The CAI have pleasure in announcing a Coaching courses taking place 28th-31st August in Carrickmines Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club (by kind permission). The full details and entry form are available for download in the sidebar of this web page.

Please return entry forms to Leo Dungan as soon as possible to enable final planning of the courses.

Please pass on this information to anyone who may not be aware of the courses on offer.

Well that’s it for the Irish!

The other five guys had placing matches so we all went in for an early start. To be perfectly honest I’m so tired I can’t really remember who came where and who beat who and what the scores were. The only thing I really remember is that Jack Gleeson recorded a great win over Danny. I think this left Danny with the wooden spoon or whatever the croquet term is.

I waited around supporting the others and waiting until my second round match against Dina Saad at five.

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The Irish contingent were all knocked out by Eygptians, Aussie wonderkids or Kiwis who eventually won the tournament.

Kieran got through his first round by beating our own Jack Glesson who fought commendably, taking K to three games.
This set up a second round match with Dina Saad, an Eygptian girl who had beaten Danny in the block stages.

After the 3rd appointed weekend there are still many matches waiting to be played.

Would all players please play all outstanding matches before the finals day on August 15th.

The latest results can be seen on pages 2 & 3 in the downloadable Masters2009 pdf

In Div 1 the matches won are as follows
Andrew 5
Ed 4
Patsy 3
Conor 3
Simon 2
Nathaniel, Evan 1
Gerard - scratched

In Div 2
Michael 6
Kieran 5
Robert 3
Danny 2
Jane, Ben 1

The first day of the knockouts was upon us and it was a difficult one for all of us.

Danny was first up against Malcolm Fletcher. Malcolm is only a youngster but he has the potential to be an exceptional player at both forms of the game. This game was a great spectacle, lots of great clearing and hoop running. Danny was happy with his performance but in his own words, " A few mistakes at crucial times" cost him. Malcolm came through in two games, 7-5, 7-3.

Next up was Ben against Duncan Dixon.

A summary for those who don’t want to read the full report.
Moustafa Nezar bt Kieran Murphy 10-7
Ahmed Yaser bt Ben Harris 10-6
Hisham Shaker bt Robert 10-8
Mohamed Taha bt William 10-4
Amr Elibyari bt Danny Johnston 10-4
Karim Ghamri bt Jack 10-2
Dina Saad bt Danny 10 - 8

Day 1

With the first session of matches almost complete in the 2009 Irish Masters event, Michael O'Shaughnessy holds a 100% record in Division 2 and leads the way. A number of grudge matches were played out in the early rounds with Kieran Murphy prevailing +1 over Ben Harris. Subsequently Danny Johnston got the better of Kieran +17.

Champion of County Dublin and winner of the Railway Cup Ed Cunningham

Runner up Patsy Fitzgerald

Boxwell Cup (Handicap Singles) Campbell Morrison

Runner up Ed Cunningham

Coronation Bowls (Handicap Doubles) Alan Looney and Simon Williams

Runners up Patsy Fitzgerald and Alice Reeves-Smythe

Duff Mathews Cup (Advanced play singles) Stephen Strong
Runner up Leo Dungan

Handicap Singles (8-14 handicap) Terence Woulfe -Flanagan
Runner up David McGrath

Handicap Singles(15-20 handicap) Peter O'Callaghan
Runner up Geraldine O'Rourke

Hilary Webb Cup Frank O'Neill

The Irish team is Simon, Ed, Andrew, Patsy and Gerard.

The Irish and Dublin  Championship entry fee schemes which included meal arrangements have been extended to allow the simple payment of a set entry fee per event, not including a provided meal.
The rates are the same as for 2008 and are shown below.

Event 1: Singles Championship of Ireland 30 Euro