Wexford Badminton

16/02/2026

Congratulations to the Wexford U17 team, finishing runner up in their division at the Leinster Inter County competition at the weekend 🥈 👏

Ciaran, Fearghal, Henry, and Conal.
Samhradh, Emily Grace, and Hannah.

Thanks to Team Manager Imelda for looking after the team.

And thanks to Shanthini and her team for organising a great event.

01/02/2026

On Saturday we held the second Juvenile Blitz of the season, this time in St. Peters College in Wexford. We had a big entry, with players from Barntown, Gorey, Taghmon, Annacurra, and Roundwood. Well done to all the players and congratulations to the medal winners.

Huge thanks to Juvenile Officer Eimear and her team of helpers and umpires for running the show. Deirdre, Gavin, Polly, Aine, Imelda, Sinto, Tom, Ross, Tara, Siobhan, JJ. And thanks to Tigin and Sinto for preparing the hall.

Here are the result and pictures from the prize presentation:

Under 11
Singles Group 1 Winner: Aine O' Connor (Gorey)Jonathan Sinto (Barntown)
Singles Group 1 R-Up: Jonathan Sinto (Barntown)
Singles Group 2 Winner: Noah Rosh*th (Gorey)
Singles Group 2 R-Up: Paudi Hayes (Taghmon)
Singles Group 3 Winner: Danny Fortune (Barntown)
Singles Group 3 R-Up: Sadie Reville (Taghmon)
Doubles Group 1 Winner: Adam Sangeeth & Jonathan Sinto (Barntown)
Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Aine O' Connor & Emma Chen (Gorey)
Doubles Group 2 Winner: Danny Fortune (Barntown) & Noah Rosh*th (Gorey)
Doubles Group 2 R-Up: Luke Waters & Alex Waters (Taghmon)

Under 13
Singles Group 1 Winner: Emma Budeanu (Gorey)
Singles Group 1 R-Up: Eoghan Winters (Taghmon)
Singles Group 2 Winner: Ian Harrington (Gorey)
Singles Group 2 R-Up (Joint): Seona Cullen (Gorey), Taylor Bradley (Taghmon)
Singles Group 3 Winner: Seoda Ni Thoibin (Gorey)
Singles Group 3 R-Up: Makayla Eva D'Costa (Gorey)
Singles Group 4 Winner: Louis Hackett (Gorey)
Singles Group 4 R-Up (Joint): Casey O' Byrne (Annacurra), Liam Brennan (Gorey), Finley Anderson (Barntown)
Doubles Group 1 Winner: Seona Cullen & Emma Budeanu (Gorey)
Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Fionn O' Sullivan & Ian Harrington (Gorey)
Doubles Group 2 Winner: Liam Brennan (Gorey) & Tommy Kavanagh (Annacurra)
Doubles Group 2 R-Up: Casey O' Byrne & Arthur Stearn (Annacurra)

Under 15
Singles Group 1 Winner: Hannah McGeachan (Gorey)
Singles Group 1 R-Up: Eoghan Winters (Taghmon)
Singles Group 2 Winner: Eoghan Killoran (Annacurra)
Singles Group 2 R-Up: Prathul Prem (Barntown)
Singles Group 3 Winner: Shane Fortune (Annacurra)
Singles Group 3 R-Up: Luneta Krisiuleviciute (Gorey)
Singles Group 4 Winner: Cade Dobbs O' Brien (Barntown)
Singles Group 4 R-Up: Shane Scanlan (Annacurra)
Singles Group 5 Winner: Aaron Scanlan (Annacurra)
Singles Group 5 R-Up: Diya Pandalaneni (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 Winner: Erix Binoy & Abel Tom (Barntown)
Boys Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Eoghan Winters & Noah Parle (Taghmon)
Boys Doubles Group 2 Winner: Caden O' Brien & Adam O' Brien (Barntown)
Boys Doubles Group 2 R-Up: Shane Fortune & Shane Scanlan (Annacurra)
Girls Doubles Group 1 Winner: Hannah McGeachan & Diya Pandalaneni (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Anna Isdell & Vaishnavi Vivek (Barntown)

