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. …
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Despite the terrible weather was a busy weekend on the Roscommon Sports scene and we looked back on the action. Picture Credit: GAA Handball Handball Roscommon town native and former St Comans player Hilary Rushe won the US 3-Wall Nationals Ladies Open title in Toledo. Closer to home, Damien Martin and Rikki O’Gara qualified for …
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 …
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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 …
Our round-up of the weekend’s action from the Roscommon Sports scene including Handball, Gaelic Games, Soccer, Camogie and Cycling. Ladies Gaelic Football The Roscommon Minor Ladies were defeated by Meath in the All-Ireland B Final on a scoreline of 3-1 to 4-9. Hurling The County Minor Hurlers also suffered defeated to Meath. Their Electric Ireland …
Michael Egan did the double over his doubles partner Cathal O’Connor when he won the County 60×30 Minor title in St Comans Handball Club yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Having beaten Cathal in a thrilling 40×20 match earlier in the year Michael was expected to win this as his style is very much ‘big alley’ oriented. In …
For St Comans Handball Club it was a brotherly affair in Hospital, Co. Limerick last weekend for the final Onewall tournament of the season, billed as ‘King of the Gym’. The Cusack brothers Oisin and Fionn, the Carthy brothers Rory and Eoghan and Dylan Hanley all represented St Comans with reasonable success. All players played …
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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A round-up of the weekend’s action from the Roscommon Sports scene including Gaelic Games, Soccer, Camoige, Cycling and more. Cycling Daire Feeley finished 3rd in the Under 23 National Road Race Championships and 7th in the Seniors event. Gaelic Football A late Lorcan Daly point saw the Roscommon Minors secure a 0-14 to 2-7 win …
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.
Due to exams and injuries St Comans had a diminished entry to the Mount Talbot One Wall tournament last weekend, but still ended up with three Plate victories and some fine displays. The youngest Roscommon player to compete, Eoghan Carthy, won out the Plate competition in the Boys U10 grade. The Plate is a separate …
