Moyvane Badminton Club was founded in 1975 by Fr. John Brosnan. Facilities were limited as the Marian Hall was just about three-quarters the size of a badminton court and the ceiling was very low. It was however a blessing in disguise for players as it helped to perfect Short serves and net play. Players played with clubs such as Tarbert and Listowel but a new lease of life came when in1984 the new Community Center was built. This had three courts Madge Groarke ensured the roof was HIGH. The club now had 32 adults and 50 juveniles and went from strength to strength. Madge

coached the Juveniles and in that year had huge success with players like, Keith O'Connell, Veronica Sheehan, Michelle, Alan and Rachel Groarke as well as Olivia Fitzgerald and Jim Liston . The seniors had success with Kevin Stack and John McGuire winning Div 5 men's doubles ,and other prominent players were Mike Corridan, Pat Flaherty, John Moore, Rosanne Moore, Noreen Broderick and Kay O'Hanlon, a great start for a new club.

Since then, the club has gone from strength-to-strength membership varying between 60-70 often winning County Leagues in all Divisions the first win took a while to come but in 1993 the div 5 won and every year since a League was won in some Division, the most successful year was 2016 when Moyvane won Kerry and Munster titles in Divisions 2,3 and 4 all of them played in the All-Ireland finals with success coming to the Division 3 team and it was wonderful to see the Parish turn out to welcome the victorious team home . They went on to receive The Kerry sports award . On the back of that

and the success of Christopher O'Donoghue (Juvenile player who represented Ireland) we decided to enter for the Badminton Ireland club of the year competition, and we were shortlisted for this award . A group travelled to Dublin and were overjoyed when the compere Con Murphy announced the only thing he knew about this place was that" Eoin Hand former manager of the Irish Soccer Team had gone to live there " MOYVANE were the WINNERS, a wonderful achievement for a small village and another huge welcome home. A number of our players featured on County teams among them Helen Browne, Donie Enright, Donncha Moloney, Carmel Hudson, Eileen McCarthy and Niall O'Hanlon.

In 2017 William Flaherty pulled off another first for the club he got Scott Evans 4 time Olympian to come for a Coaching and Exhibition event this was very successful with players all over Kerry es well as Limerick and Cork attending and Irish player Nhat Nguyen also played as well as many of the top Kerry and Moyvane players. Our club members have been very active at county level with over the years Pat Higgins acting as County President, Ollie Conyard Vice President, Mike Corridan vice chair, Eileen Roche and Carmel Hudson both were Juvenile Secretaries and currently Eileen Roche is President ,Chris McCarthy is vice chair, and Carmel Hudson is Registrar. Donncha Moloney has managed a County team. We host an invitation tournament each year apart from when Covid struck. We are very lucky to have a number of very supportive sponsors making this our main fund raiser which enables us to keep membership fees at a reasonable level especially as we have a number of student members. With a few former players showing interest, we started a Social group. 

Chairperson: Donie Enright

Vice - Chairperson: Donncha Moloney

Secretary: Eileen McCarthy

Assistant Secretary: Eileen Roche

Treasurer: Carmel Hudson

Assistant Treasurer: Charlotte Quinn

PRO: Padraig Hanrahan

Safeguarding Officer: Charlotte Quinn

Fixture Secretary: Helen Browne

Graders: Donie Enright and Chris McCarthy

County Board Delegates: Donie Enright and Eileen Roche

Moyvane Community Sports Hall, Cloonbrane, County Kerry, V31 KD91

Mondays & Wednesdays 20:00 - 22:00 

Social Badminton starting October 18th,2025
Wednesday Mornings 10:00 to 11:00