New Season to start...

Club play will recommence on Monday 12th September 2011 at 9.30pm. Club nights are Mondays from 9.30-11.30pm and Thursdays from 9-11pm.


As always we would be delighted to see some new faces giving badminton a go so we are setting aside the first hour of each night in September to help, encourage and give advice to anyone who is new to the club. It would be great if as many of our experienced members as possible were on hand to help. Coaching and training is always available to anyone who wishes to avail of it.


We look forward to seeing everyone back in the complex on Monday 12th and hope to welcome some new members too.

Div 1 Mens Doubles Invitational - Report

"..best tournament ever.. really well organised.."

"Wonderful hospitality"

"thoroughly enjoyable evening of badminton"

These were just some of the comments we received following our very sucessful competition in Boyle on Saturday 9th July.

Along with our own Boyle players, we had players who had travelled from Killeshandra, Galway, Cortoon, Sligo and Meath.

There were eight teams split in to two groups who played a round robin format in each, the top two pairings from each group then played in the Semi-Final and on to the Final.

In the first semi-final Padraic O Dowd and John Kiernan from our own club in Boyle met Liam Hyland and Ovidius from Oranmore in Galway and through a very tight match the visitors qualified for the final. In the second semi Sligo's Brian McGowan and Cortoon's Jonathan Clarke who had paired up for the competition came up against Paul Ennis and Matthew Duffy from Meath and this was another very close encounter however the lads from Meath just edged away to qualify for the Final.

So it was a Galway vs Meath Final and it proved to be a very exciting match as both sides fought hard to take the title however the Meath pair always seemed to be in control and proved worthy of their ultimate victory.

To put a competition such as this together takes a lot of hard work and committment and we are fortunate in Boyle to have a committee who is prepared to put in the effort required and we can again prove we are more than capable of hosting a top quality competition in Boyle. A note of thanks to all of the committee and also to Seamus for turning up once again with his camera.

Thank you to our sponsor Alan Simon of Ultimate Insulation.

Following the success of this tournament we hope to host more of this type of competition in Boyle in the near future so watch this space!

Good Luck Adrian..

We wish Adrian Cornwall the very best of luck competing on the Irish team in badminton in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens.

Adrian plays in Sligo Tennis Club as part of the Shuttle Stars Club and is competing in Singles and Doubles competition.

Best wishes from all in Boyle Badminton Club.

Boyle to Host Division 1 Mens Doubles Invitational

Boyle Badminton Club will host an evening of top class Mens Doubles Badminton on Saturday 9th July 2011 from 6.30pm. Division 1 players from Sligo, Galway and Donegal have been invited to take part and will join local players to compete in what promises to be a showcase of the best doubles badminton in the province.

This will be a rare opportunity to see some of the top players in Connaught in action so we hope the event will attract quite a few spectators.

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!