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Duffy & O'Sullivan aiming for final place

All-Ireland Handball 40 x 20 championships semi-finals
Saturday April 2nd in St. Mary’s at 3 p.m.

Sligo doubles pair to rumble Cork in semi-final

Diamond Masters A Doubles: Seamus Duffy & Pat O’Sullivan (Sligo) v Dan O’ Brien & Mick Jordan (Cork)
The Diamond Masters pairing of Seamus Duffy & Pat O’Sullivan are attempting to reach this year’s doubles final. Already the duo are the holders of 2 All-Ireland doubles titles having won the Emerald Masters B 60 x 30 doubles in 2006 and followed this up two years later winning the 40 x 20 equivalent. The Sligo men had a stunning comeback in the Connacht final winning an exciting Provincial decider by 21-20, 21-12 over Roscommon’s Noel Raftery & Seamus McHugh. The duo have forged a great partnership in recent years. The weekend’s battle with the Cork men will provide a stern test for the Sligo players. Duffy & O’Sullivan will have benefited from a tough Connacht final battle and it may be just enough for the Yeats County men go on and reach their 3rd All-Ireland final appearance in 5 years.

Connacht Juvenile B 40 x 20 championships quarter finals v Leitrim
Girls U12 doubles: Mary & Rachel Foody (Sligo) dft Liz Honeyman & Leanne Flynn (Leitrim) 11-15, 15-2, 15-3
Boys U-12 singles: Odhran Quinn (Sligo) dft Oisin McLoughlin (Leitrim) 15-1, 15-5.
Boys U-13 doubles: Sean Carabine & Brendan Foody (Sligo) lost to Alan Doonan & Alan Wrynn (Leitrim) 1-15, 15-9, 8-15
Boys U-15 Singles: Patrick Fox (Sligo) lost to Aaron Scollan (Leitrim) 12-15, 9-15


Connacht Juvenile B championships 40 x 20 semi-finals v Galway played in Williamstown Co. Galway today.
Sligo Juvenile players exited at the semi-final stage going down to Galway in Williamstown at the weekend.
Girls U12 Doubles: Rachel & Mary Foody (Sligo) lost to Aisling Ni Mhaolain & Aine Guildea (Inis Mór) 6-15, 9-15
Boys U12 Singles: Ordhainn Quinn (Sligo) lost to Sean O'Maolchiarain (Inis Mor) 13-15, 12-15

Girls U14 Singles: Catriona Swift (Sligo) lost to Eibhlin Ni Chathain (Inis Oirr) 11-15, 4-15)
Sligo Handball 40 x 20 Team Leagues
Sligo I.T. dft Ballymote 73-51.
Chris McKenna & Gary White (Sligo I.T.) bt Noel McLoughlin & Aoife McDonagh (Ballymote) 21-7, 10-21.
Amy Corrigan & Barry McGurk (Sligo I.T.) bt Kevin O’Grady & Liam Canavan (Ballymote) 21-13, 21-10.
Sligo Team leagues 40 x 20 fixtures:
Castleconnor B v St.Mary’s Wednesday 30th March in St. Mary’s at 8 p.m.

Round 6 – St. Mary’s a Bye
Sligo IT v Drumcliff Monday 4th April in St. Mary’s at 9 p.m.
Castleconnor A v Collooney Monday 4th April in Castleconnor at 8 p.m.
Castleconnor B v Ballymote Wednesday 6th April in Castleconnor
at 8 p.m.

Mary & Rachel Foody and Odhran Quinn safely through to Connacht Juvenile semi-finals

Connacht Juvenile B 40 x 20 championships

Girls U12 doubles: Mary & Rachel Foody (Sligo) dft Liz Honeyman & Leanne Flynn (Leitrim) 11-15, 15-2, 15-3
Boys U-12 singles: Odhran Quinn (Sligo) dft Oisin McLoughlin (Leitrim) 15-1, 15-5.
Boys U-13 doubles: Sean Carabine & Brendan Foody (Sligo) lost to Alan Doonan & Alan Wrynn (Leitrim) 1-15, 15-9, 8-15
Boys U-15 Singles: Patrick Fox (Sligo) lost to Aaron Scollan (Leitrim) 12-15, 9-15

Sligo Handball 40 x 20 Team Leagues
Sligo I.T. dft Ballymote 73-51. Sligo I.T remain unbeaten

Chris McKenna & Gary White (Sligo I.T.) bt Noel McLoughlin & Aoife McDonagh (Ballymote) 21-7, 10-21.
Amy Corrigan & Barry McGurk (Sligo I.T.) bt Kevin O’Grady & Liam Canavan (Ballymote) 21-13, 21-10.

