Castleconnor Feile teams fare well
Galway hosted this year’s finals with over 8,000 players from all over the Country taking part in Hurling, Camogie and Handball. The Castleconnor Club from Sligo failed to get past the group stages. The Boys team finished runners up in the Boys Division 4 group. In their 1st game they lost to Mallow from Cork and then followed up with a draw against Russell Gaelic Union from Down before suffering defeat at the hands of the Kilfane club from Kilkenny. The Castleconnor team consisted of Brendan Foody, Cian Barrins, Sean Carrabine & Odhran Quinn
Castleconnor also entered a girls team and they were runners up in the Girls Division 2. The girls got off to a great start defeating Clarecastle from Clare but they were defeated by a strong Micheal Breathnach side from Galway and in their last game drew with the Clogh Club from Kilkenny.
McCann carrying Sligo’s hopes in Castlebar
All roads will lead to Castlebar this weekend for this weekend’s National One Wall Championships. With a record 500 taking part in grades from Boys/Girls U-10 to Over 65’s. This year there will be an International competition with teams from England,U.S., Italy, Puerto Rico and Ireland playing off on Thursday with some of the top players in the World in One-Wall handball especially William Polanco and Pee Wee Castro U.S.A, Peter White England, Herman Mendez Puerto Rico & Ireland’s Charly Shanks and Robbie McCarthy. Friday see’s the main action get underway at the Breaffy House Sports Complex with 5 1-wall courts and 2 new outdoor 1-wall courts have been added. Francis McCann in the Golden Masters looks to be the County’s best prospect on winning a National title. In last year’s competition the Ballymote man reached the final following great a great win over Mayo’s Kevin Geraghty but was narrowly defeated by Galway’s Eamon Conneely in an exciting finale.
Sligo will be represented by
Girls U-12 Rachel Foody,
David Walsh, Odhran Quinn, Vincent Harte Boys U-12
Brendan Foody Boys U-14
Marianna Foody, Aoife Quinn Girls U-14,
Barry McLoughlin, Stanley Harte, Ross Taheny, Jason Earlis Boys U-16
Tommy Trill Boys U-18.
Oisin Quinn Mens Challenger
Kevin Meehan & Damien O’Dowd Mens C
Francis McCann Golden Masters
Martin Golden Silver Masters,
Welcome to the Sligo Handball Blogpage. It is a new medium that the County will use to publicize its events. Enjoy reading the articles and Happy Blogging. Michael McGee Sligo Handball PRO
Sunday, June 26, 2011
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sligo Juvenile 1 wall titles for Harte, Quinn & Swift
County 1-wall handball titles for Harte, Quinn & Swift
Castleconnor hosted the Sligo Juvenile 1-wall championships on Saturday and it was the young Castleconnor players that took most of the main prizes. Catriona Swift defeated her compatriot Rachel Foody in the Girls U-13 final. Aoife Quinn proved too strong for club mate Marianna Foody in the Girls U-14 final. Collooney’s Stanley Harte was the star in the Boys U-15 grade. Harte with his strong left hand using it effectively was the main difference in the final with Castleconnor’s Jason Earlis. Harte ran out a comfortable winner in the end by 15-9.
Girls U-13 singles: Catriona Swift Castleconnor dft Rachel Foody Castleconnor 8-3
Plate final: Mary Foody Castleconnor dft Leah Swift Castleconnor 15-7
Girls U-14 singles final: Aoife Quinn Castleconnor dft Marianna Foody Castleconnor 18-9
Boys U-13 plate final: Conor Booth Ballymote dft Sean Carabine Castleconnor 13-12
Boys U-15 final: Stanley Harte Collooney dft Jason Earlis Castleconnor 15-9
Boys U-15 plate final Barry McLoughlin Castleconnor dft Shane Wright Castleconnor 14-12.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
McLoughlin helps Collooney to County Interclub win
McLoughlin inspires Collooney to County interclub win
The final of the Sligo handball Interclub 60 x 30 final took place in Collooney on Friday evening last. Veteran player John McLoughlin showed his experience when helping Collooney to an impressive 113-84 victory over Castleconnor. Collooney who reached the All-Ireland club final in 2009 handed a debut to 17 y.o. Tommy Trill. Trill played excellent handball is his 1st competitive game at senior level when getting the better of strong opponent in Castleconnor’s Mark Murphy. Trill took the 1st game by 21-17. Murphy began to read Trill’s style of play into the second and was able to counteract Trill’s early dominance with some sublime finishing, positional awareness and good serving to the teenager’s left hand. Trill held and early 9-6 advantage but Murphy worked harder and then took a sizable lead that he would not relinquish. Trill could not add to his score and Murphy powered home to an 21-9 win.
