Congratulations to Ken Moran, St Marys BC, Carrick

Ken Moran from our neighbouring club in Carrick on Shannon was awarded the Overall Club Volunteer of the year award at the recent Badminton Ireland Club and Volunteer awards ceremony 2010.

We want to send huge congratulations to Ken, he has done trojan work for the Carrick club down through the years and it is wonderful that this has been acknowledged at national level. Well done Ken.

AGM

The club's AGM took place last night and as Sean, our Chairman pointed out, we had a great turnout despite the fact that it was a beautiful sunny evening, there were fourteen members in attendance.

It was a very positive meeting reflecting on a brilliant year for the club and hopefully we can build on it and bring the club to another level next year, increase membership, bring in more coaching opportunities and maybe hold in-house competitions for everyone to take part in.

There were few changes last night but Elaine has opted to step down from the Secretary's role so I, Liz, will be taking over there for next year along with the PRO function. A huge thank you to Elaine for the work she has done in the past year, I hope I can fulfill the role as well as she did.

Finally, the end of season night out has been agreed for Friday June 25th probably at 9pm and I will confirm the venue here as soon as it has been completely finalised. It would be great to see as many members as possible out for the night, as a club we have a lot to celebrate.

AGM Notice

The club will hold it's AGM on Thursday 10th June at 8.30pm in Boyle Sports Complex. All members are asked to make a special effort to attend this meeting.

All-Ireland Silver for Division 2

What started out as a great day in Dublin ended up in bitter disappointment for our Division 2 team yesterday. They were well on the way to bringing home an All-Ireland Division 2 cup to Boyle when a cruel twist of fate snatched the victory from their grasp.

They had faced Johnswell of Kilkenny and had taken a comprehensive 6-1 win in that match and were quietly confident of another good result approaching their second match against Lady Lane from Waterford. However as Boyle took the court for Mens Singles and went 8-1 up in the first game Marcin suffered a very painful leg injury which meant both his Singles and the Mixed game he was to play with Bernie were in jeopardy. The Badminton Ireland tournament rules stated that no substitute could be used once the match was underway so the Boyle team were forced to continue as they were.

Even against the odds the team went all out to try to secure the desired outcome, there were great performances throughout but mention must be made of the mens doubles battle which was an epic encounter. John and Padraic narrowly lost the first set at 26-24 to the Waterford duo, they then won the second set 21-17 and in the final set neither pair wanted to let go, the Waterford players had five set points before our Boyle lads played the rally of the tournament to take back the set point at 26-25 and with a perfectly precise net shot by Padraic to follow John's serve the game went to Boyle. The end result however was 4-3 to Waterford as lady luck shone on Lady Lane who became All-Ireland Champions.

Boyle have again brought home an All-Ireland Silver, this year in Division 2, which is a massive achievement for our club. It's hard to believe that some of the Division 2 players were playing Division 4 league as little as two years ago! The whole team have put in sterling performances all year and deserve only the warmest congratulations. As a club we have a lot to be proud of in 2010, three County titles, one Connaught title and an All-Ireland Silver.

Division 2 - BI All Ireland Final

Our Division 2 team, having successfully come through the County competition, in both Roscommon and Galway, and with the Connaught title already in the bag, now face their final 2010 league hurdle on Sunday next May 16th in Baldoyle, Dublin when they compete in the Division 2 BI All Ireland Final.

In a Round Robin competition they will face Johnswell of Kilkenny representing Leinster and Lady Lane of Waterford representing Munster.

The whole club wishes the team the very best of luck and win or lose on Sunday extends Congratulations to Division 2 on their massive success through the year so far.

Good luck John, Mandy, Sean, Ruth, Marcin, Bernie and Padraic.

Who's that Guy???

Clue: He doesn't play volleyball anymore.... He has less hair now than he did in 1988.....He's a great guy to have around in an emergency!!!

Division 7 County Champions!

It took a while but I finally got a picture of our triumphant Division 7 team.......
(thanks Seamus for the photos!)

Back Row: Gabriel Regan, Louise Kennedy, Trevor McDermott, Sean McDermott

Front Row: Siobhan Ryan, Cormac Mullen, Emily Sachs Eldridge