Under 17
Boys Singles Group 1 Winner: Henry Trankner (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 1 R-Up: Bobby McDonnell (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 2 Winner: Conal Forde (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 2 R-Up: Oisin Cannon (Gorey)
Girls Singles Group 1 Winner: Ellen Meyler (Taghmon)
Girls Singles Group 1 R-Up: Emily Grace Turner (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 Winner: Bobby McDonnell & Adam McCormack (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Fearghal Jones & Henry Trankner (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 Winner: Sarah Calin & Luneta Krisiuleviciute (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Ellen Meyler (Taghmon) & Avril Alwin (Barntown)

01/02/2026

Congratulations to the Wexford Grade 6 Inter County team 🎊

They won both games in the regional qualifier of the Leinster Inter County against Laois and Meath, to advance to the semi-final stage, to be held in Baldoyle on the 22nd of March 💪

Well done Ava, Duleeka, Grace, Theresa, Biju, Bibin, Tigin, Bibin, Tom and Vivek 👏 👏

25/01/2026

Congratulations to the Wexford U13 team 👏

Vaishnavi, Seoda, Eoghan and Ian
Clodagh, Aine, Fionn, and Jonathan

Thanks to Team Manager Brian for looking after the team.

Thanks to Shanthini and her team for organising a great event.

Leinster U13 Inter Counties 2026

Baldoyle Badminton Centre hosted the Leinster U13 Inter Counties 2026

11 Teams : Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny , Meath , Laois, Offaly Kildare & Wexford

103 Players
25 Matches
210 Rubbers.

Leinster Badminton continues the tradition of sponsoring Tshirts for each county in county colours.
A lovely spectacle.

It was great to welcome back Wexford to the Inter Counties

A special thank you to Shanthini Chandra & Brian Kelly who ran the event today. Shanthini organized all the Tshirts. To David Murphy , Leinster President for Presentations. Without these volunteers giving of their time, these events wouldn’t happen. To all the parents, managers and coaches , and the staff of Leinster Badminton. One Great big Thank you

The winners of Division 1 now go on to represent Leinster at the Badminton Ireland Inter County Finals on May 2026

Results

Division 1
Gold - Dublin 1
Silver - Dublin 2
Bronze- Laois 1

Division 2
Gold - Meath
Silver - Kilkenny
Bronze - Carlow

Division 3
Gold - Offaly
Silver - Wexford
Bronze - Kildare A

Division 4
Gold - Laois 2
Silver - Kildare B

06/01/2026

Congratulations to Ania Kowalska, who won the Grade 3 Ladies Singles at the Leinster Individuals at the weekend 🏅 👏
And also congratulations to Evan Byrne & Ross McNiven, who were runners up in the Grade 1 Men's Doubles, and Grace Glavin & Bethany Trankner who were also runners up in the Grade 5 Ladies Doubles 🥈🥈 👏

09/11/2025

On Sunday it was the turn of the U15 and U17 to play the November Badminton Blitz in Enniscorthy. Well done to all the players and congratulations to the winners 🏅 🥈

Thanks to Juvenile Officer Eimear, and her team of helpers and umpires for running the show, and County Chairman Gavin for presenting the medals 👏

Here are the results, and pictures from the U15 and U17 prize presentation.

Under 15
Boys Singles Group 1 Winner: Erix Binoy (Barntown)
Boys Singles Group 1 R-Up: Ollie Madigan (Annacurra)
Boys Singles Group 2 Winner: Jayden Yap (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 2 R-Up: Prathul Prem (Barntown)
Boys Singles Group 3 Winner: Caden Dobbs O' Brien (Barntown)
Boys Singles Group 3 R-Up: Shane Fortune (Annacurra)
Boys Singles Group 4 Winner: Faolain Merrigan (Annacurra)
Boys Singles Group 4 R-Up: Alexander Lydon (Gorey)
Girls Singles Group 1 Winner: Hannah McGeachan (Gorey)
Girls Singles Group 1 R-Up: Luneta Krisiuleviciute (Gorey)
Girls Singles Group 2 Winner: Lacie Graham (Annacurra)
Girls Singles Group 2 R-Up: Diya Pandalaneni (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 Winner: Erix Binoy & Abel Tom (Barntown)
Boys Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Alexander Lydon & Jayden Yap (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 2 Winner: Faolain Merrigan & Ollie Madigan (Annacurra)
Boys Doubles Group 2 R-Up: Caden O' Brien & Adam O' Brien (Barntown)
Girls Doubles Group 1 Winner: Hannah McGeachan & Diya Pandalaneni (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Anna Isdell (Barntown) & Eimear Comerford (Gorey)

