The 2006 Leinster Players Individual Championships took place in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre and featured Wexford players in all seven grades.  Laura Lynch has been steadily climbing up through the divisions and on Sunday she overcame her county colleague Elaine Dunne 11/6, 11/6 in the division one ladies singles final to win her first grade one title.  Not such a good day for the defeated Taghmon star as she also lost the ladies doubles final when she and partner Orla Deegan (New Ross) went down 15/9, 15/5 to the Laois pairing of Lorraine Hill and Dawn Cobbe.  Pat Lynch and Ralph Stone had relinquished their men’s doubles title in the semi-final when they lost 15/11, 11/15, 8/15 to Aubrey Cox and Willie Stephenson (Carlow).   All three Wexford representatives in the division two grade also exited in the semi-finals.  Sean Sexton losing 15/7, 13/15, 13/15 to Ronan Hanley (Carlow) in the men’s singles.  Siobahn Bowe and Celine Hayes going down 15/3, 15/13 to the Offaly pairing of Olivia Mahon and Fiona Nevin in the ladies doubles and Kilkenny’s Joe Cuddity and Kate McDonald eliminated Siobhan Bowe and Seamus Creane 15/11, 15/13 in the mixed doubles.  Better news in the division three section where Sheburne’s Sandra Dunne and Alish O’Hanlon secured the ladies doubles title with an impressive 15/13, 17/14 victory over Mag Mahon and Fiona Farrell from Offaly.  Craig Healy (Clonard) lost the men’s singles final when he was defeated 17/14, 15/6 by Wayne Carter (Laois).  Earlier John Nolan (New Ross) was an unlucky semi-final casualty when he was forced to retire with an injury having taken the opening set 15/9 against Wayne Carter.  Only one representative in the division four grade and Paudie Foran and Tony Sinnott went out in the semi-final when they were beaten 15/12, 15/11 by Niall Davis and Liam McEvoy from Laois.  Taghmon’s youthful pairing of Aoife Dunne and Eimer Dunne won an exciting division five ladies double final against a very strong Meath partnership.  The two cousins show maturity beyond their years to win in three sets 16/17, 15/10, 15/3 against Breda Hopkins and Sarah O’Halloran.  Dimitri Panagopoulos (Clonard) lost a marathon men’s singles final 17/15, 15/6, 17/16 to Dean Madden (Kilkenny).  There were two titles won by Wexford players in division six and both were secured by Ger Cullen (Galbally).  He won the men’s singles with an 11/15, 15/7, 15/7 victory over Matt Walsh (Offaly).  He then teamed up with club colleague Niamh Dunne to secure a mixed doubles title after a 5/15, 17/16, 15/6 victory over Martin O’Hanlon and Gillian Murphy (Kilkenny).  Richard Bridges and Pat Redican were the counties only representatives in the 7th Division and the Taghmon pairing lost 15/9, 15/10 in the men’s doubles final to Brian McGrath and Derek English from Fingal.