Chloe Magee bowed out of the London 2012 women’s singles Badminton competition despite a superb performance against former world number two Pi Hongya of France. It was effectively a shoot-out for a place in the last 16 at Wembley Arena but Pi recovered to win 16-21 21-18 21-14. Magee, the world number 44 from Raphoe in […]
Ireland’s Scott Evans lost to Lin Dan, the 2008 Olympic champion. The Chinese superstar, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, won 21-8, 21-14 in their first-round match at Wembley Arena. The victory sees Lin go straight through to the last-16 knockout phase at London 2012 as the pair were the only players in Group
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Irish men’s No 1 Scott Evans has drawn reigning world and Olympic champion Lin Dan of China for his opening group match in the men’s badminton singles, at London 2012. The draw could not have been tougher for Evans, world ranked No 76 . Lin, although seeded second to Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei, for the tournament is
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Two pre-London 2012 preparation Camps for players from several badminton nations will take place in Ireland next month. From July 9, players from several developing badminton nations will train with Irish Olympian Chloe Magee and eight high performance players at the Marino Institute of Education in Dublin. Former Korean and British national coach Lee Jae Bok
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Chloe Magee has qualified for the London Olympics in the ladies singles badminton via the BWF Olympic Games Qualification list. The Irish player, ranked 44 in the world, was 26 on the list from 46 players qualified in the ladies singles. Magee was not quite as successful in the mixed doubles though with brother Sam
The 2012 Irish National Championships is set to take place in Dublin at Baldoyle Badminton Centre this weekend and once again it has attracted Ireland’s top talent. With Irish Olympic Hopeful’s Scott Evans, Chloe Magee and Sam Magee all in attendance it is set to be an exciting weekend for all badminton fans out there!
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Valuable ranking points gained at the Swedish open where Ireland had two quarter finals. In a tournament that brought the best of Europe in the hunt of Olympic qualification Ireland had two quarter finalists. Irish number one Scott Evans in the men’s singles and Irish number one doubles player Sam Magee in the Men’s doubles
Her first Olympics in Beijing was a whirlwind experience for a 19 year-old but four years on Chloe Magee is older, wiser and ready to soak up all London 2012 has to offer. By reaching the quarter-finals of the Irish Open in Lisburn at the weekend Ulster and Ireland’s number one has virtually secured a
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Badminton Ireland are delighted to announce that viewers in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch the Yonex Irish Open on GBSport TV for matches on the Yonex TV Court Saturday and Sunday. Matches will also be available on the Badminton Europe TV stream for the Yonex court throughout the event for
Ireland’s Sam and Chloe Magee won the Norwegian Open Mixed doubles title at the weekend in Oslo, Norway. The result is a great boost for their Olympic qualification and secures their position as first reserves for the Olympic Games. Earlier in the day Chloe lost in the final of the ladies singles after two hard fought
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Irelands Chloe Magee reached the quarter final of the Dutch Grand Prix with a three set win over England’s Elizabeth Cann in Eindhoven Thursday before losing in straight set against the tournament second seed and home favourite Ji Yao. Earlier Thursday the Irish pair of Chloe and Sam Magee were outplayed by German world No9 pairs
Ireland’s Chloe Magee competed at the weekend in the Bulgarian Challenger Event in Sofia, Bulgaria; looking to continue her Olympic qualification goals. First up for Chloe on Friday morning was Spanish No2 and European Junior silver medallist Beatriz Corrales. A difficult first round tie was confirmed when the Spaniard won the first set 17-21. Chloe however took
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