IN AN all-Clare Munster ladies junior singles championship final at the weekend Chloe Philpott overcame Orla O’Brien in a game that went the full distance.
Orla won the first game 21-19 but Chloe bounced back to level the tie with a 21-133 second game success. In the third Chloe emerged with an 11-5 victory to claim the title.
Elsewhere there was disappointment for Clare players in Provincial action. At junior B level Cork’s Brid Horgan proved too strong for Clare’s Angela Floyd on a 21-2 and 21-4 scoreline while, in the same grade, Clare’s Niamh O’Brien went down to Aisling Shanahan from Limerick on a 21-14 and 21-16 scoreline.
In the ladies junior B singles: Cork’s Anna Dunne defeated Clare’s Marie Long 21-05, 21-08 while in the ladies masters singles Tipperary’s Ann Marie Ryan overcame Clare’s Annemarie Hegarty 21-19, 17-21, 11-08.
Meanwhie in the Munster doubles championship Clare’s Seanie Doyle and Tiernan Slattery defeated JP O’Connor and Cian Ó Dalaigh from Limerick 21-9 and 21-7 in the junior quarter final while Tony Leyden and Evan Corbett overcame Cork’s Darragh Ducey and Aidan Lenihan 21-19, 21-12
Fixtures:
On this Thursday (February 19th) at Silvermines Clare’s Cathal Noonan and Jack Browne will play Tipperary’s Conor Ryan and Daniel McKelvey in minor doubles while in the master B doubles Care’s Shane Walsh and Mike Baker will take on Tipperary’s John Casey and John Ryan.
On this Friday in Nenagh at 8p.m. Clare’s Darren Cullinan and Darren O’Neill will play Limerick’s Keith Heelan and John Keyes in the over 35 doubles.
At Liscarroll at 8.15pm this Friday Clare’s Alan Cummins and Alan O’Keeffe will play Cork’s Tadhg Murphy and Tomas McEllligott in the silver masters B doubles.
National senior championships.
Colin Crehan, Colin Corbett and Diarmaid Nash are all in action this weekend in the national senior championship.
In this Round of 16 Diarmaid Nash and Colin Crehan will be part of a double bill in Crinkle in Offaly against Kilkenny’s Shane Dunne and Westmeath’s Robbie McCarthy. Colin Corbett will play Eoghan McGinty of Monaghan in Roscommon.
The winners will progress to quarter finals in Croke Park on February 28 In the ladies championship Caitriona Millane will play against Fiona Tully. Leah Minogue was beaten by Kilkenny’s Amy Brennan prior to the collegiate trip to America.
Munster Juvenile A championships:
Clare had a very successful weekend at juvenile level and will be well represented in finals this coming weekend as follows.
U14 singles Eliah Kenny, Newmarket-Clare v Conal O’Connor Cork
Friday February 20th @ Liscaroll
U17 Singles: Colm Whelan, Toonagh v Micheal Enright, Cork
U17 Doubles: Sean Garvey/Cillian Cummins, Clooney/Toonagh v Jack Walsh/Alex Stuart, Tipperary
Saturday February 21st @ Mallow
U15 Singles: Walter Moroney, Kilkishen v Cian Buckley, Cork
Sunday February 22nd @ Silvermines 1pm
U14 Doubles: Iarla Kelleher/Ross McInerney, Tuamgraney/Tulla, v Jim
O’Mahony/Tadgh Malone, Tipperary
U16 Singles: Jack Cahill, Clooney-Quin v Michael Bea Reilly,Tipperary
U16 Doubles: Charlie Collins/Conor Littleton, Tuamgraney/Tulla v Darragh Crosse/Billy Murphy, Tipperary
Sunday February 22nd @ Tuamgraney 4pm
U17 Singles: Abby Dillon, Kilkishen v Freya Mortell, Cork
U14 Doubles: Orlaith Flanagan/Samantha Vaughan, Toonagh v Shauna Dennehy/Lucy O’Connor, Cork
U14 Singles: Anna Madden, Tuamgraney v Doireann Doherty, Tipperary
U15 Singles: Sinead Doyle, Tuamgraney v LucyAnne Cleary, Tipperary
U15 Doubles: Ava McInerney/Elaine Littleton, Toonagh/Tulla v Jenny Talbot/Aisling Ryan, Tipperary
U12 Girls: Saoirse Frost, Kilkishen in singles and Ava Considine, Clarecastle/Ella Howard, Tuamgraney will be in Liscarroll from 5pm Sunday.
U13 Girls will be in Newmarket-on-Ferugus Sunday from 10am where Sophia Moroney of Newmarket-on-Fergus in singles and Ella Kirby also Newmarket-on-Fergus with Sophia Treacy, Toonagh wil be in action in doubles.
U13 Boys will be in Silvermines at 4pm Saturday with Jack McMahon, Clooney/Quin in singles and the doubles pair of Cian Donovan, Kilkishen and Gearoid MacDonnacha, Clooney/Quin will compete.
U12 Boys will be represented in singles with John MacDonnacha, Clooney-Quin, Oisin O’Keeffe Tulla and TJ McMahon Clooney-Quin wil be in action
Club Leagues:
The club league semi-finals take place in all divisions in the coming week. Kilkishen and Tulla have qualified for the final of Division 1
Division 2: Tuamgraney v Kilkishen; Clooney v Toonagh.
Division 3: Tulla v Kilkishen; Toonagh v Clarecastle
Division 4: Kilkishen v Tulla and Clooney v Newmarket,
Cumann na mBunscoil:
Boys finals in Cumann na mBunscoil took place last week with the following results
U11 singles: Conor Donovan, Kilkishen NS defeated Coley Sweeney, Clarecastle NS
U11 Doubles: Sean Neville/Enna Frost, Kilkishen NS defeated James Quinlivan/Aidan Reynolds,Quin NS
U13 Singles: Callum Counihan, O’Callaghan’s Mills NS defeated Jack McMahon, Quin NS
U13 Doubles: Jack Kirby/Conall Early, Clonmoney NS defeated Cian Donovan/Daniel Shanahan, Kilkishen
