Here’s your Roscommon Sport update for March 22nd featuring an FAI Child Welfare Workshop, Handball and Hurling results. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE The FAI are hosting a Child Welfare Workshop at Ballaghaderreen Community Park tonight, Tuesday 22nd March. The course will run from 7-10pm and the cost is €10 per person. For further …
St. Coman’s Fiona Tully confirmed her status as the number one female underage handballer in the country when she captured the All-Ireland Minor Ladies singles 40×20 Handball title in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan on Saturday. By Aengus Cunningham With the new format of a weekend of All-Ireland finals all being held in the same venue, there …
Mixed fortunes in Connacht 40×20 Juvenile “B” Handball Finals Rory Carthy and Irslam Yakhyaev had a very easy win in the Connacht Final of the ‘B’ Under 11 doubles event in Bofield, Co. Mayo last Saturday. The young St. Coman’s pair already had an impressive win in the semi-final over tough Mayo opposition but the …
Ballintleva Handball Alley is among five monuments throughout the country which have been chosen in Ireland’s first-ever Adopt a Monument national competition. Over 90 community groups around the country applied to adopt a monument through the scheme, which has been organised by the Heritage Council in conjunction with Abarta Heritage to support public access to …
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Three Roscommon Handball Players have reached All-Ireland Finals over the past few days and Aengus Cunningham reports on the action. All-Ireland Minor Ladies 40×20 Semi-final Proving that she learned vital lessons from her recent loss in the All-Ireland colleges final, St. Coman’s Fiona Tully gave probably the performance of her career when she won a …
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Roscommon Junior Doubles 40×20 Handball Final Darren Beatty and Oisin Naughton (St Coman’s) took the Junior Doubles County title last weekend in Lisacul. The St Coman’s pair defeated Denis Creaton and Sean Jennings (Lisacul) in two straight games 21-10, 21-18. Darren and Oisin were underdogs going into this encounter, in an away venue, however, the …
By Aengus Cunningham Connacht Ladies Junior ‘B’ 40×20 Handball Final Aoife McDonagh defeated Janet Flanagan in the Connacht Final of the Ladies Junior B singles in a three game thriller. Aoife narrowly lost the first game 19-21, but recovered to win the second 21-16. The third game was a real back-and-forth battle with Aoife eventually …
Here’s your Roscommon Sports Round-up for Feb 19-21 This post will be updated throughout the weekend. Live updates, including half-time scores etc, will be published on twitter.com/RoscommonDaily Sunday Last updated 8pm Gaelic Football O’Rourke Cup – Adult Football League Division 1 Roscommon Gaels 2-6 Pádraig Pearses 0-7 St Brigid’s Gaa Club Kiltoom 2-12 Western Gaels …
By Aengus Cunningham All-Ireland 40×20 Post Primary Handball Finals There was no joy for Roscommon in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan last Saturday where the All-Ireland series of the Second Level Colleges were played. In the shock of the day, the award-laden Fiona Tully (Convent of Mercy) put in a hugely frustrating performance to lose the Senior …
