Former champ Lynch to take on Limerick's Fitzpatrick in Munster
THIS weekend sees the Munster 40x20 Senior Singles Championship take centre stage in the province.
Glenbeigh's Dominick Lynch who won the Munster Crown last in 2010 will face CJ Fitzpatrick (Limerick) in the first round in Ballydesmond, County Cork on Saturday morning at 11am with the winner advancing to the semi final at the same venue at 3pm the final is also fixed for Ballydesmond at 2pm on Sunday.
In the Ladies Championship also on this Saturday Maria Daly ( Ballymac) plays Caitriona Casey ( Ballymac) at 12 noon in Ballymac, while at the same time in Broadford Co Limerick Ashley Prendiville (Ballymac) faces Caitriona Casey (Cork) in the second semi-final.
The final is fixed for 4pm on Broadford.
Munster Championships
JOHN Joe Quirke (Glenbeigh) is through to the semi-final of the Munster 40x20 junior singles championship following his 217, 21-5 win over Denis White ( Tipperary) in Cashel, County Tipperary last Thursday night. At the same venue Jack O'shea (Glenbeigh) was defeated in a very close contest in the Junior B Singles Championship by John Ferncombe ( Tipperary) 14-21, 21-16, 21-12.
This week O'shea joins up with Leon Sadlier (Glenbeigh) in the Junior B Doubles Championship, they will have home advantage in Glenbeigh on Tuesday night when they face Paul Mullins / Kevin Dempsey ( Tipperary), while at the same venue in the Over 35 B Doubles John Clifford / Eddie Bermingham (Glenbeigh) take on Pat Doody / Noel Duggan (Limerick).
On Thursday night at 7:30pm in Galbally, County Limerick Clive Counihan (Ballymac) will be in action in the Junior B Singles quarter-final against JP O'connor (Limerick) provided he overcomes Joe Ryan ( Tipperary) on Monday night in Ballymac.
Karen Lawlor (An Ghaeltacht) travels to Galbally on Saturday to take on Sarah Loughnane (Clare) in the quarter-final of the Ladies Intermediate Singles Championship, which gets underway at 3pm.
On Sunday in Ballymac at 2pm Clive and Cian Counihan (Ballymac) will face the winners of Wednesday night's game between John Ferncombe / Michael Purcell ( Tipperary) or Tom Kirby / Paul Lynch (Clare) in the quarter-final of the Junior B Doubles Championship.
Geal Linn
DARE Keane and Danielle O'donoghue (Ballymac) put in a sterling performance at the annual Geal Linn Under 13 Championship played in O'loughlinns Kilkenny on Saturday last. The Ballymac duo who have two more years in the competition but it up to their elder opponents in the games they played in, going down in the first round to Nathan Feeney / Heather Spellman (Galway), before falling short by just one ace in the plate semi-final against Kilkenny's Conor Cooney / Sorca Delaney. They will no doubt have learned a lot from the experience and will hope to be back in the Geal Linn in the next two years again.
- Brian O'sullivan
