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Shanks and McMahon National One-wall Champions
Date: 29 Jun 2009 / Category: Handball / Views: 261
Congratulations to Charly, Conor, Colum, and Collie on a brilliant performance at the Irish One Wall Nationals in Castlebar Co. Mayo. Who would have believed the lads would have done so well:
Charly Shanks - Men's Open Champion
Conor McMahon - Masters (Over 40's) Champion
Collie Carville - Men's C Semi-finalist beaten by a single point
Colum Shanks - Challenger (Beginner) Consolation winner
Report from www.gaahandball.ie
Armagh’s Charly Shanks will lead the Irish Men’s One-Wall Team to the World Handball Championships in Portland, Oregon next October following an emphatic win over Mayo’s Dessie Keegan in Castlebar yesterday (Sunday). Shanks was in devastating form as be breezed to a 15-2 victory in the first game, courtesy of an unbelievable spin-serve which left the massive audience looking on in awe.
The Lurgan clubman won the Men’s Open title in 2007 and there was great excitement when the 2008 victor, Keegan came through his semi-final to set up a dream final against Shanks. However, on this occasion, Keegan was no match for the talented Orchard County man and Shanks took a 15-0 win in the second to claim his second national senior crown.
It was also a good weekend for another Armagh man Conor McMahon who has done so much for Juvenile handball in the county. He took the Masters title impressively over Dublins’s Frank Semple.