Under 17
Boys Singles Group 1 Winner: Lucas Augereau (Barntown)
Boys Singles Group 1 R-Up: Bobby McDonnell (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 2 Winner: Conal Martin (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 2 R-Up: Aidan Yap (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 3 Winner: Aaron Goh (Gorey)
Boys Singles Group 3 R-Up: Oisin Cannon (Gorey)
Girls Singles Group 1 Winner: Ellen Meyler (Taghmon)
Girls Singles Group 1 R-Up: Maroushka D'Costa (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 Winner: Fearghal Jones & Henry Trankner (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Lucas Augereau & Prathul Prem (Barntown)
Boys Doubles Group 2 Winner: Conal Martin & Rian O' Tiarnaigh (Gorey)
Boys Doubles Group 2 R-Up: John Flood (Annacurra) & Sid Parkin Loughnane (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 Winner: Emily Grace Turner & Samhradh Ni Thoibin (Gorey)
Girls Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Sarah Calin & Luneta Krisiuleviciute (Gorey)

09/11/2025

On Saturday we held the U11 and U13 November Badminton Blitz in Enniscorthy. Well done to all the players and congratulations to the winners 🏆

Thanks to Juvenile Officer Eimear and her team of helpers and umpires for running the show 👏

Here are the results, and pictures from the U11 and U13 prize presentation.

Under 11
Singles Group 1 Winner: Jonathan Sinto (Barntown)
Singles Group 1 R-Up: Aine O' Connor (Gorey)
Singles Group 2 Winner: Danny Fortune (Barntown)
Singles Group 2 R-Up: Aadi Abin (Barntown)
Doubles Group 1 Winner: Adam Sangeeth & Jonathan Sinto (Barntown)
Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Aadi Abin & Danny Fortune (Barntown)

Under 13
Singles Group 1 Winner: Clement Augereau (Barntown)
Singles Group 1 R-Up: Eoghan Winters (Taghmon)
Singles Group 2 Winner: Emma Budeanu (Gorey)
Singles Group 2 R-Up (Joint): Arthur Stearn (Annacurra), Ian Harrington (Gorey), Tommy Madigan (Annacurra)
Singles Group 3 Winner: Makayla Eva D'Costa (Gorey)
Singles Group 3 R-Up (Joint): Tiernan Darcy (Gorey), Seoda Ni Thoibin (Gorey)
Singles Group 4 Winner: Louis Hackett (Gorey)
Singles Group 4 R-Up: Liam Brennan (Gorey)
Doubles Group 1 Winner: Clement Augereau & Vaishnavi Vivek (Barntown)
Doubles Group 1 R-Up: Seona Cullen & Emma Budeanu (Gorey)
Doubles Group 2 Winner: Fionn O' Sullivan & Ian Harrington (Gorey)
Doubles Group 2 R-Up: Makayla Eva D'Costa & Seoda Ni Thoibin (Gorey)
Doubles Group 3 Winner: Tiernan Darcy & Louis Hackett (Gorey)
Doubles Group 3 R-Up: Arthur Stearn & Tommy Kavanagh (Annacurra)

05/11/2025

For those playing the Juvenile Blitz competition in Astro Active, Enniscorthy, Y21 W6D7, at the weekend, here are the times:

U11 & U13 on Saturday. Check in at 12:45. Singles starting around 13:00. Doubles after the singles, at about 15:30. Finish around 17:00.

U15 & U17 on Sunday. Check in at 12:45. Singles starting around 13:00. Doubles after the singles, at about 16:00. Finish around 18:00.

30/10/2025

Keep your entries coming for this event in Wexford in a few weeks time 🏸🏆

22/10/2025

Badminton Ireland held the Wexford Primary Schools Leinster qualifier in St Joseph’s Community Centre in Wexford Town yesterday.

Five schools took part. St Joseph’s Gorey, Gorey Central School, St Iberius NS (Wexford Town) Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts (Wexford Town), St Senans (Enniscorthy). A total of 60 children participated on the day.

St Joseph’s Gorey won both the boys and girls sections with Scoil Mhuire finishing second in both sections.

Both St. Joseph’s and Scoil Mhuire qualify for the Leinster finals in Baldoyle, Dublin on 29th January 2026.

Well done to all the students, and their teachers. And congratulations to the winners 🏆

19/10/2025

Put the date in your diaries!