Badminton news

Kilcullen Juvenille Badminton Club, building on last year's success, once again came home with Trophies from the recent Leinster Branch BUI tournament.

This event was held in Terenure on Jan 30/31. Our juveniles were represented in most age groupings and reached the finals in four categories:

Gareth Hogan & Darren Lee-WINNERS Boys U17 Doubles; Darren Lee-R/Up Up Boys U15 Singles; Aisling Wilmot-R/Up Girls U11 Plate; Ben O Shea-R/Up I Boys U11 Doubles with his Dublin partner.

Special mention to Alex Houlihan and Eoghan Stafford who played really well in their Group but missed out on the finals.

This year Kilcullen Juvenile B Club have been very successful in having 10 of our players chosen to represent Kildare in the Inter-County Competition scheduled for February in two venues - Dublin and Kilkenny.

They are: U17 Hannah Byrne, Gareth Hogan, John Byrne, Eoin Stafford, Alex Houlihan; U15 Yvonne Phelan,Darren lee, Harry Murphy; U13 Melissa McMahon, Jack Kelly.

Well done to all, we wish them all the best in their matches.
Special thanks must go to our Club Coaches - Clare Flood and Sheila Smyth - for their dedication and enthusiasm to our Juveniles and for making this season our most successful to date.

We eagerly await the Westside Tournament which will be held in Kilcullen on 6 and 7 Feb. The KBA finals are scheduled for 10 April.

Ronan Murphy.