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MUNSTER COMMUNITY GAMES
Munster had a successful final to Community Games table tennis last saturday 14th July. Tipperary (Thurles) defeated Limerick in a the first round and went on to defeat Kerry in the semifinals. Cork (Ballincollig) defeated Clare in the other semi final. Cork beat Tipperary 4-0 in the final. Aidan Hickey took Eoin McNally to a third game losing 21-18. Thurles (Barry Maher & Denis Mullane) beat Ballincollig 2 - 0 in the doubles, which were played after the results were known. The Tipperary team consisted of Barry Maher, Aidan Hickey, Denis Mullane, Shane Minogue, Patrick Kennedy. All bar Barry Maher are under age for next year, when Tipp. will have a very strong team.
Thanks to Gus Coughlan, Rory O'Connor , Michael Healy, and Louise Long for helping run the event as well as the North Mon. for the use of their facilities.

THURLES OPEN SUNDAY 29th APRIL
Thurles CBS paid host to the first "B Grade" tournament. "The Stars Are Barred," event was run because of the increased interest in the sport around the province. Many of the season's events are targeted at the elite squad of players and due to the strength of these players many others are unable to compete. This event consisted of one group with mixed ages and gender after a provisional seeding the event was divided into three qualifying divisions that then led into a 5 division competition. A large number of U10 and U12 players made up the lower divisions with some very tough competition for the top places at all 5 levels. Seven clubs were represented with Togher, Ballydehob and Timahoe sending players for the first time. The thurles Open was one of the most relaxed and friendly tournaments of a busy season.





Division 1
1 Shane Willoughby Thurles
2 Padraic Leahy Thurles
3 Brian Horgan Kinneigh
4 Denis Mullane Thurles
5 Jake Warne Dunmanway
6 Andrea Shorten Kinneigh
7 Rebecca Shorten Kinneigh
8 Shane Minogue Thurles
9 Aidan Hickey Thurles

Division 2
1 Barry Horgan Kinneigh
2 Darragh O'Leary Kinneigh
3 Sam Corbett Dunmanway
4 Jamie Purcell Thurles
5 Patrick Kennedy Thurles
6 Deirdre Cotter Goleen
7 DJ McSweeney Kinneigh
8 Kieran Kiely Thurles
9 Liam Twomey Ballydehob
10 David Fanning Thurles
11 Martin Hurley Goleen
12 Eoin Ryan Timahoe

Division 3
1 Kieran McCarthy Dunmanway
2 David Shorten Kinneigh
3 Eoin O'Callaghan Kinneigh
4 Padraig McSweeney Kinneigh
5 Daniel O'Driscoll Goleen
6 Patrick Scully Goleen
7 Alan Sheehan Dunmanway
8 Conor Muldowney Trimahoe

Division 4
1 Joey Sherlock Togher
2 Joseph O'Connor Trimahoe
3 Jack Twomey Ballydehob
4 Cloudi Rainbow Togher
5 Paul Clarke Goleen
6 Liam McCormack Thurles
7 Daniel Foster Togher
8 Marie McSweeney Kinneigh

Division 5
1 Ami Ghoul Togher
2 Robin Smiles Togher
3 Bernadette Dunmanway
4 Evan O'Shaughnessy Thurles
5 Katherine Dunmanway
6 Mathew Foster Togher
7 Gerard McCormack Thurles
8 Sam Ryan Thurles

Thurles B take 3rd Division Title. 28/02/01
With three out of the four Divisions completed Thurles have taken the 3rd Division with 45 points. Scoil Eoin A finished second with 29 points. The Thurles A team were very unlucky as they scored equal points with Coláiste Choilm A but on count back finished second. This is a very good performance from the CBS School.

Cian Gleeson top finish at West Cork Open 2001 10/02/01
Cian seems to perform at his best in West Cork, after last years win at U14 Cian faced up to the U17s this year. After an extra ordinary performance Cian finally lost to David Cummins in the final of the U17 event.

Cian Tops West Cork Open Cadets. 27/02/00
Cian Gleeson caused one of the big upsets at the West Cork Open when he top the Cadets after winning a three way final, which included Munster No.1 Killian Healy and No.3 Derek O'Rourke. This has moved Cian up the season's rankings to leave in fourth over all. Conor Horan and Barry Maher also reached the top ten, finishing 9th equal at the event. Coach Anthony Condron played in his first Munster Rankings of the season in the Veteran competition finishing in 7th. Anthony was also amongst five other players who joined forces with six Special Olympic athletes to compete in the first ever Unified Doubles event in Ireland. Anthony and his partner Emily Meagher from Bantry CoAction were presented with the Bronze medal.

Tipperary Table Tennis News and Results 05/02/00
Tipp had two teams in Div IV on the Inter Counties last Sat. in Clontarf.  Our A team of Barry Condron, Cian Gleeson, and subs James Fanning and Shane Willoughby were beaten into second place by an Antrim team. They each got a nice Galway Crystal wine glass for their troubles.Our B team came last (Tomás Commins, Liam O'Brien, Conor Horan & Padraic Leahy.) Lots of Table Tennis. Very enjoyable. Very late!
Anthony.