comprehensive victory.

OTHER NEWS
Some of our Division 1 team competed in the Leinster Junior Open in Terenure last week where they came up against some of the best players in the country. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience and took a lot away from it and they were by no means out of their depth in such a high standard of competition.

The Sligo Doubles competition was held last Friday night in Sligo Tennis Club and there were nine players from Boyle taking part. It was a great night of badminton with back to back matches for everyone. In Grade B Ciaran Oates and Niall Daly emerged winners and in Grade A Boyle's Padraic O Dowd and Sligo's Jonathan Dolan were victorious.