Leinster takes gold in the Junior Interprovincials with some help from Griffeen Valley players

The junior interprovincials took place at DCU on April 16th.

At this event the top ranked Leinster players in each age category represent their province.  Art & Dillon were selected for the U13 boys team.  Mia was part of the U18 girls team and Sadbh made her interprovincial debut in the U13 girls team.

Full details of the event can be found here

Leinster came out winners and retained the Victor Barna Shield. Art didn't drop a set throughout the day and was awarded U13 player of the tournament.

More pictures from the day.

Leinster win the Barna Shield at Junior Interpros 2016 - Mia, Art, Dillon & Sadbh were part of the team.

Mia was presented with trophy for No. 1 ranking U15 girl 2015-2016

Art won U13 player of the tournament

Leinster season concludes for 2015-2016

For a number of our club players 2015-2016 was their first full season of Leinster competitions and each tournament brought improvement and great experience.

Over the season we have had Plate successes and some have moved closer to the finals!

In the Junior Masters on April 3rd/4th we had Adam, Sean, Kevin, Bence, Ciaran, Alex, Anna, Masem, Tim & Sadbh competing.  All had the chance to play a good few matches throughout the weekend.

On Saturday Tim played the U15 and gained some great experience for his first time in this age category.  He had a tough first group which included Alan Pattison, Paddy Vaughan and Orqo Hickey.

Sadbh & Anna played the U11 girls.  Anna finished in 4th position and Sadbh came 1st.

On Sunday we had a number taking part in the U13 boys and girls.  Alex played in the Plate semi-finals and Masem finished 7th.  Tim made it to the semi-final where he faced Tommy Nyugen (York Road TTC).  He lost to Tommy and played a very exciting 3rd/4th match against Gellert from Carlow losing 11-8 in the 5th set.

Sadbh played in her first U13 girls event this season and finished in 1st place doing the double!

Well done to all!

The Junior Interprovincials tournament takes place in DCU on the weekend of April 16th/17th April where the top junior players in Leinster will battle it out against the best of Connacht, Munster & Ulster to retain the shield.

Sadbh won U13 girls

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!!

Junior Interprovincials 2015, Little Island, Cork - 18th April

A number of our players headed to Cork to represent their province in the last tournament of the table tennis season – the Junior Interprovincials 2015. 

The coveted Victor Barna shield was won by Leinster after going down to the wire against some strong Ulster teams. 

Art and Dillon's U13 boys team took gold along with Mia’s U13 girls team coached by Conor Mullally and Jacqui Mullally respectively. 

At the tournament Mia was presented with a trophy for ending the season as No. 1 in Ireland U13 girls player and Art was awarded U13 player of the tournament. 

Some images from the day:

U13 NPCs - Jacqui Mullally & Conor Mullally

Mia presented with trophy as overall winner U13 for Season 2014-2015

Art won U13 player of the tournament