For the doubles in came John McLoughlin & Michael Bruen for Collooney and representing Castleconnor were Tom Foody & Tom Tuffy. McLoughlin & Bruen easily took the 1st game by 21-5 and it didn’t get any better for the Castleconnor men as McLoughlin served 17 winners in a row and Tuffy on the right side of court and was hapless to prevent McLoughlin’s onslaught. In the end it finished 21-3 in the Collooney’s men’s favour and the contest was effectively over. Collooney now lead by 72-46 leaving Collooney’s 2nd singles player Michael Bruen only needing 16 points for overall victory. This he did when defeating Joe Gorman 21-17, 20-21. Collooney will now go forward to the Connacht semi-finals where they will face the Mayo winners in Castlebar on Wednesday week.
Odhran plate runner-up in Williamstown
Brother & Sister Odhran & Aoife Quinn from the Castleconnor club recently took part in the Williamstown 1-Wall Tournament. Aoife had a very creditable showing when reaching round 2 of the Girls U-14 singles while brother Odhran reached the final of the Boys U-12 plate singles only to be beaten by Tyrone's Turlough Clarke on a final score line of 25-15.
County Juvenile 1-wall championships take place in Castleconnor on Saturday starting at 11 am in grades U13/15/17 singles
The County will also be organising a Juvenile doubles 1-wall championships in Curry to commemorate Curry’s 125th celebrations. The Championships will take place in the Cully One-Wall Court on Sunday July 31st at 11 a.m.
The final of the Sligo handball Interclub 60 x 30 final took place in Collooney on Friday evening last. Veteran player John McLoughlin showed his experience when helping Collooney to an impressive 113-84 victory over Castleconnor. Collooney who reached the All-Ireland club final in 2009 handed a debut to 17 y.o. Tommy Trill. Trill played excellent handball is his 1st competitive game at senior level when getting the better of strong opponent in Castleconnor’s Mark Murphy. Trill took the 1st game by 21-17. Murphy began to read Trill’s style of play into the second and was able to counteract Trill’s early dominance with some sublime finishing, positional awareness and good serving to the teenager’s left hand. Trill held and early 9-6 advantage but Murphy worked harder and then took a sizable lead that he would not relinquish. Trill could not add to his score and Murphy powered home to an 21-9 win.
For the doubles in came John McLoughlin & Michael Bruen for Collooney and representing Castleconnor were Tom Foody & Tom Tuffy. McLoughlin & Bruen easily took the 1st game by 21-5 and it didn’t get any better for the Castleconnor men as McLoughlin served 17 winners in a row and Tuffy on the right side of court and was hapless to prevent McLoughlin’s onslaught. In the end it finished 21-3 in the Collooney’s men’s favour and the contest was effectively over. Collooney now lead by 72-46 leaving Collooney’s 2nd singles player Michael Bruen only needing 16 points for overall victory. This he did when defeating Joe Gorman 21-17, 20-21. Collooney will now go forward to the Connacht semi-finals where they will face the Mayo winners in Castlebar on Wednesday week.
Odhran plate runner-up in Williamstown
Brother & Sister Odhran & Aoife Quinn from the Castleconnor club recently took part in the Williamstown 1-Wall Tournament. Aoife had a very creditable showing when reaching round 2 of the Girls U-14 singles while brother Odhran reached the final of the Boys U-12 plate singles only to be beaten by Tyrone's Turlough Clarke on a final score line of 25-15.
County Juvenile 1-wall championships take place in Castleconnor on Saturday starting at 11 am in grades U13/15/17 singles
The County will also be organising a Juvenile doubles 1-wall championships in Curry to commemorate Curry’s 125th celebrations. The Championships will take place in the Cully One-Wall Court on Sunday July 31st at 11 a.m.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Odhran Quinn runner up in Boys U-12 plate final in Williamstown 1-wall tournament final
Aoife & Odhran Quinn Castleconnor recently took part in the Williamstown 1-Wall Tournament. Aoife had a very creditable showing when reaching round 2 of the Girls U-14 singles while brother Odhran reached the final of the Boys U-12 plate singles final only to be beaten by Tyrone's Turlough Clarke on a final scoreline of 25-15. Clarke was a member of the recent winning Tyrone team of 6 U12/13 that won the All-Ireland final
williamstown 2011
aoife quinn was in the u14 girls
aoife quinn (castleconnor) 21
v
meabh mcmahon (clann eireann) 4
2nd rd. aoife quinn(castleconnor) 14
v
eimear ni bhiadha (micheal breathneach) 25
Odhran Quinn was in u12
odhran quinn( castleconnor ) 12
v
brian flynn (ballaghadreen ) 13
PLATE
1st rd. odhran quinn 29
v
cathal treacy (mount talbot) 2
semi final odhran quinn got abye
final of plate odhran quinn (castleconnor ) 15
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turlough clarke (brackey ) 25
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