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There was no joy for St Comans in the All-Ireland 40×20 Open Inter Club Handball Semi-Final held in Collohill, Co. Laois yesterday (Saturday) when they were well beaten by a young but formidable side from Breacach, Co. Tyrone. By Aengus Cunningham A still out-of-sorts Rikki O’Gara was surprisingly well beaten by the impressive Gabhan McCrystal. …
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St Comans are the new 40×20 Open Inter Club Connacht champions after they defeated Williamstown comfortably last Wednesday in the Galway club’s home court. Still not firing on all cylinders, St Comans’ Rikki O’Gara had a good tussle with Ollie Conway in the first singles before going down 21-16, 21-18. With the pressure on, the …
St Comans defeated multi Open winning side Ballaghaderreen in the Connacht Club Semi-Final last Saturday in what was a in a tight encounter. While Ballagh were missing their talisman Dessie Keegan and Paul Flynn, St Comans were also without Damien Martin, all of whom are injured at the moment. In the opening singles World Championship …
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Roscommon Handball players took three out of the six titles on offer at the Connacht 60×30 Post Primary Fnals they competed in at Moycullen yesterday (Saturday). By Aengus Cunninghan There was a double in the First Year Doubles competitions as both Roscommon CBS duo Philip Halliday and Eanna Moran and Roscommon Community College’s Treacy twins …
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After the All-Ireland 60×30 Juvenile Semi-Finals Roscommon Handball had three finals to look forward to. However, just two went ahead with the other being held up due to bizarre circumstances. By Aengus Cunningham Only four days before the big event, it was discovered that Magomaed Yakhyaev’s Final opponent in the Under 15 grade was an …
4 Roscommon Handball Finals, 3 All-Irelands but 1 cancelled… Read More »
The Draws for this weekend’s Roscommon Handball One Wall Championship in Kilglass have been announced and are as follows: * Mens C: Semi-final: Liam Ó Ceallaigh v John Coggeran. Final: SF winner v Eddie Conboy. * Boys U17: Semi-final: Oisin Cusack v Diarmuid Treacy. Final: SF winner v Fionn Cusack. * Boys U15: QF1: Ryan …
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There were wins for the two Roscommon Handball representatives in the Connacht Juvenile ‘B’ 60×30 Handball Finals held in Belcarra, County Mayo yesterday (Saturday). Although he only turned 10 last week Eoghan Carthy dominated the Boys Under 11 singles grade. In his Semi-Final he easily accounted for Mayo’s Oisin Brady before taking on Galway’s fancied …
There was no joy for the Roscommon Handball representatives in the All-Ireland 60×30 Minor Doubles and Intermediate Doubles Finals in Abbeylara on Saturday but there was better news for the lads. By Aengus Cunningham In the Minor Doubles Fiona Tully and Jennifer McCormack (Pictured above) lost to Kilkenny’s Aoife Holden and Ailis O’Shea in a …
Mixed weekend for Roscommon Handball representatives Read More »
Crinkle, Co. Offaly was the scene for a superb Roscommon double as both Fiona Tully and Lauren O’Riordan won their respective All-Ireland 60×30 Handball Finals in style earlier today. By Aengus Cunningham Minor Final First up was Fiona’s Minor Final against Tipperary left-hander Sinead Meagher. Although Fiona’s style is more suited to 40×20 Handball, her …
2 All-Ireland 60×30 Handball titles for Roscommon Ladies Read More »
It was a great weekend for Roscommon Handball at provincial level but not so go for the county’s representatives at National level. Aengus Cunningham looks back on the action. 60×30 Juvenile Connacht Finals Roscommon Handball had a very successful day in the 60×30 Juvenile Connacht Finals, which were held in St. Coman’s last Saturday. The …
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St. Coman’s Lauren O’Riordan was in splendid form last Sunday as she breezed through her All-Ireland 60×30 Intermediate Handball Semi-Final with old rival Maeve McElduff. Playing in her home court, Lauren utilised the overhand serve made famous by Eoin Kennedy and as in many of the Dubliner’s matches it caused consternation from the very beginning. …
Lauren qualifies for All-Ireland 60×30 Handball Final Read More »
Damien Martin and Rikki O’Gara won their first round match of the All-Ireland 60×30 Senior Doubles Handball Championship yesterday (Saturday). By Aengus Cunningham They had to work hard to beat Limerick brothers Seamus and Padraig O’Carroll in the beautiful new court at Moycullen, Co. Galway. The O’Carroll brothers are both former All-Ireland Minor champions and …
Martin and O’Gara progress in All-Ireland 60×30 Handball Championship Read More »
There was no joy for the two Roscommon Handball in Connacht Final action at the weekend. In the 60 x 30 Junior Singles Connacht Final Lisacul’s Denis Creaton came up short in his bid to win the title against Galway’s Kevin Craddock today (Sunday). Craddock narrowly lost the All-Ireland Final last year and is a …
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60×30 Junior Singles Connacht Semi-final Lisacul’s Denis Creaton had a very comfortable win in his 60×30 Junior Singles Connacht semi-final played in St. Coman’s last Saturday. Facing Leitrim’s Leo Logan, Denis started uncharacteristically fast, meeting the ball regularly, holding centre court and killing consistently in the right corner and Fenagh’s Logan never really recovered from …
Two former St Comans and Roscommon Handball stalwarts now living in Australia teamed up to win the Australian Open doubles 40×20 title last weekend. Cousins Chris and Lydia Doolan played superbly to prevail while facing some stiff competition, the strongest of which were fellow Irish teams. What made the win all the more remarkable is …
