Our thanks to those who took part in the two IBU Pairs Championship events on Saturday 9 May, in spite of the lovely weather.
The winners were:
- Open Competition: 1st Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca; 2nd Breda O’Reilly & David Synnott; 3rd BJ O’Brien & Terry Walsh; Best Area Masters: Dara Voyles & Nicola O’Dowd; Session Winners: Mairead Haugh & Justin Corfield; Paul Porteous & Miriam McConville
- Intermediate Competition: 1st Dorothy Nolan & Maeve Pelly; 2nd Daisy Dunne & Melissa O’Shea; 3rd Joan Peppard & Tom Roche; Best Intermediate Bs: Laetitia McMahon & Mary Brennan (actually Novices, who finished fourth overall); Best Novices: Michelle Heery & Mary Tierney
Thanks to TDs John Royds and Bernard Higgins for making sure both competitions ran smoothly. Next up are the Lambert and Cooper Cups (confined Area Masters and Intermediate As) and the JJ Murphy Trophy (National Novice Championship) in Loughrea this weekend, then the 4Fun Teams in Westmanstown on 23 May (entries through Regional Secretaries, please) and then the Yeats Country (Sligo) and Killarney Congresses, on the weekends of 5-7 and 12-14 June respectively – all are welcome.