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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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
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60×30 Ladies Minor Doubles All-Ireland Final Fiona Tully and Jennifer McCormack came heartbreakingly close to winning the 60×30 Ladies Minor Doubles All-Ireland title in Abbeylara last Saturday. 60×30 Ladies Intermediate Doubles All-Ireland Final In the following match Fiona’s older sister Siobhan teamed up with Laura Mannion to try and win the Ladies Intermediate Doubles title
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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The Cusack brothers Oisin and Fionn, representing St Comans by way of Strokestown, made the long journey south to Mallow, Co. Cork for their very popular annual One Wall tournament last weekend. Both brothers have styles very suited to the One Wall code and followed up their good runs in the Williamstown Onewall event with
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