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T ennis
There was great news for tennis in Gonzaga at the start of the school year when
it was heard that Barry King of the Class of ’03 had won the Irish Junior Open
Championship (Under 18) at Fitzwilliam LTC. Barry had previously won the
Under 12 and Under 16 events at Fitzwilliam, which makes his achievement here
all the more extraordinary.
Just before the Championships, it had looked like Barry would have to pull out
(as he had had to do the previous year) due to a wrist injury that had been trou
bling him. However, once the competition got going, he seems to have had no
problem. He got past his semi-final opponent (who had won two ITF junior rank
ing tournaments over the summer) in a relatively tight match, winning 6-4, 7-6.
The first set of the final was also a closely-fought affair, with Barry dropping his
first service game. However, he broke back twice in impressive fashion to win the
first set 7-5 and had a more comfortable passage through the second, taking it 6-1
to win the title.
S enior T ennis
Back l-r: F. O’Rourke, E. O’Shea, J. Corcoran, C. Hussey, J. O’Reilly, R. Tunney, N. Kavanagh,
E. Lannoye, B. Barry
M iddle l-r: Mr. D. Keenahan, F. Gleeson, D. Whelan, R. O’Connell, T. Kinsella, C. Grogan,
C. Burke, W. Hennessey, F. Lyden, Mr. B. Byrne
Front l-r: T. Hurley, M. Grennan, G. Kane, G. King, B. Flinn, M. Adams, M. Crowley
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There was great news for tennis in Gonzaga at the start of the school year when
it was heard that Barry King of the Class of ’03 had won the Irish Junior Open
Championship (Under 18) at Fitzwilliam LTC. Barry had previously won the
Under 12 and Under 16 events at Fitzwilliam, which makes his achievement here
all the more extraordinary.
Just before the Championships, it had looked like Barry would have to pull out
(as he had had to do the previous year) due to a wrist injury that had been trou
bling him. However, once the competition got going, he seems to have had no
problem. He got past his semi-final opponent (who had won two ITF junior rank
ing tournaments over the summer) in a relatively tight match, winning 6-4, 7-6.
The first set of the final was also a closely-fought affair, with Barry dropping his
first service game. However, he broke back twice in impressive fashion to win the
first set 7-5 and had a more comfortable passage through the second, taking it 6-1
to win the title.
S enior T ennis
Back l-r: F. O’Rourke, E. O’Shea, J. Corcoran, C. Hussey, J. O’Reilly, R. Tunney, N. Kavanagh,
E. Lannoye, B. Barry
M iddle l-r: Mr. D. Keenahan, F. Gleeson, D. Whelan, R. O’Connell, T. Kinsella, C. Grogan,
C. Burke, W. Hennessey, F. Lyden, Mr. B. Byrne
Front l-r: T. Hurley, M. Grennan, G. Kane, G. King, B. Flinn, M. Adams, M. Crowley
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