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.