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St Comans Handball Club had two winners at the 2016 One Wall Nationals, which were held in Breaffy House, Castlebar last weekend. The event was a huge success attracting a record 420 entries and featuring some outstanding handball. The St Comans winners from completely different ends of the spectrum, with Fiona Tully adding to her …
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Two National Handball Awards were bestowed upon members of St Comans Handball Club at a ceremony in Croke Park on Saturday. Michael Naughton, Roscommon’s very own ‘Mr. Handball’ received the Hall of Fame Award and it is unlikely that there will ever be a more deserving recipient. For virtually all his adult life Michael has …
Fiona Tully and Michael Naughton of St Comans Handball Club, Roscommon town are to be honoured in Croke Park this Saturday. Fiona has been selected as GAA Handball Young Female Player of the Year All Star for 2015 and Michael Naughton will be honoured as the “Hall of Fame” recipient.
There were two titles for Roscommon Handball players at last weekend’s annual Williamstown Onewall Tournament. By Aengus Cunningham Williamstown Handball club held their annual Onewall tournament last weekend and as usual it was run with the quiet efficiency one has come to expect from the north Galway handballers. St. Coman’s had a big compliment of …
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Roscommon had six representatives at the All-Ireland Junior 40×20 Handball Finals, which were held in Galway venues last weekend, with Fiona Tully once again being the star performer as she took the Girls 17 and under title in superb style. Fiona continued her wonderful recent form when she blitzed her opposition in all three matches …
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Despite some fine performances it was a disappointing weekend for Roscommon Handball representatives with four teams losing Semi-Finals All-Ireland 40×20 Junior Doubles Handball Semi-Final St. Coman’s Oisin Naughton and Darren Beatty were well beaten in their Junior Doubles All-Ireland semi-final against Tyrone’s Barry Devlin and Ryan Daly. Even though the game was held in the …
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This weekend is a busy one for Roscommon handball as no less than seven doubles partnerships from the county take part in All-Ireland semi-finals against Ulster opposition. It must be said that the opposition looks very strong in all grades, but with a little luck hopefully some results will go Roscommon’s way. Tomorrow (Friday) in …
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It was a good weekend for Roscommon Handball with the county’s representatives winning three of the four Connacht 40×20 Doubles Handball Finals that took part in. Connacht 40×20 Junior Doubles Handball Final Kiltimagh Handball club played host to the Connacht Junior Doubles final last weekend. St Coman’s Darren Beatty and Oisin Naughton faced off with …
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 …
The fourth annual Roscommon Handball One-Wall Post Primary Schools Blitz was held for the second year in succession in the Meánscoil Mhuire gan Smál gymnasium in Roscommon Town. This fantastic venue provided three full size One-Wall courts which facilitated the completion of forty-four handball games over four hours. Five of the seven post primary schools …
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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 …
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 …
