Last weekend the action started in earnest in the Myclubshop.ie 60x30 Doubles Championships with six cracking contests played at five venues throughout the country. In the end all the top seeds made it safely through to the next round which takes place this coming weekend.
In the Men’s Senior Doubles quarter finals in Crinkle, top seeds and last year’s winners Eoin Kennedy and Carl Browne of Dublin took three games to dispose of the strong Roscommon pairing of Rikki O’Gara and Damian Martin on a score-line 21-13, 18-21, 21-6. This was followed in Crinkle with Mayo heavy weights and number 3 seeds Joe McCann and Dessie Keegan as they accounted for the experience Tipperary pairing of Ger Coonan and David Moloney 21-4, 21-19.
Also on Saturday at the famous Hospital club in Limerick, FIVE times winners namely Brian Carroll and Tom Sheridan of Meath played Kerry’s Dominick Lynch and John Joe Quirke. This was a good battle but the men from the royal county proved too strong and they won 21-7, 21-14.
The final game in the Men’s Doubles quarter finals was played on Sunday morning with the action moving to Talbots Inch with recently crowned singles champion Robbie McCarthy of Westmeath being partner by his Dad Robbie Senior. They were up against the Wexford pairing of Gavin Buggy and the young Minor Daniel Kavanagh who was deputising for the injured Tommy Hynes. In the end the McCarthy’s won this tight game 21-15 and 21-17.
In the Ladies Doubles the action was down to the semi-final stage, in the first match our latest Ladies Senior Singles winner Martina McMahon of Limerick was partner by last year’s U16 Doubles winner Katie McCarthy. They played the strong Kilkenny pairing of Ciara Mahon and Mary Phelan, this proved to be a tight match but the Limerick pairing in the end took the match 21-12, 20-21, 21-11.
The final game of the weekend was played on Sunday evening in Tuamgraney with current and THREE times champions Catriona Casey and Aisling O’Keefe of Cork in top form as they overcame Roscommon’s Siobhán and Fiona Tully in two straight games 21-8, 21-2.
Myclubshop.ie 60x30 Championship Results
- Dublin (Eoin Kennedy/Carl Browne) dft Roscommon (Rikki O’Gara/Damian Martin) 21-13, 18-21, 21-6
- Westmeath (R McCarthy/R McCarthy Snr. (sub)) dft Wexford (Gavin Buggy/Daniel Kavanagh (sub)) 21-15, 21-17.
- Mayo (Joe McCann/Dessie Keegan) dft Tipperary (Ger Coonan/David Moloney) 21-4, 21-19
- Meath (Brian Carroll/Tom Sheridan) dft Kerry (Dominick Lynch/John Joe Quirke) 21-7, 21-14
- Cork (Catriona Casey/Aisling O’Keefe) dft Roscommon (Siobhán and Fiona Tully) 21-8, 21-2
- Limerick (Martina McMahon/Katie McCarthy) dft Kilkenny (Ciara Mahon/Mary Phelan) 21-12, 20-21, 21-11