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Final West Cork Ranking The last rankings was held in Dunmanway report as follows More... West Cork Schools Cup Great day out for over 120 children, all the results, thrills and spills. More... Lissagriffin NS Take West Cork Table Tennis Title Three students from Lissagriffin National School pulled off a major surprise when they defeated all comers at the 2008 West Cork Schools Championships held at Maria Immaculata Community College (MICC) in Dunmanway. More... Awards for Bantry Secondary Players A number of students from Ardscoil Phobal Bheanntrai passed their ITTA Awards. Zoha Ahmed, Helena Downey and Isaac Daunt who all started playing table tennis for the first time in the after school club this season all passed their ITTA 1 Star Award. Eileen O'Donovan and Liam Kelleher who started last season passed their ITTA 2 Star Awards. The school will be well represented at the up-coming West Cork Schools Cup with 8 teams in 6 events. In 2007 Ardscoil Phobal won the U13 Boys, U13 Mixed and the U19 Girls Titles. West Cork Table Tennis Schools Cup 2008 The Schools Cup is main event for the vast majority of schools in West Cork and is eagerly awaited. More... Entry Form St. Finbarr's join in All Ireland Schools Challenge St. Finbarr's Boys National School in Bantry entered their first ever All Ireland qualifier when they took on Scoil Eoin More... Bantry Player of the Month The popular Toys Unlimited Player of the Month Trophy was presented to one of Bantry fast improving under 12 squad this month. Tim Cronin joined the club during the season and has played his way into the Bantry Top 10 and will represent his school St. Finbarr's in the upcoming Munster Schools Cup. West Cork Coach Awarded Highest Irish Coaching Level Owen Kelly is celebrating 25 years of coaching this year. He first qualified as an ETTA Club coach when he was 18 years old and has been an ITTA Tutor for the last number of years he was recently presented with his ITTA Level 3 Certificate by ITTA PRO Michael Healy. Owen has been involved at all levels of table tennis in this country as an Irish Schools Non Playing Captain and as a player Owen has been the Senior Munster Captain. However it is within the field of coaching and administration that Owen has built a formidable reputation as one of the country's top coach educators, delivering the ITTA Level 1 and designing the Level 2 coaching courses. Owen has also been the Head Coach for Munster Special Olympics as well as the Irish Head Coach for the last World Games. Owen currently delivers coaching sessions for all levels of ability at Skibbereen, Bantry, Goleen and at a number of schools around the region. West Coaching Schemes Club Rankings The March Rankings are now available from the Coaching Schemes under the instruction of Coach Owen Kelly. The Snr Goleen Rankings are not included at this time but will be updated. Click Here... Skibbereen Player of the Month Award Paddy Watkins received the John Keohane Motors Player of the Month award from ITTA PRO Michael Healy at last weeks training. Paddy from the local Gael Scoil only took up the sport in September and has shown tremendous improvement and enthusiasm for the sport. He won the Division 4 Gold Medal at the last West Cork Rankings and reached the last 16 in the Over 10 Primary School Championships. ITTA Awards James Kelly from the Goleen TTC was presented with his ITTA 2 Star Award. At 7 years of age James is one of the youngest players to achieve this level in West Cork. West Cork Rankings The latest West Cork Rankings are available to download here Download INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSIPS 2008 The West Cork Primary Schools Individual Table Tennis Championship 2008 was recently held in the Goleen Community Sports Hall More... Darren Cronin wins Bantry TTC Player of The Month Darren was a popular choice with the Bantry members. 11 year old Darren has shown great improvement in technique, attitude and all round behaviour Skibbereen Player of The Month Ruaidhri Gallagher was presented with the John Keohane Motors Skibbereen Player of The Month Award by Munster Chairman Ivan Shorten. More... West Cork National Schools Challenge Another in the series of inter-school challenge matches was held in Dunmanway and brought together three National Schools. St. Finbarr's Boys School in Bantry travelled along with Togher National School to the Model School who served as hosts for the day. More... 2 Star Award for Darren Darren Cronin became the latest recipient of the ITTA 2 Star Award. Darren is from St. Finbarr's Boys School and the Bantry TTC. West Cork Junior Rankings The rankings after 2 events More... West Cork Training Camps A series of training camps are being organised by the Mizen Club Triangle. Two are being held during December for Juniors and for Under 12. For details and selections More... Bantry Girls are Allowed 2 Girls from Bantry passed their ITTA 1 Star Award at the Bantry Girls in Sport Promotion More... Awards for Bantry Boys 9 Bantry Boys passed their ITTA Awards, 2 at 2 Star and 7 at 1 Star More... Sean Kelly opens Goleen Community Sports Centre The Goleen Community Sports Centre was officially opened by Sean Kelly Director of the Irish Institute of Sport but probably better known in his former role as GAA President. More... Bantry and Dunmanway Schools Meet for the First Time Bantry Secondary School hosted a West Cork Inter-School Friendly against Maria Immaculata Community College from Dunmanway. This was the first visit by any school to the Bantry school who started their coaching scheme less than a year ago. More... Goleen Top of the Table The West Cork Junior Table Tennis Rankings provided thrilling action in a superb venue with top class facilities provided by the Goleen Community Sports Centre. There was no clash of ash but there were thrills and spills as the soft "pok pok" of bat on ball and spin, speed and power took centre stage. More... West Cork Players at the Munster Junior Rankings. Three players from the Mizen region travelled to Kinneigh for the Munster Junior Rankings and collected a 2nd, 5th and a Plate Trophy. More... An Inter-Club Friendly Goleen Table Tennis Club and Beech Hill Table Tennis Club organised an evening of fun games and matches for their members on Friday night. More... Skibb's Player of the Month Mairéad O'Driscoll was presented with the Keohane Motors, Player of the Month Award by her coach Owen Kelly. Mairéad received the award due to her long commitment to the sport and to mark her recent achievement winning the U10 Girls West Cork Ranking. She was congratulated by all her Castlehaven school and club mates. Kinneigh host First West Cork Ranking The 1st in a series of 4 rankings was held at the Kinneigh TTC. With over 30 entries aged from 7-17yrs from 6 different clubs the organisers were delighted with the turn out and the new format was welcomed by players and parents alike. Report and Full Results In Ping Pong Heaven "I can't help it, I just have to tell someone and it may as well be you guys out there in the table tennis world." Editor Owen Kelly gets excited about his new club. More...