The Munster Table Tennis Squad collected a total of 25 medals over the three days of competition with 15 of those being brought home by West Cork players. Liam Hayes had a remarkable event and stunned the opposition coaches and officials with his standard of play and didn’t lose a set during the whole competition.īantry and Skibbereen CoAction players combined in the form of Emily Meagher who partnered Claire O’Regan, to take silver in the Women’s Doubles.įriends and Bantry Co-Action clubmates Sean Healy and Jerry McCarthy took bronze in the Men’s Doubles event with a bronze going to Cope Clonakilty’s Leo McMahon. Mary Lawlor (Skibbereen) took silver in the singles with Claire O’Regan (Skibbereen) taking bronze.Īoife McMahon went on to win a second gold medal with her partner Liam Hayes (Skibbereen) who also took a second gold in the singles event, they beat silver medal winners Breda O’Donovan and her partner Keith Whelan (Waterford) in the mixed doubles. West Cork women dominated the event winning three golds in the singles events with Aoife McMahon (Clonakilty), Breda O’Donovan (Clonakilty) and Emily Meagher (Bantry).

Every player on the squad managed to win a medal, with the tally including a hugely impressive six golds. Three were from CoAction Skibbereen, three from CoAction Bantry and three from the Cope Foundation in Clonakilty.

WEST Cork athletes enjoyed many golden moments at the Special Olympic Ireland Games in Dublin, with nine of the 16 player table tennis squad selected from three of the area’s service providers. West Cork athletes enjoyed many golden moments at the Special Olympic Ireland Games in Dublin.

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