Professional Badminton Player and Sport fanatic.
Joined June 2012
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16 Feb 2022
Time to hang up the Racket!Thankful to have had a professional Badminton career, supported by so many great people along the way. Grateful for the journey and looking forward to the next chapter #Grateful ๐@irishbadminton @iresport @yonexbadmtn_uk @TeamIreland
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Sam Magee retweeted
27 Jul 2024
๐ธ โYouโre out there on your own and it's a lonely world. . . You be going from place to place, Peru one week, Nigeria the next.โ
๐ฎ๐ช @rachaeldarragh6 is ready for her first #OlympicGames
โ๏ธ For @dgldemocrat: donegallive.ie/news/other-spโฆ
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Sam Magee retweeted
29 May 2024
Nhat Nguyen and Rachael Darragh have been officially selected to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris.
rte.ie/sport/olympics/2024/0โฆ
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Sam Magee retweeted
23 Jan 2024
Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds๐ฎ๐ช have won their opening match at the Indonesia Masters World Tour 500. The pair beat Castillo and Navarro ๐ฒ๐ฝ 21-11 21-11 so are now qualified for main draw.
Nhat Nguyen lost out to Arnaud Merkle ๐ซ๐ท 21-13 18-21 21-17. ๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
7 Dec 2023
Europeans Menโs team qualification
Irish team Joshua Magee, Paul Reynolds, Sam Magee (Coach), Adam McAllister, Nhat Nguyen, Jonathan Dolan
Ireland first match is against Norway. Streaming available on Czech Badminton YouTube ๐
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLโฆ
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Sam Magee retweeted
18 Nov 2023
*Breaking News*
Nhat Nguyen ๐ฎ๐ช wins the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open 2023
Nhat Nguyen takes gold medal in the menโs singles of the Irish Open with an incredible win and comeback against Alex Lanier ๐ซ๐ท 21-13 21-19
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Sam Magee retweeted
6 Nov 2023
The tackle two minutes in is a personal highlight!
This Swedish documentary on Donegal soccer keeps on delivering the goods
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Sam Magee retweeted
28 Oct 2023
"You need to know about the song, then you understand the club..." โค๏ธ
Jรผrgen Klopp on 60 years of You'll Never Walk Alone ๐ถ๐ด
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Sam Magee retweeted
19 Oct 2023
Rachael Darraghโs ๐ฎ๐ช good run of form continues as she progresses though to the quarterfinal of the Abu Dhabi World Tour 100.
Rachael beat Jayme Laurens ๐ณ๐ฑ 21-19 21-12 ๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
28 Mar 2023
Massive win from Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds ๐ฎ๐ช on the World Tour in Madrid Spain ๐ช๐ธ this afternoon.
The Irish are now into the main draw after beating Ondrej Kral and Adam Mendrek ๐จ๐ฟ 21-18 21-18.
The Irish will now face Mitsuhashi and Okamura ๐ฏ๐ต in the main draw ๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
24 Mar 2023
Fantastic start for Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช at the Polish open as Joshua Magee and Moya Ryan are through to the main draw with wins over Ounmaa & รprus ๐ช๐ช and a 21-17 21-17 win over Cattoen & Vercelot ๐ซ๐ท๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
3 Feb 2023
Plans for a new National Velodrome and Badminton Centre on the @SportIreCampus have been granted official planning approval.
Designed by @FaulknerBrowns Architects, this is an important step on the masterplan development of the Sport Ireland Campus.
bit.ly/3l7lZIE
ALT @CyclingIreland @irishbadminton @DeptCulturelRL
ALT @CyclingIreland @irishbadminton @DeptCulturelRL
ALT @CyclingIreland @irishbadminton @DeptCulturelRL
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Sam Magee retweeted
29 Nov 2022
There's a trend playing out in coaching that we need to be paying attention to.
Good coaches are quitting, preferring to walk away than put themselves and their families through the lifestyle.
Sports should be the bastion of leadership, not the industry leaders are fleeing.
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Sam Magee retweeted
25 Oct 2022
**Guildea and Pontanosa take out ninth seeds**
Scot Guildea and Vincent Pontanosa played the match of their life to create a major upset on day two of the World Junior championships beating number 9 seeds Franconville and Lorrain ๐จ๐ญ 15-21 24-22 22-20
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Sam Magee retweeted
13 Oct 2022
**Massive Upset at Dutch open**
Rachael Darragh ๐ฎ๐ช has beaten the number 3 seed Julie Dawall Jakobsen ๐ฉ๐ฐ 21-15 21-17 to progress to last 16 event. ๐๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
4 Sep 2022
Fantastic performance from our junior athletes taking three ๐ฅ and one ๐ฅat the Irish U19 open Badminton Europe circuit event. The players have worked really hard throughout the summer and have received fantastic support from @sportireland and the Sport Ireland Institute team๐ชโ๏ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
1 Sep 2022
On my visit Donegal it was great to meet with Irish Olympian @chloenmagee this morning alongside my @fiannafailparty colleague @niall_blaney in @Royalandprior.
Chloe is doing amazing work growing badminton in the area and getting more people participating in sport ๐ธ
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Sam Magee retweeted
23 Aug 2022
**World Championship update**
Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds ๐ฎ๐ช are through to the last 32 of the World Championships in Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
The Irish number ones beat Fabricio Farias and Francielton Farias ๐ง๐ท 21-18 21-19 in what was a very even match. The Irish will now face the 11 seeds.
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Sam Magee retweeted
20 Jul 2022
Spent morning in company of @chloenmagee at brilliant Raphoe Badminton Club
Superb, until-now-unnoticed work going on behind the yew trees in corner of the Diamond
85 kids, with a group of 14 in a high performance environment with Chloe
Tomorrowโs @dgldemocrat
๐ธ @NWNewspix
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Sam Magee retweeted
12 Jun 2022
**Breaking News** Michelle Shochan ๐ฎ๐ช is the German U17 Open winner after beating Anne Mouritsen ๐ฉ๐ฐ 23-21 21-18! Well done Michelle on amazing tournament ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ชโ๏ธ
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