Bronze Medal for Katie Kenny at World Junior Championships
At the World Junior Championships in Los Angeles, USA, Katie Kenny won a bronze medal in the Girls 16 & Under Doubles. Katie partnered Aisling Hickey from the Rossmore club in Co Tipperary.
In the pool play, prior to the elimination round, Katie & Aisling won two of their three matches defeating Mexicans
Ana Paola Camacho & Natalia Beltran and Larissa Ayon & Sylvia Zamora from Nicaragua. In the knock out stages they defeated Ana Cristina Velez & Caridad Vintimilla from Equador before losing in the semi-final to USA`s Courtney Chisholm & Devon Pimentelli.
Majella Haverty played in the Girls Under 18 Singles and recoded a win in the pool play against Pamela Sierra from Honduras but 2 losses saw drawn against number 2 seed, Canadian Frederigue Lambert to whom she lost by 2 games to nil.