Primary Schools International 2016, Guernsey

While the last Leinster ranking tournament was taking place, fellow club members Art & Dillon were representing Ireland at the Primary Schools International in Guernsey.

The team event started on Friday and the boys team which also included Thomas Joyce and Matthew Cherry had a fantastic tournament eventually taking the gold. The girls team made it a double win for Ireland.

In the singles event both Art and Dillon made it to the semi-finals with Art making it through to the final. He had to settle for silver losing 3-1 to English player Naphong Boomyaprapa.

Well done Art & Dillon!

Further details can be found here

Ireland Boys Team - 1st place

Boys Individual Event - Art 2nd, Dillon 3rd

Primary Schools International, Blackburn, England - 10th-12th April, 2015

Club players Mia O'Rahilly Egan, Art McLaughlin and Dillon Byrne were all selected to play for Ireland at an important international tournament in the junior table tennis calendar. The venue was Blackburn, England 10th-12th April where the top four U13 players from Ireland (boys and girls) represented their country against teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey.

Primary Schools boys & girls team included Mia, Dillon & Art

After a tough start on Friday against Scotland the girl’s team managed to emerge victorious with gold medals. Mia O’Rahilly Egan then went on to take bronze in the girls singles event.

The Irish boys team got off to a flying start beating Guernsey and Isle of Man. After beating a tough Scottish team the following morning, they met a solid English team. While most matches were very close, England eventually emerged winners. However, the Irish boys went on to beat all the remaining countries to take 2nd place silver home.

In the singles event Art McLaughlin came back from 2-0 down to knock out the Scottish number 1 and eventually took bronze.