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The 2023 Irish Real Tennis Irish Closed Championships
Cambridge, UK
26–27 August, 2023
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Champion: Mikey Hennessy
Doubles champions: Mikey Hennessy and Roy Rogers
Congratulations!
Many thanks to all at Cambridge who welcomed the IRTA for our 2023 event.
Photos
Singles results
| Mikey Hennessy(1) |
| | | Hennessy |
| | Tony Penny (8) | Neill | 10/1 |
| | Laura Neill (9) | 10/6 | | Hennessy |
| | | | 10/7 |
| | Mark Heffernan (4) | Heffernan | |
| | Paul Brennan (5) | 10/4 | |
| | | | | Hennessy
| | Roland Budd (2) | | | 10/6
| | | Budd | |
| | Kevin Heffernan (7) | Heffernan | 10/5 | |
| | Simon Cripps(10) | 10/8 | | Budd |
| | | | | 10/9
| | Richard Ramjane (3) | |
| | | Ramjane |
| | William Wilks(6) | Wilks | 10/3
| | Roy Rogers (11) | 10/7
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Plate results
| Simon Cripps | Brennan |
| | Paul Brennan | 10/4 | Brennan
| | | | (Penny ret.)
| | Tony Penny | Penny |
| | Roy Rogers | 10/1 |
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Doubles results
Box 1
| A | B | C
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| Mikey Hennessy, Roy Rogers— A | | 6 | 6
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| Roland Budd, Simon Cripps — B | 0 | | 5
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| Richard Ramjane, Laura Neill — C | 4 | 6 |
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Box 2
| D | E | F
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| Kevin Heffernan, Mark Heffernan — D | | 1 | 6
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| Christie Marrian, Paul Brennan — E | 6 | | 6
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| William Wilks, Tony Penny — F | 4 | 2 |
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Final
| Hennessy, Rogers | Hennessy, Rogers
| | Marrian, Brennan | 6/0
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Fixture results
On the Sunday, the fixture between the IRTA and the CURTC
resulted in a win for the IRTA, 8 matches
to 6.
Eligibility criteria
A person shall be eligible to play in the Irish Championship if
- the person holds a current Irish passport; or
- the person was born in the island of Ireland; or
- at the time of the person’s birth either parent
was an Irish citizen or would if alive have been an Irish
citizen; or
- the person has had one year’s continuous residence
in the island of Ireland immediately before the Championship
and intends to continue residence in the island of Ireland.
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