Sunday the 21st March saw the Stiga National Challenger Series arrive in Foxford, County Mayo.
Doors opened at 9am to a flood of enthusiastic children and parents. All together 70 players travelled from Mayo, Sligo , Castlebar , Galway and Meath to compete in this fun filled event.
Sponsored by Tommy Fitzgerald of Stiga (www.TFTT.ie) players played an average of 10 games each initially in groups of 4 and then in groups of 8. Foxford TT Club hosted the event in a top quality venue with 15 tables.
The youngest players were six year olds Siobhan Hodgins and David Taylor from Sligo who both performed tremendously.
Winners and Runners up were as follows:
Winner Runner Up
Group 1 Dara Dermody (Cross) Dara Egan (Kilkelly)
Group 2 Marie Williams (Kilkelly) Nicola O’Hare (Cross)
Group 3 Martin Edward Ditchburn (Midfield) Orla O’Malley (Cross)
Group 4 Mark Melnchuk (Mayo abbey) Emma Halloran (Cross)
Group 5 Mark Benson (Castlebar) Tara Travers Molloy (Sylane)
Group 6 Sam Cowan (Tara) Niamh Travers Molloy (Sylane)
Group 7 Niall Clayton (Foxford) Cian Tighe (st Pats)
Group 8 Dylan Carson (Sligo) Paul Halloran (Cross)
Group 9 Alastair Craig (Sligo) Claire Hodgins (Sligo)
The next event in the Challenger Series is on Saturday the 27th March in Colaiste Phadraig ,Roselawn, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co Dublin. Contact Tommy Fitzgerald for further information on 087 6793955.
Many thanks to Eddie Ditchburn for organising the event and to all the parents who helped out on the day.
Sunday the 21st March saw the Stiga national challenger series arrive in Foxford county Mayo.
Doors opened at 9 am to a flood of enthusiastic children and parents. All together 70 players travelled from Mayo, Sligo , Castlebar , Galway and Meath to compete in this fun filled event.
Sponsored by Tommy Fitzgerald of Stiga (www.TFTT.ie) players played an average of 10 games each initially in groups of 4 and then in groups of 8. Foxford TT Club hosted the event in a top quality venue with 15 tables.
The youngest players were six year olds Siobhan Hodgins and David Taylor from Sligo who both performed tremendously.
Winners and Runners up were as follows
Winner Runner Up
Group 1 Dara Dermody (Cross) Dara Egan (Kilkelly)
Group 2 Marie Williams (Kilkelly) Nicola O’Hare (Cross)
Group 3 Martin Edward Ditchburn (Midfield) Orla O’Malley (Cross)
Group 4 Mark Melnchuk (Mayo abbey) Emma Halloran (Cross)
Group 5 Mark Benson (Castlebar) Tara Travers Molloy (Sylane)
Group 6 Sam Cowan (Tara) Niamh Travers Molloy (Sylane)
Group 7 Niall Clayton (Foxford) Cian Tighe (st Pats)
Group 8 Dylan Carson (Sligo) Paul Halloran (Cross)
Group 9 Alastair Craig (Sligo) Claire Hodgins (Sligo)
The next event in the challenger series is on Saturday the 27th March in Colaiste Phadraic ,Roselawn, Ballydowd, Lucan Co Dublin. Contact Tommy Fitzgerald for further information on 087 6793955.
Many thanks to Eddie Ditchburn for organising the event and to all the parents who helped out on the day.