Sympathy Extended

Boyle Badminton Club wishes to extend its deepest sympathy to Sean and Mary Staunton of Ballinaheglish Badminton Club and to the Staunton family on the recent sudden passing of their brother Michael, RIP.

Connaught Junior Closed B Championship

The Connaught Junior Closed B Championship is taking place in Boyle on Saturday 16th January 2010. This competition is for players from Division 3 & 4 and is also open to players from Division 5 & 6.

Events are mens singles, ladies singles, mens doubles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles.

Entry fees are: €8 per player per event; €20 for all three events.

The singles competition will start on court at 10am, players should be at the sports complex at 9.30am to warm up. The doubles competition will start on court at 1pm, players should be there at 12.30pm and the mixed competition will be on court at 4pm, players should be there at 3.30pm.

Closing date for entries is Thursday 14th January 2010, email boylebadminton@gmail.com for a copy of the entry form.

We're back!

We started back last night in the complex and between a combination of 'cabin fever' and needing an antidote to Christmas excesses, quite a few members came back to the courts for the first club night of the new year.

Badminton continues in 2010 on Monday nights from 9.30 til 11.30 and Thursday nights from 9pm til 11pm. Junior badminton will restart next Sunday 10th January from 6 to 7pm.

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Highlights of 2009

As the end of the year is upon us it seems like a good time to remember some of the highlights of 2009 and there were a few.....

- April 2009: The Division 5 & 6 teams both competed in their

respective County Finals with Division 6 emerging victorious and

representing the County in the Connaught Finals in Galway.

- May 2009: The Division 3 team having won the Connaught title in

Galway went forward to represent in the All-Ireland Finals in Dublin in

May where they were narrowly defeated.

- Sept 2009: Having finished the season on such a high we came back in September to a club which was invigorated and revitalised with a major increase in new membership.

- Oct 2009: For National Badminton Week we held two Open Sessions, one for Seniors and one for Junior players. Both were hugely successful, better than we could have hoped for and as a result Boyle Junior Badminton Club commenced.

- Nov 2009: The club held a table quiz in the Moving Stairs which

was a great night and was really well supported.

Members of the club participated in Open Competitions in Trim, Co Meath and in Loughglynn and Boyle was very successful in both tournaments.

- Dec 2009: The Connaught Close for Division 5 & 6 was held in Castlebar and again Boyle players featured in the prize listings.

So fondly remembering 2009 we welcome 2010 and hope that an even longer list of highlights will feature this time next year!!

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Christmas Party!

Last night there were new hairstyles, new frocks and even new socks!!!!

We had another great night in the Moving Stairs in Boyle for our Christmas night out where there were over 20 members attending. A lovely meal was followed with plenty of drink, chat and craic until the wee hours.

Great to see so many out supporting the club and enjoying another night away from the courts.