Castleconnor fare well in Feile and McCann carrying Sligo's hopes in Castlebar

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,