The National Teams Championships were held over the weekend in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise. We had a full turnout for the Open competition, but, although numbers were up in the other competitions, there were still some gaps for the Intermediate As and Bs, with one region not sending any teams at all, which was disappointing. The prizewinners were:
- Kelburne Cup (Open Teams): 1st Paul Delaney, David Ryan, Tomás Roche, David Dunne (Holders, Dublin South); 2nd Tony Smyth, Joe Coyne, Kevin O’Dea, Liam Maher (Mid-Leinster); 3rd John Noonan, Eoin MacNeill, Alan O’Sullivan, Carol-Ann Cummins (Eastern Region) Results
- Bankers Trophy (Intermediate A Teams): 1st Liz Murphy, Margaret Haughey, Yvonne Sheerin, Jean Hennebry (Eastern Region); 2nd Breda Murphy, Colm Kelly, Una Kelly, Jim Doran (South Midland); Íde Gavin, Orla Staunton, Triona Glacken, Ann Cole (Dublin South) Results
- Tierney Trophy (Intermediate B Teams): 1st John Hogan, Sarah Hogan, Marian Nugent, Pat O’Hanlon (Dublin South); 2nd Charles Alken, Anthony Alken, Mariusz Krolik, Ewalina Krolik (Dublin South); 3rd Mary Tierney, Michelle Heery, Louise Kavanagh, Jack Nolan (South Midland) Results
The Marie Cummins Trophy as the best-performing region across all three competitions went to the Dublin South Region. Our thanks to the TDs, Diarmuid Reddan, Huey Daly, and John Phelan for making sure everything ran smoothly.