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| Finished For Summer |
Hi everyone just to let you know that we are finished for the summer.. We will be returning as usual in September.
Hope to see you there
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| Oranmore Juvenile Badminton |
Oranmore
Juvenile Badminton
Every
Sunday morning from 10 – 11.30am
Oranmore
Community Centre
Free
Coaching and Training Provided
Aimed
at boys and girls from 6 to 12 years old
Rackets
provided if required
www.oranmorebadminton.com
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| Oranmore Update |
We re-opened in early September in the first month we had an influx of new members of all ages, shapes and sizes. Club nights are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the community center from 8 30.
Our first in-House tournament had a massive entry of 40 members. This was organized by Trevor and armed with his laptop he provided excellent competitions for all grades. The beginner’s competition was the highlight of the two night competition. The hero/star of this was our skillful German Markus. His defensive play was first rate and he looked resplendent in his new shorts. The three shy sisters (Marie,Elaine,Noirin) who also joined this year played some great badminton throughout the tournament.
Lady Rosie is busy preparing for our Christmas party at which the prizes for the In-house tournament will be presented. We are all hoping that the Christmas party will take place around about Christmas this year not in April as happened last year.
We all understand that Rosie is busy but hopefully she will be able to fit it in between mid-term breaks, vacation, holidays, sick-days, training days , staff days and parent teacher days.
Our congrats to Deirdre who got married recently. We understand that some of our members traveled to Mayo for the wedding. They had to get a special visa to enter Mayo for the day. Even Kathy was allowed across the border and rumour has it that she wore a designer gown.
We hear that one of the highlights of the day was an Irish dance display by Deirdre and her sisters. We think that Deirdre’s nifty footwork could be as a result of her Irish dance training and our coach has suggested that Anthony, Mick and Lyall sign- up for classes right away. Mary do you think you could do anything with such poor material.
The badminton development officer Tom Hehir visited the club last month and he spent several hours working with the members. The feedback we got was excellent and another session will be organized for later this month
We also had some very experienced players join the club this year and as a result we are fielding 6 teams in the inter club leagues.
We have entered a team in Div 1, two teams in Div 2, a team in Div 4, a team in Div 5, and a team in Div 6.
The leagues start in early November and we look forward in particular to the clash between our two division 2 teams.
The Galway double championships are also on in November so anyone wishing to enter these should give their name to Deirdre.
Finally we would like to thank Noel who showed up for 1 night , Adrian who has promised to return to activity next week and look forward to Lee returning from his brief exile in Derry
Our thanks to those who agreed to organize the league games for the various teams( Lyall,Tom, Kathy,Trevor,Carmel, and Anthony) and to those who helped out with beginners (Liam and Tom)
Anyway we look forward to a great season and lots of fun..
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| We are back starting Next Monday 7th |
We are back starting Next Monday 7th at 8:30PM September!!! ready for a new year.. New competitions, new league and new friends
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| Oranmore Badminton Club Capture League Title |
Oranmore Badminton Club are finishing the season on a real high after winning the Connacht and Galway County Division 3 League finals. The County Final was held on April 18th in GLTC resulting in a very exciting 4-2 victory over Claregalway. From there it was on to the Connacht Finals where the team had a great victory over Carrick-on-Shannon (4-1).
Back Row:Enda O`Connor, Derek Small, Ted Curren
Front Row:Aoife Mooney, Deirdre O`Donnell, Miriam Farrell
While the club has representatives in a number of Divisions in the Galway badminton leagues this is the first Division 3 title to be won since 1996. The team will now represent Connacht at the All Ireland Club Finals which will be held at Baldoyle, Dublin in May. We wish them luck.
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| Oranmore News |
In the Mixed Badminton Leagues there are a number of teams in contention for play off places. In Division 3 Derek Small and his team continue to set the pace and should finish in a county final position, while in Division 4 the team are battling for a play off place with Oughterard and New Inn. In Division 6 Cortoon will top the table but Oranmore are well placed for a semi final position if they can withstand the challenge of Loughrea. Overall it makes for a very exciting end to the season. The county finals will be held in GLTC on Saturday, April 18th.
