The Jim and Biddy moynagh memorial Doubles tournament took place last weekend with Gavin coyle and Gary byrne defeating James Gavaghan and Peter Duffy in a great final, players from tydavnet, carrickmacross, Corduff and Kingscourt took part and 8 teams battled it out Friday and Saturday night leading to our final on Sunday evening, in our warm up juvenile match Bawns Ben mc geough and Kevin fitzpatrick dft Thomas Sheerin and Dillon finnegan from Corduff followed by the adult final. Thanks to Mary and the moynagh family for sponsoring the trophy and everyone who took part and made tea and refreshments
Pictures, Peter Duffy, James Gavagin, Gavin coyle, Gary byrne
Juveniles, Ben mc geough Kevin fitzpatrick, Thomas Sheerin, dillon finnegan.
Josh Kavanagh settled down then and showed his strong 60×30 power serves around the left sidewall and backwall to gain a slender lead. There were some fine rallies between both players and an exhibition of great skills also. Eoghan battled hard in the first game, but the Wexford Juvenile had too much power and won the game 15-7. The second game was a tense affair and both players served well and covered alot of ground around the court. There was nothing between the players at 8-7 and they were stuck at that scoreline for about five minutes. It was eoghan that edged forward at this point to lead 10-8 with some fabulous kills from the back of the court in to the right hand corner. Risky but effective and impressive. Josh Kavanagh then increased the power in his serves and Eoghan missed a few kill shots, and Josh levelled the match at 11-11. The game could have then gone anyway, but unfortunately it did not go to the Farney County. Josh Kavanagh went on to win the game and match 15-11. It was a gallant effort by Eoghan, and he did deserve to take it to a third game, but a few missed kill shots and putting his serve out of play on a few occasions proved too costly. But overall, it was a great game of handball from Eoghan and Josh, but the more powerful serves and consistently returning of the ball to the front wall by the Wexford player proved the difference between them. No doubt these lads will continue to meet in future finals, in either 40×20, One Wall or 60×30. Thank you to the support that travelled all the way from Wexford, Tyrone and Monaghan and to St Macartans for the use of their facilities
