We had a full house in Templeogue over the weekend for both the Spiro Cup (National Mixed Pairs Championship) and the Coen Trophy (National Mixed Teams Championship). The prizewinners were:
Spiro Cup:
- Winners: Siobhan Part & BJ O’Brien
- Runners-Up: Bríd Kemple & Terry Walsh
- 3rd Place: Aoife MacHale & Peter Goodman
- 4th Place: Lucy & John Phelan
- Best Regional Masters: Angela Murphy & William Enright
- Best Area Masters: Joan Peppard & Tom Roche
- Best Intermediates: Veronica Buttimer & Vincent Bissett
- Session Prizes: Kay Cussen & Denis Sheehan; Cass O’Donnell & Ian Hamilton
Coen Trophy:
- Winners: Carol-Ann Cummins, John Noonan, Deirdre Tuckey, Seamus Costello
- Runners-Up: Maria Barry, Pat Barry, Siobhan Part, BJ O’Brien
- 3rd Place: Joan Kenny, Enda Glynn, Teresa Rigney, Conor Boland
- 4th Place: Maeve Delaney, Sean Maguire, Marie James, Anthony Moloney
- Best Regional Masters: Anne Moylan-Cleary, Brian Cleary, Brid Galligan, Sean Galligan
- Best Area Masters: Mary Whooley, Tom Woulfe, Léan McMahon, Brian McCann
- Best Intermediates: Phyllis Carew, Joe Bissett, Camilla McLoughlin, Vincent Bissett
- Session Prizes: Denise Walsh, Kelan O’Connor, Leah Finnegan, Karel De Raeymaeker; Mary Kelly-Rogers, John O’Connor, Ann O’Connell, Tom Gilligan
Thanks to the TD crew of Fearghal O’Boyle, Mairead Basquille, and Bernard Higgins. Next up is Carlow Congress over the weekend of 31 Oct-2 Nov. The next national competition is the Master Pairs on 13-14 Dec; please note the change of venue to the O’Reilly Hall in UCD, not Templeogue as previously advised. Entries open online.