Walsh into All-Ireland final

Sligo's Paddy Walsh & Cork's Tony Buckley


All-Ireland 40 x 20 championships 40 x 20 semi-finals

Paddy Walsh (Sligo) bt Tony Buckley (Cork) 21-17, 21-15

Walsh reaches another All-Ireland final
Paddy Walsh has reached this year’s Ruby Masters All-Ireland 40 x 20 Singles final following a hard earned victory over Cork’s Tony Buckley played in Moycullen Co. Galway last Saturday.
Walsh had to come from behind in both games before recording a deserved 21-17, 21-15 victory over the Corkman.
Like in his Connacht final win Walsh again had a slow start. And Buckley took full advantage when leading by 7-1. Walsh rallied strongly with some great aces won on his serve getting points into Buckley’s left corner mostly. Walsh countered and drew level at 9 points each. Yet again the Cork man stretched his lead by 3 points. Walsh worked himself back into the game and again was on parity with Buckley at 12 points each. The Cork man pulled clear with another 3 point salvo. Buckley then missed a sitter close to the front wall giving Walsh a fortuitous score. Walsh got 2 expertly taken aces in both corners to draw level yet again for the 3 rd time in this exhilarating first game at 15 points each. Both players gave exhibitions of handball throughout. The Sligo man exerted pressure on the Cork man and for the 1st time in the match went out in front and was rewarded with 5 points without reply. Still the Cork man refused to cave in and came back strongly with 2 points of his own. Walsh was forced to serve game ball 3 times before clinching the 1st game with a deft shot of the left side wall taking game one by 21-17
Into the 2nd game it was Buckley again who fired into a 7-1 lead. Buckley from the Liscarroll Club in Cork was proving a formidable opponent but Walsh was equal to the Cork man’s early dominance. Walsh recovered well and began to get to grips with the Munster champion with his great array of pin point serving, roof shots and strongly delivered passing winners. The Sligo man’s strong minded and determined display hit back in tremendous style drawing level at 14 points each. Walsh using all his experience attacked relentlessly and dominated for the remainder of the match only allowing the Cork man 1 further score. The St. Mary’s club man wore down the Cork man’s challenge with another master class display and finished in fine style getting the match winning score with an ace to Buckley’s left to win by 21-15.
The legendary Walsh now goes forward to the final where he will play Antrim’s in the final in 3 weeks time. Walsh is aiming to win his 29th All-Ireland handball winners medal in 30 years. The Sligo handball player star will endeavour to rewrite the Sligo G.A.A history books and hopes are high that the St. Mary’s club man will have another celtic cross to bring back to Sligo.
All-Ireland Juvenile championships semi-finals played in Invirin Co. Galway today
Girls U-15 doubles: Aoife Quinn & Marianna Foody (Sligo) lost Natasha Coughlin & Michelle Nihill (Clare) 10-15, 12-15

Sligo Handball 40 X 20 Leagues
Drumcliff bt St . Mary’s 76-49
Ken Cunningham & Eamon Bellew (Drumcliff) bt Michael McMorrow & Paddy Walsh (St. Mary’s) 21-4, 13-21
Pat O’Sullivan & Colin Slevin (Drumcliff) bt Peter Chambers & Aoife McDonagh (St. Mary’s) 21-14, 21-10

Upcoming fixtures Sligo Team40 x 20 Leagues

St.Mary’s v Castleconnor A Wednesday 23rd March in St. Mary’s at 8 p.m.
Sligo v Castleconnor B Thursday 24TH March in Castleconnor at 8 p..m
Castleconnor A v Ballymote Monday 28th March in Castleconnor at 8 p.m.
Sligo IT v Collooney Monday 28th March in St. Mary’s at 9 p.m.


Connacht Juvenile B 40 x 20 championships Quarter-finals v Leitrim Monday March 21th in Drumcliff starting at 7 p.m.
Boys U-12 Singles: Ordhain Quinn. (Castleconnor)
Boys U-13 doubles: Sean Carabine Brendan Foody ( both Castleconnor)
Boys U-15 Singles: Patrick Fox. ( Collooney)
Boys U-16 doubles: Noel M c Loughlin & Shane Wright.( both Castleconnor)
Boys U-17 doubles: Levi Keavney Alan Gilmartin (both Castleconnor)
Girls U-14 singles: Catriona Swift (Castleconnor)
Girls U-12 doubles: Rachel & Mary Foody. (both Castleconnor)

The Sligo Handball Board passed a vote of sympathy with Seamus Duffy on the death of his brother Anthony last week.

Sligo Juvenile County 40 x 20 championships finals

Sligo handball titles for Earlis, Foody & Trill

Sligo Juvenile 40 x 20 championships took place in Castleconnor on Saturday and the Castleconnor club took 2 out of 3 main events. The U-13 singles match between Brendan Foody & Sean Carrabine had to go to extra time as both players were deadlocked on 19-19 each after the 15 minutes allotted time. After the extra 5 minutes played Brendan Foody emerged the winner with a narrow 30-26 victory over Sean Carrabine. Jason Earlis had a good 18-13 victory over Stanley Harte in the Boys U-15 singles decider while Collooney’s Tommy Trill returned to Collooney with the U-17 singles county title winning the final by double scores over Castleconnor’s Noel McLoughlin.
U-13 Brendan Foody (Castleconnor) bt Sean Carrabine 30-26
U-15 Jason Earlis (Castleconnor) bt Stanley Harte (Collooney) 18-13
U-17 Tommy Trill (Collooney) bt Noel McLoughlin (Castleconnor) 22-11
U-13 plate: Tommy Fox (Collooney) bt Ross Farrell (Collooney) 20-6
U-15 plate: Patrick Fox (Collooney) bt Aoife Quinn (Castleconnor) 20-11
U-17 plate Shane Wright (Castleconnor) bt Levi Keaveney (Castleconnor) 18-9

Walsh to reach final

All-Ireland championships 40 x 20 semi-final
Saturday March 19th in Moycullen Co. Galway at 4 p.m.

