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Thursday, 12 June 2008
north.jpgA SOUTH Dublin tennis player was part of the Leinster team that competed at an over 60s inter-provincial championship in Belfast recently.
Ben Cranwell, from Carrickmines Tennis Club, was delighted to be representing Leinster at the annual Madfish Super Seniors Veterans’ event, which has become a firm favourite on the tennis tournament calendar.   
And Ben was part of the winning Leinster team who defeated Ulster in the final by one point.
A total of 120 players from all four corners of Ireland gathered to compete in the various categories from the over 50s to the over 75s at the event.
l TAKING ADVANTAGE: Pictured at the annual interprovincial 65s tournament in Belfast were: Valerie Rowan (President of the Ulster Branch of Tennis Ireland); Lyn Jamison (President of Tennis Ireland, Dublin); Ben Cranwell (Dublin and Leinster); Neagle Cathcart (Ulster team, runners up); Kevin Devlin (James Nicholson's Wines, sponsors). Front row sitting: Olwyn Raftery (Connacht) and Meg O'Gorman (Munster).
 
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