Knockout Results
| Winners | Runners-Up | Sets | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| Callum Thomas (NUIG) | 2 | Rian Fox Hughes | 0 | 21-14, 21-17 |
| Jack Davies (LyIT) | 2 | Ben Power | 0 | 21-11, 21-11 |
| 11th/12th | ||||
| Sheryas Datar (NCI) | Philip Briton (TUD City) | |||
| 9th/10th | ||||
| Patrick Martin (TUD Tallaght) | Luke Reilly (TUD City) | |||
| 7th/8th | ||||
| David Barton (TUD City) | James Clerc (GCD) | |||
| 5th/6th | ||||
| Terence Er (DkIT) | Eoghan O’Grady (DkIT) | |||
| 3rd/4th | ||||
| Rian Fox Hughes (NUIG) | Ben Power (TUD City) | |||
| Final | ||||
| Callum Thomas (NUIG) | 2 | Jack Davies (LyIT) | 1 | 11-21, 21-19, 21-15 |
Shield
| Place | Name |
| 13th | Brian Cheng (Dundalk IT) |
| 14th/15th | Jeremy Sch (Dundalk IT), Ganesh (NCI) |
Group Phase
| Place | Group / Name |
| Group | |
| 1 | Callum Thomas (NUI Galway) |
| 2 | Eoghan O’Grady (Waterford IT) |
| 3 | Philip Britton (TU Dublin City Campus) |
| Group | |
| 1 | Jack Davies (Letterkenny IT) |
| 2 | James Clerc (Griffith College Dublin) |
| 3 | Luke Reilly (TU Dublin City) |
| Group | |
| 1 | Rian Fox Hughes (NUI Galway) |
| 2 | Terence Er (Dundalk IT) or David Barton (TU Dublin City) |
| 3 | Patrick Martin (TU Dublin Tallaght) or Sheryas Datar (National College of Ireland) |
| Group | |
| 1 | Ben Power (TU Dublin City) |
| 2 | Terence Er (Dundalk IT) or David Barton (TU Dublin City) |
| 3 | Patrick Martin (TU Dublin Tallaght) or Sheryas Datar (National College of Ireland) |
Report
Callum Thomas of NUI Galway came from behind in the Student Sport Ireland / Badminton Ireland Men’s Open Singles Final in 2019-20, to defeat Jack Davies of Letterkenny IT 2 sets to 1. Davies looked to be cruising to the title after winning the first set 21-11, but after a tight second set, which Thomas won 21-19, the NUI Galway student managed to keep the momentum going to win 21-15 in the third.
References
Images
[1] Student Sport Ireland (2017) Student Sport Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://studentsport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Primary-logo-RGB-e1370094075948.jpg [Accessed 17 May 2017]
Websites
[2] Student Sport Ireland (2019) Callum thomas(NUI Galway) win Student Sport Ireland / Badminton Ireland Men’s Open Singles title [Internet] Available from: http://www.studentsport.ie/callum-thomas-nui-galway-win-student-sport-ireland-badminton-ireland-mens-open-singles-title/ [Accessed 16 July 2020]
Images
[3] Student Sport Ireland (2020) Pictured after the Student Sport Ireland / Badminton Ireland Men’s Open Singles Final in WIT Arena (Left to Right) Jack Davies, Letterkenny IT runner-up, Fiach Andrews, Badminton Ireland and winner Callum Thomas, NUI Galway. [Internet] Available from: http://www.studentsport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DSC_1221-1024×683.jpg [Accessed 16 July 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Paul Hui (Trinity College Dublin) and Sean Patrick Fagan (University College Dublin)
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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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