Leinster Classification - 3rd Ranking

The 3rd Leinster ranking took place on January 10th at Palmerstown Community School.

For some members of the club, Adam Banim, Alex Dinkov & Ciaran Murphy, it was their first Leinster tournament.

The U18 & U13 events took place in the morning.  Mia took first place in the U18 girls event while Dillon took 1st place in the U13 boys.  Tim reached the quarter finals of the U13 boys and Masem won the plate.

Leinster 3rd ranking January 2016

The U11 and U15 events took place in the afternoon.  Joe, Paul & Adam took part in the U11 boys event with Joe taking the bronze trophy!  Sadbh won the U11 girls event and Anna took 3rd place.

Dillon took 3rd place in the U15 boys event.

Well done to all!

Leinster Junior Metropolitan - 2nd Leinster ranking of the season

The 2nd Leinster ranking tournament of the season attracted many young players from the province and there was quite a buzz at Palmerstown Community School on November 8th.

The players from Griffeen Valley Table Tennis had a fantastic day!

Mia won both the U18 and U15 girls tournament, while Art took 1st place in the U13 and U15 boys event.  Dillon took 2nd place in U13 and 3rd place in U15.

Omar came 2nd in the U18 boys plate while Ravi took silver in the U15 boys plate.  Tim and Masem met in the U13 boys plate final with Tim winning the plate.

In U11 girls Sadbh came 1st, Aine 3rd and Anna 4th.  In the Under 11s Paul and Joe both won some matches and went home with medals

Well done to all our players for taking part.

Congratulations to Mia on her selection to represent Ireland in the individual event at the Senior Six Nations in Lisburn November 13th-15th - Good luck!

Great performance from Griffeen in first Leinster Junior of the season

Palmerstown Community School provided the venue for the first Leinster Junior Classification of the season.

For some of our players it was their first time playing in a Leinster competition. The U13 and U18 events were played in the morning.  Mia O'Rahilly Egan played in the U18 girls event and Bence Gellert, Masem Ali, Tim Mullaney, Dillon Byrne and Art McLaughlin entered the U13 boys event.

Bence had to play club mate Dillon in the first round with Dillon going through.  Tim went through to the second round but was knocked out at this stage.  Masem made it into the U13 plate competition final and won!  Art & Dillon met in the final with Art winning 3-0 to take 1st place and Dillon 2nd place in the U13 event.  

Mia played a great match against Kate Whelan (Mountrath) narrowly losing to take 2nd place in the U18 event.

The U15 and U11 events started in the afternoon.  Ravi Seth, Art & Dillon took part in the boys and Mia O'Rahilly Egan took part in the girl's event.  Ravi went into the U15 plate competition and finished in 2nd place.

Art & Dillon came through the 2nd round grouping to meet each other again in the semi-final.  Art got through to the final against Paddy Vaughan (Mountrath).  A 3-0 victory saw Art do the double by winning the U15 boys event.

Mia got through to the final of the U15 girls but lost out to Jessie Hayes (Mountrath) to take home the 2nd place trophy.

Paul Lynch took part in the U11 boys event and played very well.  Aine Carles, Anna Gellert and Sadbh McLaughlin took part in the U11 girls.  The girls put up a great performance with Sadbh taking 1st place and Aine taking 2nd place.

What a great day for the club.  Well done to all who took part!!