Badminon championship over; league season begins

Westmeath Badminton Notes

Now the Westmeath Championships are done and dusted for another year we are well and truly in to the badminton season with weekly matches in The Midlands League, The South West Leinster League, The Meath League and the Dublin District League.

We have members playing at all levels from Juniors U19s down in age to u10s and Adults Grades from Grade 7 up to highly skilled Grade 1.

The past week was very busy, with seven matches - three away and four at home. Luckily we have two courts and home matches are played Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Grade 3 Men's took on Royston from Kildare in SWL league. An away match resulted in a 2-2 draw. The team was: Adrian Rabbitte, Kevin Cuff, Ajith and Danushka (sub).

The Grade 6 MD C team played Turin on Tuesday night in Midlands league, resulting in a 2-2 draw.

The Grade 5 mixed team played Turin in Midlands League at home on Thursday which resulted in a 8-0 result.

Ladies G5 were away to Church St Longford on Monday night for a Midlands league match.

A hard fought result of five games apiece meant a draw and a well-earned supper hosted by Church St afterwards. The team was: Lorna Matthews, Valerie Molloy, Susan Forde and Elaine Frayne.

Others matches that took place were G6 Ladies vs Ballymore which saw Ballymore take this first meeting, 6-3. But a return match later in the season may provide a different result.

The Grade 4 men's Meath League away to Kildalkey on Tuesday proved to be a strong win, 4-0. The team was: Suresh, Benson, Rajil and Nixon.

Westmeath County training commences Sunday evenings in Loughegar Community Centre for grades three to six.