Munster Desk Tennis have been delighted to “unveil” a model new venue for the Munster Open this yr within the Munster Technological College Area in Cork Metropolis. The occasion came about on the thirteenth and 14th January. 198 entries from 111 gamers have been acquired throughout the 16 completely different competitors classes together with U/11 and U/13 Ladies for the primary time in a variety of years. The variety of gamers represents a 30% improve on 2023 and the variety of entries is a whopping 80% improve on 2023, proving that desk tennis is recovering publish Covid. The most important entry was 40 within the Males’s Singles, adopted by 24 within the Restricted Singles within the Restricted Singles adopted by 15 in each the Girls’s Singles and the Para Open classes. The Veterans class was a disappointing 10.
The general spotlight of performances on the Munster Open needed to be the competitors between Anjali Singh of Ormeau and Emily Flynn of Craigavon over a variety of classes. Each received two classes, with the opposite fairly often the runner up in these classes – Anjali received the Girls’s Singles and U/17 Ladies whereas Emily received the Girls’s U/21 and Ladies U/19 classes. One other important sample was the variety of champions from 2023 who efficiently defended their titles this yr. Tom Davis of DCTT repeated his success with a win within the Males’s Singles, Anjali Singh within the Girls’s Singles and U/17 Ladies, Paddy Vaughan (unattached) within the Para Open and Ben Watson (Civil Service) within the U/19 Boys. Essentially the most profitable membership over the weekend was a extra combined affair in comparison with 2023. Leeside had three winners as had Ormeau and Loop. In respect of the inter provincial rivalry, Ulster gamers received out with 8 winners over Leinster with 5 winners adopted by Munster with 3 winners.
One other spotlight was the repeat use of dwell streaming by Membership Sportscast to offer dwell commentary of matches and interviews with gamers over the 2 days. Munster TT wish to thank these coaches who supplied their providers to offer commentary on matches.
The class winners have been:
Senior Males: Tom Davis, DCTT
Senior Girls: Anjali Singh, Ormeau
Restricted Singles: Kevin O’Keeffe, Leeside
Vets: Eduardo Da Silva, Loop
Para: Paddy Vaughan, Unattached
U/21 Males: Adam Faulkner, Osmond
U/21 Girls: Emily Flynn, Craigavon
U/19 Boys: Ben Watson, Civil Service
U/19 Ladies: Emily Flynn, Craigavon
U/17 Boys: Vincent Ni, Loop
U/17 Ladies: Anjali Singh, Ormeau
U/15 Boys: Clifford Tan, Loop
U/13 Boys: Karsten Shut. Ormeau
U/13 Ladies: Samanta Pusinskaite, Leeside
U/11 Boys: Jay Forde, Unattached
U/11 Ladies: Samanta Pusinskaite, Leeside
Lastly, however not least, thanks go to Event Referee, Adrian Brown, and Assistant to the Referee, Niall O’Flaherty, together with Adam Brown who supplied IT assist, and to the umpires who supplied efficient administration of the numerous matches performed over the weekend.
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