Thanks to all who played in the weekend’s Men’s and Women’s National Pairs and Teams Championships in Clane. The numbers were very satisfactory, with entries higher in all four competitions than in either 2023 or 2024.

The prizewinners were:

JACKSON CUP (Women’s Pairs)

  • 1st Place: Elaine O’Kelly & Ailbhe Mealy
  • 2nd Place: Melissa Brady & Anna Shalvey
  • 3rd Place Margaret Farren & Anna Carr
  • Best National Masters: Mairéad Haugh & Róisín De Jong
  • Best Regional Masters: Máire O’Connor & Suzanne Hill
  • Best Area Masters: Marie O’Mara & Derna Wallace
  • Best Intermediates: Camilla McLoughlin & Phyllis Carew
  • Session Prizes: Mary Timoney & Mary Brady; Olive Kilbane & Una Flynn    Full Results

Jackson Cup Winners 2025

REVINGTON CUP (Men’s Pairs)

  • 1st Place: Conor Boland & Tom Hanlon
  • 2nd Place: Bill O’Hanlon & Tony Ward
  • 3rd Place John O’Connor & Kelan O’Connor
  • Best National Masters: Niall Kilroy & Ian Kilroy
  • Best Regional Masters: Konstantin Rabkin & Andrew Cole
  • Best Area Masters: Declan Harte & Michael Waldron
  • Session Prizes: Willy Clingan & Brendan Toale; Peter Goodman & Dan McIntosh    Full Results

Revington Trophy Winners 2025

McMENAMIN BOWL (Women’s Teams)

  • 1st Place: Mairéad Haugh, Róisín De Jong, Margaret Farren, Anna Carr
  • 2nd Place: Louise Mitchell, Lucy Phelan, Ann O’Connell, Valarie Burke-Moran
  • 3rd Place Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Teresa Rigney, SIobhan Part
  • Best National Masters: Mary Kelly-Rogers, Anne Fitzpatrick, Eileen O’Donovan, Bernie Lodewijks
  • Best Regional Masters: Colette Allen, Maeve Delaney, Ruth O’Dea, Elizabeth Meagher
  • Best Area Masters: Mary Deane, Helena Redmond, Catherine Deegan, Fiona Gormley
  • Best Intermediates: Joanne Macken, Niamh Feeney, Sandra Peden, Linda Walsh
  • Session Prizes: Aoife MacHale, Antoinette McGee, Bríd Kemple, Paula Heaphy; Carmel Gleeson, Kathleen Cassidy, Kathy Monks, Nora Kelly    Full Results

McMenamin Bowl Winners 2025

GERALDINE TROPHY (Men’s Teams)

  • 1st Place: Peter Goodman, Dan McIntosh, Micheál Ó Briain, Pádraig Ó Briain
  • 2nd Place: Harold Curran, Michael O’Kane, Gordon Lessells, Dermot O’Brien
  • 3rd Place John Carroll, Mark Moran, Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland
  • Best National Masters: Kevin O’Dea, Liam Maher, Joe Coyne, Tony Smyth
  • Best Regional Masters: Willy Clingan, Brendan Toale, David Connolly, Giles Murnin
  • Best Area Masters: Ronan Nolan, Paul Victory, Maurice Coleman, Shane Smyth
  • Session Prizes: Terry Walsh, BJ O’Brien, Gay Keaveney, Martin Jones; John O’Connor, Kelan O’Connor, Liam Gaynor, David Redmond    Full Results

Geraldine Trophy Winners 2025

Thanks very much to our directing crew of Fearghal O’Boyle, Alan Hill, Huey Daly, Brian Lawlor, and Bernard Higgins for ensuring that all the competitions went off smoothly. Next up on the national calendar are the new Regional Masters Pairs & Teams (also open to Area Masters) in Templeogue on 1/2 February, the Holmes Wilson Trophy (National Teams Championships) in the Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, on 8/9 February, and the Novice & Intermediate Congress in Roganstown on 14/16 February. Entries for all these competitions are open here. We also have congresses upcoming in Ennis (17/19 January), Cork (24/26 January), Galway (14/16 February), and Malahide (28 February/2 March).

 

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