Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 is into the last 16 of the Azerbaijan international challenge event 🇦🇿 with a 21-19 21-16 win over Kim Schdmit 🇱🇺.

Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds will be last up today for the Irish 💪☘️

Women in Sport Wednesday 🏸

Rachael Darragh featured on the Morning Ireland show on RTÉ Radio One this morning.

Rachael talks about the importance of role models and her ‘Road to Paris’.

Keep an eye on the RTÉ Six One news tonight where you might see Rachael again #visibility

Thursday ✅ with help from Kinetica Sports

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 - 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬

Welcome to our new piece for 'WIS'.

This piece is to celebrate women in our game from players, parents to volunteers... This is for you!

Kick starting 2024 with some footage from Irish Open week, celebrating our women!

Great to visit Drum Badminton Club in Monaghan last night. Sandy Mills is doing a fantastic job and is one part of getting the junior badminton league back going in Monaghan this season.

A big thanks to rachaeldarragh for coming along & inspiring the kids 🙌

#WIS #Visibility

Thank you so much to The Irish Sun for this opportunity

Rachael Darragh talking about her Olympic qualification journey read more on article below…

thesun.ie/sport/11563015…

**Quarterfinal for Darragh in Peru IC**

Rachael Darragh has beaten Fernanda Saponara Rivva 21-10 21-10 to secure a place. In the quarterfinal at the 2023 Peru International challenge. 💪☘️

Great work Rachael ☘️👊

**Bronze for Darragh in Lagos**

Rachael Darragh lost out in the semifinal to number one seed Lauren Lam 🇺🇸 23-21 21-12.

A fantastic podium finish from Rachael following on from a strong World Championships 👏💪☘️

**Podium for Darragh in Lagos International Challenge**

Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 won a hard fought match against Nurani Ratu Azzhra 🇦🇪 in the quarterfinal to book her place on the Podium in Lagos.

Final score 25-23 9-21 21-19 💪☘️

**Quarterfinal for Darragh in Lagos**

Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 is now into the quarterfinal of Lagos International Challenge.

The Irish number one beat Grace Gabriel 🇳🇬 21-6 21-3. 💪☘️

A great fight from Rachael Darragh at the Estonian international this morning. Rachael lost out in her quarterfinal match with the number 2 seed Kristin Kuuba 🇪🇪 21-16 21-14. A positive week for Rachael to start of the new year, with more events fast approaching 💪☘️

**Quarterfinal for Darragh 🇮🇪**
Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 is into the quarterfinal of the Estonia International with a win over Az Fatimah 🇦🇿. Rachael won the opening game 21-13, Fatimah fought back and had game point in the second game but Darragh stayed strong winning 23-21. 💪☘️

**Last 16 for Darragh**
Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 is into last 16 of the Welsh international beating Monika Szoke 🇭🇺 20-22 21-19 22-20. Jonathan Dolan performed well losing against Joran Kweekel 🇳🇱 21-17 23-21. Sophia Noble also had a good showing losing out Tereza Švábíková 21-13 21-12

**Podium finish for Darragh**
Rachael Darragh’s 🇮🇪 strong run at The Norwegian international has ended as she loses out to number six seed Natsuki Nidaira 🇯🇵. Darragh performed really well as she had in her earlier rounds but Natsuki proved to strong taking the match 21-11 21-14.

**Daragh into Semifinals of Norwegian international**
Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 continues here good form beating number 4 seed Polina Buhrova 🇺🇦 in an extremely hard fought victory 21-10 14-21 21-19. Buhrova had won the last two head to heads in three games, so Rachael will be delighted

Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 into the quarterfinals of the Norwegian international with a win over Frederikke Østergaard 🇩🇰 21-18 21-13. Rachael continuing her great form 👏💪☘️

Excellent win from Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 against Frederikke Nielsen 🇩🇰 21-15 21-10 to progress to last 16 of the Norwegian International 💪☘️

We are delighted to announce that the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open 2022 returns to the National Indoor Arena from the 16th – 19th of November🏸

Final Day tickets on sale at the link below 👇

eventbrite.ie/e/aig-fz-forza…

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