The rescheduled finals of the Gleneagle Squash Club January Competition sponsored by the Aquila Club took place last Thursday and the entertainment provided on the night did not disappoint.

It was Team Domo versus Team Connie and the opening game was a good curtain raiser as Maree Molan (Team Connie) took on Tadhg Hickey (Team Domo). Maree and Tadhg both played well but Tadhg had a bit more on the night and won 3-0.

Next up was up and coming youngster Noah Counihan who played Stephen Moore. Noah, on behalf of Team Domo, outplayed Stephen in the first two games and although Stephen mounted a challenge in the third, it was to no avail and Team Domo had a 2-0 lead.

Then Ray O’Callaghan went up against Patrick Lyne, a battle between two seasoned players. The responsibility fell to Ray to get Team Connie back on track. A great game was played by both players but Ray had a few tricks that Patrick fell foul to, and Ray won out 3-0. Team Domo 2 Team Connie 1.

Ken Malone was next on the march to try and even things out, against a great clubman: Neil Kavanagh. Ken took an early two-nil lead but Neil was having none of it and brought it back to 2-2. It went down to the wire and two tired players played the fifth game, with Ken narrowly winning out Team Connie to make it 2-2.

With the sides level, it all came down to the team captains, Connie Doyle and Domagoj Rac (aka Domo), to see who would walk away with the bragging rights. Connie is a great clubman with great knowledge of the game, while Domo is the rookie turned top level player in the club.

Domo’s enthusiasm and fitness got him an early 2-0 lead before Connie turned on the style and got one back to make it 2-1. However, Domo shook off this setback and finished well to take the win for his team at 3-1.

It was another fantastic night of squash and the club would like to thank Eoin Horan of the Aquila Club and his staff for the prizes, and all at the squash club for making these competitions possible.

The March Competition sheet is up now, sponsored by Torc Engineering. New players are always welcome with beginners/improvers training every Tuesday evening and juniors training every Thursday evening. For enquiries contact the Aquila Club reception at the Gleneagle Hotel by email aquilaclub@gleneaglehotel.com or call 064 6636178.