Kilcullen Badminton update

Grade 6 Ladies.

A great week for the club and the Div 8 Ladies who successfully made it to the Dublin District Cup after beating Vikings in their semi final in Baldoyle, writes Kilcullen Badminton Club's Match Secretary Enda O'Neill. It didn’t all go their way however and went straight to the wire.

After it been tied at 2-2 after their four games it was down to sets countback. Our fantastic four, edged the Vikings out beating them 5 sets to 4 booking a final meeting with young guns Trinity on Thursday 14 February. Good luck to captain Orla Brophy, Maeve Valroy, Teresa McGlynn and Lynda Murtagh.

Our Div 5 Men captained by Vincent Coller have continued their strong start to the league. On Thursday 24th of January they faced PBAI in a crucial fixture between the two table topping teams. Vincents team were on fire in this game starting fast out of the blocks taking their first mens in two sets. The next game with partners Oisin Egan and Keith O’Neill had a tougher game but managed to hold out also taking the game in two. John Mullen and Oisin were out in the third mens and dispatched the PBAI pair it in two sets, KBC now 3-0 up. It was up to Keith and Vincent to give Kilcullen the clean sweep and in a tight three setter our lads took the game and the match beating PBAI 4-0. A great result from a solid team.

In the South West League Olivier P Valroy and his Grade 6 team travelled to Wicklow's Bough in the hope to keep their winning streak going. In a finely balanced match the Rags managed to get out of the garden county with a very satisfactory 4-4 draw. This result keeps the Grade 6 Mix outfit top of the table. Well done to Oliver and the team.

Also in action in the South West League on Tuesday 28 January were Jennifer Monaghan's Grade 3 Mix team who played away to Portlaoise in Vicarstown. Its been the worst of starts for last years finalists who have suffered three defeats this season and were hoping to improve on their poor start to the league. Jen and the team did get a better result and earned an impressive 4-4 draw against the league leaders. It’s a long shot now that the team will finish second in the group with two matches left but if they can muster up two victories and other results go their way they just might sneak into a third consecutive South West League final.

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