Seeded players progress in Fermanagh Open

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Fermanagh Open Tennis Championships; The Fermanagh Open Tennis Championships sponsored by Tullana on the Green, Lisnarick and Mahon"s Hotel, Irvinestown, continued this week in Irvinestown. The rain kept at bay for most of the evening and a full nights play was on the cards.

A number of seeded players were on court on Tuesday evening. Matthew McGann from Enniskillen had a comfortable victory against Peter Craig from Butt Hall 6/1 6/1 in the A Men"s singles. The No. 3 seed in the same event Adam Donaldson also won through against Stephenson Cuthbertson from Omagh although Adam lost the 2nd set in a tie break but sealed the match 6/3 in the final set.

The A Men"s Doubles saw the Omagh pairing of Andy Moore and Stephen Cuthbertson take on Peter Fryer from City of Derry and Liam McQuaid from Irvinestown with the younger couple coming through 6/3 6/1.

In the B Ladies singles, there was a marathon match between Louise McGann from Enniskillen and Rebecca Logan from Omagh. Rebecca took the first set but Louise fought back to secure victory and a good win. Rebecca"s mum Rachel did win through in her match against Leonie Madigan from Enniskillen 6/2 6/1. Also in this event two Irvinestown players Kathleen Maguire and Louise Conway recorded victories. In the B Men"s Singles, Peter Craig froham Butt Hall beat Alistair McClurg from Enniskillen 6/4 6/4.

Two Irvinestown players, Laura McDowell and Laura McKinley, in her first open tournament, beat Annmarie Cunningham and Marie Therese McSorley 7/5 6/3 in the C Ladies Doubles.

There was an exciting three setter in the B Men"s Doubles between Noel and Arnold Jackson from Omagh and the younger pairing of Niall Allen and James Duffy from Irvinestown. The Omagh pair won the first set 6/1 but the Irvinestown duo came back in the second set with six straight games. They were four games up in the final set but the Omagh couple came through 6/4. Omagh player Kenny Hicks also saw off a challenge from young Joe Whaley from Irvinestown and won 7/5 6/1.

All results to date as follows:-

A Men"s Doubles

Peter Fryer, City of Derry and Liam McQuaid, Irvinestown beat

Stephen Cuthbertson and Andy Murray, Omagh 6/3 6/1

A Mens Singles

Matthew McCann, Ekn beat Peter Craig, Butt Hall 6/1 6/1

Adam Donaldson, Ekn beat Stephen Cuthbertson, Omagh 6/3 6/7 6/3

Peter Fryer, City of Derry beat Andy Moore, Omagh 6/2 7/6

B Mens Singles

Michael McWilliams, Omagh beat Niall Allen, Irvinestown 6/1 6/0

Peter Craig, Butt Hall beat Alistair McClurg, Ekn 6/4 6/4

B Men"s Doubles

Arnold Jackson, Omagh and Noel Jackson, Omagh beat James Duffy and Niall Allen, Irvinestown 6/1 0/6 6/4

B Ladies" Singles

Rachel Logan, Omagh beat Leonie Madigan, Ekn 6/2 6/1

Louise McGann, Ekn beat Rebecca Logan, Omagh 4/6 6/4 6/2

Louise Conway, Irv beat Heather Rainey, Omagh 6/3 6/4

Kathleen Maguire, Irv beat Christine Johnston, Omagh 6/0 6/0

C Men"s Singles

Kenny Hicks, Omagh beat Joe Whaley, Irvinestown 7/5 6/1

Michael McDaid, Butt Hall beat Ryan Mitchell, Omagh 6/0 6/0

Steve Beaumont, Irvinestown beat John Ross Dundas, Enniskillen 2/6 6/2 6/3

C Ladies Doubles

Laura McDowell and Laura McKinley, Irvinestown beat Annmarie Cunningham, Omagh and Marie Therese McSorley, Omagh 7/5 6/3

C2 Ladies Singles

Ciara Sheridan, Irvinestown beat Laura McKinley, Irvinestown 6/3 6/0

Cara Deehan, Omagh beat Marie McKenna Clarke, Letterkenny 6/2 6/0

This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 02 Jul 09

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