Report from AGM

The Club's AGM was held last night with 12 members in attendance and considering the good evening this was even better than expected.

The main focus of the meeting was how we can encourage as many new players and beginners as possible to give badminton a try. There were some very good suggestions proposed and we are hoping to put a plan together for the start of the season with this in mind.

A Draft Club Constitution and Club Rules were presented to the meeting for adoption. A copy of the constitution and rules will be made available to all members at the beginning of the new season.

A vote for Chairman was held and Sean Carroll, having served two years, was replaced by Derek Nolan. Secretary/PRO remains as Liz O Dowd, Anthony McKeon continues on as Treasurer and Padraic O Dowd will stay on as Club Captain.

We look forward to the new season and wish Derek the very best of luck in his new role as Chairman.

Club AGM 2011

Notice to All Club Members:

The Annual General Meeting of Boyle Badminton Club will take place next Thursday 2nd June 2011 at 9pm in Boyle Sports Complex. It would be great to see as many members as possible in attendance.

Thank you

Liz O Dowd
Secretary & PRO

End of Season

Unfortunately there were no Roscommon qualifiers from the Connaught Finals but congratulations to Boyle in Division 2, Ballinaheglish in Division 5 and Four Roads in Division 6 on their respective County titles and on their performances in Connaught, it was a great achievement to get that far.

Thursday 5th May 2011 will be the last night of play for this season. Come in if you can for a last game or two before the Summer break!

Connaught League Finals 2011

Best of luck to the Boyle Division 1 team as they compete against the Sligo Tennis Club in Galway on Sunday 17th April 2011 for the Connaught title.

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There will also be Roscommon clubs competing in Division 3 where Strokestown will meet Oranmore from Galway and in Division 6 Four Roads will face a round robin draw against Furbo from Galway and Ballinamore from Leitrim. There will also be a Division 5 Roscommon team competing however the County Final for this division only takes place on Thursday night between Ballinaheglish and Ballaghadereen/Loughglynn so that result won't be known until Friday. In Division 5 there will also be a round robin draw and so the Roscommon team will play the Sligo Tennis Club team and a team from the Galway Lawn Tennis Club. Best of luck to all the Roscommon players competing on Sunday.

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The All -Ireland Finals will take place in Baldoyle in Dublin on 8th May.

Congratulations to League Winners

Congratulations to Division 6 Winners Four Roads on their recent League Final win over Ballinaheglish in Glinsk. The Final was a close 4-3 affair. The Division 7 Final was held last Tuesday in Four Roads where Ballinaheglish faced Ballygar. The winners were Ballygar with a comprehensive 7-0 victory. Best of luck to Four Roads when they represent Roscommon in the Division 6 Connaught Final in Galway on Sunday 17th April.

Roscommon Beat Kerry in All-Ireland Final

Let's be honest, how often are we going to get to read a headline like this!!

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The Final of the Inter County Class 4 competition was held in the Galway Lawn Tennis Club yesterday.

Back Row: Sean Carroll, John Kiernan, Padraic O Dowd, Marcin Paluch

Front Row: Bernie Lavin, Corrina Delaney, Mandy Toolan, Dianne Grappe, Audrey Delaney, Ruth O Hart

Roscommon started the day with a semi final against Waterford.

On Court 3 Ruth O Hart stepped out to play Ladies Singles and following a very close 3-set match the Roscommon lady came out on top. Marcin Paluch played the Mens Singles and enjoyed a relatively smooth victory over his Waterford counterpart.

The Roscommon Mens Doubles pairing of John Kiernan and Padraic O Dowd also endured a close 3-set match but in their third set they never looked like letting it slip and so Roscommon went to 3-0 overall. The second Mens Doubles pairing of Sean Carroll and Marcin Paluch played very well and took their victory in two sets.

Roscommon’s First Ladies Doubles, Audrey and Corinna Delaney of Strokestown, also showed great form and they took their match in two sets.

So Roscommon qualified with a 5-0 victory.

In the other semi final Galway had been overcome by Kerry and so Roscommon steadied themselves to meet the Kingdom team in the Final.

This time Audrey Delaney started with the Ladies Singles but despite putting in a worthy performance she was unable to get the better of the Kerry lady.

On an adjacent court Marcin Paluch in Mens Singles was barely troubled by his young opponent and so Roscommon were 1 game all as the Doubles started.

Both Mens Doubles pairings performed particularly well, John Kiernan and Padraic O’Dowd won their game in two sets as did Sean Caroll and Marcin Paluch.

However the Kerry ladies proved a formidable challenge for the Roscommon girls and although both Doubles Finals were close, Audrey and Corrina Delaney lost their game in two sets as did Ruth O Hart and Dianne Grappe.

Roscommon needed two of their mixed games to secure the victory. The pressure was on as all three mixed games took to the court at the same time. The Roscommon players showed tremendous fight and spirit and took the desired spoils in both the first and second mixed.

The entire Roscommon team put in a heroic performance and, especially given their narrow defeat at this same stage in 2010, truly deserved their 2011 All-Ireland title.

The winning Roscommon Team with Badminton Ireland President Ms Breda Caroll

Success at Sligo Doubles 2011

Congratulations to John and Padraic on their fantastic Grade A Mens Doubles win in Sligo on Wednesday last in the Sligo Doubles 2011 competition. After some very tough qualifying games the Boyle pair provided a thrilling performance to overcome Graeme and John from Sligo. Ruth and Mandy were also finalists in the Grade A Ladies Doubles final however they were narrowly defeated by Paula and Victoria from Sligo.

It was great to see Boyle represented in both finals and at such a very high standard of badminton, well done to all.