Ruby Masters A Singles: Paddy Walsh (Sligo) v Tony Buckley (Cork)
Walsh to reach another All-Ireland handball final

Legendary Sligo handball player Paddy Walsh takes another step forward in his quest for another All-Ireland handball title when he takes on Cork’s Tony Buckley in the Ruby Masters singles semi-final in Moycullen on Saturday. Walsh who has won an amazing 28thAll-Ireland titles in 30 years had an impressive run in Connacht defeating Mayo’s John Kenny and was brought to a tie breaker before getting the better of Galway’s Padraic O’Fatharta in the Provincial final two weeks ago. Walsh’s opponent is Cork’s Tony Buckley who defeated another Corkonian Pat O’Brien in the Munster final by 21-14, 21-20. Walsh will be tested by the Corkman but on current form the Sligo man should progress to the final.
Sligo’s other representatives Seamus O’ Duffy & Pat O’Sullivan will play Cork’s Dan O’Brien & Mick Jordan in the Diamond Masters A doubles semi-finals on Sunday 3rd April.

Sligo I.T take first scalp
The Sligo I.T. handball team made a winning start to the 2011 Sligo handball 40 x 20 leagues following their 84-60 win over St. Mary’s. Sligo I.T. were represented by Chris McKenna, Gary White, Aimee Corrigan & Barry McGurk.
Results: Chris McKenna & Gary White Sligo I.T. defeated Aoife McDonagh & Connell Cannon St.Mary’s 21-17, 21-10
Aimee Corrigan & Barry McGurk Sligo I.T. defeated Peter Chambers & Seamus Duffy St. Mary’s 21-17, 21-16
Collooney took on Castleconnor B team on Wednesday evening last in St. Mary’s and it was Collooney that took the spoils by 84-43.
Results: John McLoughlin & Michael McGee (Collooney) bt Tom Foody & Terry Collins (Castleconnor B) 21-7, 21-11,
Michael Bruen & Gerry Coleman (Collooney) bt Tom Tuffy & Jason Earlis (Castleconnor B) 21-14, 21-11
Castleconnor A defeated Drumcliff by a narrow margain of 74-67 on Friday evening last. Casleconnor were represented by Mark Murphy, Larry Jones, Tom Foody & Joe Gorman.
Results: Mark Murphy & Larry Jones (Castleconnor) bt Eamon Bellew & Ken Cunningham (Drumcliff) 21-9, 21-16
Colin Slevin & Peter Chambers (Drumcliff) bt Tom Foody & Joe Gorman 21-17, 21-15 Castleconnor
Upcoming fixtures
Collooney v Ballymote Wednesday 16TH March in St. Mary’s at 9 p.m.
Ballymote v Sligo IT Monday 21st March in St. Mary’s at 9 p.m.
Drumcliff v Castleconnor B Monday 21st March in Castleconnor at 8 p.m.


Sligo handball titles for Earlis, Foody & Trill
Sligo Juvenile 40 x 20 championships took place in Castleconnor on Saturday and the Castleconnor club took 2 out of 3 main events. The U-13 singles match between Brendan Foody & Sean Carrabine had to go to extra time as both players were deadlocked on 19-19 each after the 15 minutes allotted time. After the extra 5 minutes played Brendan Foody emerged the winner with a narrow 30-26 victory over Sean Carrabine. Jason Earlis had a good 18-13 victory over Stanley Harte in the Boys U-15 singles decider while Collooney’s Tommy Trill returned to Collooney with the U-17 singles county title winning the final by double scores over Castleconnor’s Noel McLoughlin.
U-13 Brendan Foody (Castleconnor) bt Sean Carrabine 30-26
U-15 Jason Earlis (Castleconnor) bt Stanley Harte (Collooney) 18-13
U-17 Tommy Trill (Collooney) bt Noel McLoughlin (Castleconnor) 22-11
U-13 plate: Tommy Fox (Collooney) bt Ross Farrell (Collooney) 20-6
U-15 plate: Patrick Fox (Collooney) bt Aoife Quinn (Castleconnor) 20-11
U-17 plate Shane Wright (Castleconnor) bt Levi Keaveney (Castleconnor) 18-9

The Castleconnor Club will be having a flag day in Ballina on Saturday next March 19th. All help and support will be appreciated.

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