Our thanks to all who turned out for the Men’s and Women’s National Pairs and Teams Championships in Clane at the weekend, the first live running of these events since January 2020. The numbers were very satisfactory, and represent a further step back to normality after the covid-driven hiatus.

The prizewinners were:

JACKSON CUP (Women’s Pairs)

  • 1st Place: Margaret Farren & Anna Carr
  • 2nd Place: Mary Kelly-Rogers & Anne Fitzpatrick
  • 3rd Place Jean Kelly & Betty Cotter
  • Best Regional Masters: Eimir Beirne & Pam Harrington
  • Best Area Masters: Kathy Monks & Nora Kelly
  • Best Intermediates: Mary Power & Anne Darmody
  • Session Prizes: Joan Kenny & Jeannie Fitzgerald; Orla McEntee & Deirdre O’Halloran    Full Results
    • Jackson Cup Winners 2023

REVINGTON TROPHY (Men’s Pairs)

  • 1st Place: Diarmuid Reddan & John Phelan
  • 2nd Place: Marcin Rudzinski & Ronan McMaugh
  • 3rd Place Tom Gilligan & Dave Terry
  • Best Regional Masters: Tony Ward & Bill O’Hanlon
  • Best Area Masters: Kevin Kennedy & Thomas Reilly
  • Session Prizes: Brendan Sheridan & Seamus Costello; Gay Keaveney & Martin Jones    Full Results
    • Revington Trophy Winners 2023

McMENAMIN BOWL (Women’s Teams)

  • 1st Place: Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Teresa Rigney, Siobhan Part
  • 2nd Place: Miriam McConville, Valerie Hand, Mary Trench, Elva Gannon
  • 3rd Place Marie James, Adrienne Purdy, Rachel Connellan, Niamh Harty
  • Best Regional Masters: Carmel Gleeson, Kathleen Cassidy, Kathy Monks, Nora Kelly
  • Best Area Masters: Rosalind O’Brien, Catherine Egan, Elaine Fitzpatrick, Mary Gleeson
  • Session Prizes: Rebecca O’Keeffe-Brown; Gilda Pender, Ann-Marie Horan-Carroll, Hilary McDonagh; Deirdre Leopold, Elizabeth Meagher, Evgenia Gladysheva, Helen Friel    Full Results

    McMenamin Bowl Winners 2023

GERALDINE TROPHY (Men’s Teams)

  • 1st Place: Ciaran Coyne, James Heneghan, Karel De Raeymaeker, Peter Pigot
  • 2nd Place: Conor Boland, Adam Mesbur, John Carroll, Mark Moran
  • 3rd Place Martin Brady, David Dunne, Paul Delaney, Tomás Roche
  • Best Regional Masters: Tony Ward & Bill O’Hanlon, Niall Kilroy, Ian Kilroy
  • Best Area Masters: Tom Flood, Chris Griffin, Tom Craig, Iain Walker
  • Session Prizes: Derek O’Gorman, Tom McCarthy, Micheal O Briain, Padraig O Briain; Pat O’Mahony, Jim Stokes, Declan O’Brien, Bill Cronin    Full Results
  • Geraldine Trophy Winners 2023

Thanks also to our directing crew of Fearghal O’Boyle, Alan Hill, Huey Daly, Bernard Higgins, and Eamon Galligan for ensuring that all the competitions went off smoothly. Next up on the national calendar is the Holmes Wilson (National Teams Championships) in the Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, on 11/12 February. Entries are open here.

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