Table Tennis – All Ireland Finals

TABLE TENNIS

ALL-IRELAND FINALS

In an 8^th Junior Final in 9 years, Blackrock are once again Junior Irish Champions, with back to back All-Ireland Junior Titles, and a 4^th Title in 5 years.

A Semi-Final 5-1 victory, over Munster Champions CBC Cork, gave the Juniors a final against Ulster Champions Royal Academy Belfast, where the scoreline was again 5-1.

With Junior Captain Joey Nelson on duty with the Senior Team, the Team was captained on the day by Barry O’Keeffe (4^th Year) and was made up of David Campbell, Sean Carney, Robert Kelly & Duran Osan (all 3^rd Year), Andrew Doyle, Colm Hogan, Conor Hughes & Lorcan Patchell (all 2^nd Year).

Blackrock Seniors were appearing in their 7^th Finals in a row, and going for 6-in-a-row Senior titles. A Semi-Final win 5-0 against Ulster Champions Royal School Cavan, brought up a Final against old rivals and Connacht Champions St. Louis’, where the Seniors went down 3-5 in a desperately tight match that could have gone either way.  The team was made up of Rory Murphy, Laurence Shields (both 6^th Year), Stephen Campbell, Charlie Fitzgerald, Captain Louis Murphy (all 5^th Year) and Joey Nelson (4^th Year).

This is an incredible performance by both Squads in a very competitive sport.

Congratulations to all involved particularly Head Coach Richard Butler and his Assistant Coaches Andrew Campbell, Stefan Kelly, Conal Molumby and Paul O’Kelly (all Class of 2015).