Ryan Farrell

Category: Senior 

Club: DCU & TV Hude

Age: 24 

Style of Play: Left Hand Attacker (Shake Hand Grip)

Sponsor: Butterfly (Tees Sport)

Equipment: (Blade, F/H & B/H Rubbers): Michael Maze Blade, Tenergy 05 Hard (FH) & Dignics 05 (BH)

Highest Ranking (Category / Year): No.1 Senior (2019 & Current) 

Championships: Ulster Senior Open Champion 2019, Connacht Senior Open Champion 2017, David Lloyd Open Champion 2019, Irish Intervarsity Singles Champion 2018 & 2019, Senior Male Player of the Year 2019/20, 4 Time National Champion at Junior Level (U18 x 2 & U15 x 2), Billy Marshall Award for Best Irish Junior Player 2013/14, Senior Interprovincial Gold with Leinster (2014) 

Best Wins:  Artur Bialek (WR 312) – Senior Classification 2017, Gavin Maguire – Connacht Open Final 2017, Callum Evans (WR 279) – Home Nations 2019, Rimas Lesiv (WR 425) – European League 2018 

Best Experience:  Representing Ireland at the World Team Championships in Tokyo, 2014. Receiving my first Senior Cap at 17 was a very special moment for me. 

Ambition: My sporting ambition is to reach my full potential and to continue to represent Ireland at International Level. To win a Senior National Title is a major motivator for me and is something that I'm constantly working towards. Finishing runner-up at the 2020 Senior Nationals has given me belief that I can win this title.