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Division 3 |
Division 4 |
Division 5 East |
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Club |
Pld |
Pts |
Club |
Pld |
Pts |
Club |
Pld |
Pts |
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Claregalway |
7 |
31 |
Claregalway |
11 |
54 |
Cortoon |
6 |
37 |
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Oranmore |
6 |
30 |
New Inn |
9 |
36 |
Oranmore |
6 |
26 |
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NUIG |
6 |
22 |
Oughterard |
9 |
36 |
Loughrea |
6 |
21 |
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Maree |
5 |
19 |
Oranmore |
10 |
35 |
Mullagh |
5 |
13 |
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Loughrea |
6 |
3 |
Maree |
10 |
23 |
Corofin |
7 |
8 |
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Belclare |
9 |
22 |
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GLTC |
6 |
18 |
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| Interprovincial badminton championships |
The Interprovincial badminton championships were held on March 22nd in Baldoyle Badminton Centre. Connacht entered teams in the U-13, U-15, U-17 and Junior competitions. The attached photo shows the Galway representatives on the Connacht squad pictured with Craig Casey, President of Badminton Ireland.
Front Row: Rachel Farrell (Ckaregalway), Craig Casey (President, Badminton Ireland), Orla Creaven (NUIG), Back Row: Ross Dempsey (GLTC), Barry Creaven (GLTC), Adrian Furey (Oranmore), Colm Franks (Oranmore).
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| Oranmore Open |
We would like to thank everyone who attended our open this year. It was the best attendance we have seen so far being fully booked on the Monday before the competition. We hope you enjoyed the evening of badminton and the great food provided by our club members. Well done to the winning team (Anthony Mclaughlin, Shane Marley, Deirdre O`Neil, Mary Costello, Caroline Quinn and Sira Ochmann) and the runners up (Lee Jeary, Seamus Kean, Maria Concannon, Eileen Gibbons, Clare Hearty and Ann Higgins)
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| Oughterard Open 09 |
Thanks to Oughterard Badminton club for a successful tournament it was well run and great fun. Oranmore had 2 people in the final for the cup, one on each team. It ended up being a good final with both teams putting everything in (some acrobatic displays for the audience). Lees team edged the win from John Costellos in the last game of the last set.. Everyone there enjoyed the day of badminton, the food and getting to know people from other clubs. Hope to see everyone at Oranmores Open soon..
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| Singles And Mixed - Results |
Well done to Aoife and Enda who won there mixed double final on Sunday 8th Feb and to Trevor who came runner up in the Single Final against Dermot Clarke of mullagh. Trevor took Dermot to 3 set in a very close game. Photos are up in the photo section.
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| Oranmore Open Tournament |
Its our Mixed doubles tournament for division 5 and 6 players who are registered with Badminton Ireland. Monday 8th March at 5PM in Oranmore Community Center. Entry fee is €5 per player. We have some of the best Chefs / Players in Galway so expect a nice feed after!! See you there! 2 View Poster / Entry Form
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| Singles and Mixed Finals |
We have two teams in the finals this weekend.. Aoife and Enda are in Division 2 and 3 Mixed Final and Trevor is playing the Division 5 Singles Final.. Anyone interested in watching, Aoife and Enda are on at 5:30pm and Trevor is on at 4pm this Sunday 8th Feb in the Galway Lawn Tennis Club.. Best of luck to both teams..
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| Christmas Party |
We have our christmas party friday 30th January in Keanes Pub Oranmore. The Party starts at 8pm... Hopefully we will all get to hear Mary sing a tune by the end of the night! Everyone is welcome! See you there...
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| In-House Competition |
We are running another of our InHouse Competitions the last one was a great success and this one should be the same.. Meeting at 8:20 Thursday 15th January... Entry fee is €6 and bring some grub for the after party.View Poster
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| New Year |
We are back on the 5th January.. Everyones welcome to work off the christmas drinks! 8:30 MON,TUE,THURS....
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| Club T-Shirts |
Cathy has got some Oranmore Badminton Club T-Shirts Printed. Any one who would like one can get them from Cathy on club nights.. They are €15 each.
 
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| In-House Badminton Competition |
Oranmore badminton have an in-house competition on the 17th of November.. All who attend the club are welcome to join in.. OPEN TO ALL LEVELS!! Entry is only €5 and starts at 8:15.. See you there!!
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| New Forum!!! |
We now have a new forum... Take a look. Help us out by adding new topics and posts. No registartion required you can be completely anonymous!! :)
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