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HANDBALL NEWS
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Handballers win North Ulster Division 4 Title!
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Well done to the successful team of Conor McMahon, Paul Murray, Collie Carville and Ciaran McMahon who won the North Ulster Divisional 4 Championships at Gort na mona on Monday last.
Gort na mona had home advantage and a 18 point 'head-start', courtesy of Clann Eireann's superior points differnce in the Division 4 league. With Captain Conor McMahon first to take to the court in the first Singles match of the evening, he pulled back the 18 point deficit to only 8 points on a scorline of 21-18,21-14.
Next up was the doubles pairing of Collie and Ciaran who like yours truly predicted supplied the team with all the aggression and ambition required to win a title, white-washing their opponents in the first 21-4 and closing out the second 21-20. From an 8 point deficit to an 8 point lead!!!
Last up was blow-in Paul Murray in the final match, singles with 2-games to 21. Disposing of his opponet in the first game 21-4 he made it (mathematically) impossible for the Gort na mona team to recover. Clann Eireann winning with an overall team scorline of 105-56.
This reporter laughed and joked at these pathetic handballers over the last four years as they failed to record a single bloody win. But credit where credit is due, they are an example to us all and living proof that if you throw enough darts at the dart board, you'll eventually hit the bulls-eye! |
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League Team Reach North Ulster Final
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Beating a strong Queens side in the semis on Tuesday night last, the lads have made it through to the North Ulster League Divisional Championships Final, were they will take on Gort na mona of Belfast on Monday 14th April @ 6.30pm.
With Gort na mona benefiting from home advantage, the lads will surely be up against it. But with a good mixture of experience, youth aggression and ambition in the team the lads really fancy their chances. Old age in the form of Conor McMahon and Paul Murray bring the experience to the table. With the youth of the team, Collie Carville and Ciaran McMahon, supplying the aggression and ambition, in that order. No team is complete without a supersub and with Mickey "I always get injured" Shanks returning from injury yet once again, he is sure to give any gort na mona lads who look to the Clann Eireann bench a FIGHT! I mean a fright.
Best of luck lads! |
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Girls Win 3 Ulster Juvenile Titles
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Clann Eireann's handballers featured well once again in the Ulster Juvenile Championships winning a total of three titles. The winners were:
Under 15 Doubles - Kirsty Eagers & Emma Smyth
Under 17 Doubles - Niamh McMahon & Sionnan McConville
Under 17 Singles - Maria Fitzsimmons
They will now go on to represent Armagh and Ulster in the All-Ireland Semi-finals with the venue yet to be set. From everyone at Clann Eireann Well done girls and best of luck in the All-Ireland Semis!
However, the girls didnt get it all their own way with Sarah Henderson losing out narrowly in the Under 16 Singles final, in what was widely regarded as the hardest fought match of the day. |
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RTE Handball Coverage
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| RTE have recently starting reporting on handball events and news on a regular basis. You can view their reports by going to the Sport-GAA section of their website or by Clicking here. |
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Ulster Championships
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See fixtures below for upcoming matches. Note that if you win your first round game, the next round will be played the following day. Click here for complete draws.
Result: Sat 16 Feb 2pm @ Tydavent HC, Monaghan
Junior B Singles: Mickey Shanks lost to G McGinnity (Monaghan)
Masters B Singles: P Murray beat S Scott (Monaghan)
Result: Sat 16 Feb 2pm @ Cappagh HC, Tyrone
Junior B Singles: Collie Carville lost to B McAleer (Tyrone)
Wed 20 Feb 7.30pm @ Saval HC, Newry
Silver Masters B Singles: C McMahon vs P Roberts (Antrim)
Sat 1 March 11am @ Kingscourt HC, Cavan
Junior B Doubles: Shanks/Carville vs B & R McAleer (Tyrone)
Sat 1 March 2pm @ Eugene Quinn HC Armagh
Under 21 Singles: Eddie Mincher vs Barry Devlin (Tyrone)
Tues 11 March 7.30pm @ Tydavnet HC, Monaghan
Masters B Doubles: Murray/Mooney vs Leonard/Scott (Monaghan)
Wed 12 Mar 7.30pm @ Eugene Quinn HC, Armagh
Silver Masters B Doubles: C & P McMahon vs S McNally & B Havern (Down)
Juvenile Championships
With none of the boys qualifying to represent Armagh in the Junior Championships, we are left with the girls to fly the clubs colours, once again!! They will be playing the winners of Derry and Tyrone on Sunday 2nd March at Kingscourt HC, Cavan.
Representating Armagh from Clann Eireann HC are as follows:
U15 Doubles: K Eagers/E Smyth
U16 Singles: S Henderson
U17 Singles: M Fitzsimmons
U17 Doubles: N McMahon/S McConville |
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