Quinn's carry Sligo's hopes in Castlebar

Quinn’s carry Sligo’s hopes in Castlebar

The Irish One-Wall handball nationals return to Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar. The event takes place from Friday 28^th- Sunday June 30^th. This year see’s the largest entry ever in the One Wall code with over 400 entries.  Over the weekend there will be 7 courts used, 5 in the state of the art sports complex in Breaffy House and two more in St. Gerald’s College in Castlebar.  The games start at 12 pm on Friday and continue to 6 p.m. on Sunday finishing with the Men’s Open final.  Again there will be an International dimension to it with players from Peurto Rico & near neighbours England taking part. Peurto Rican Herman Mendez the Irish Open champion in 2011 makes a welcome return to the nationals and will be the favourite to again lift the title.  An added incentive for the top Men’s & Ladies open players will the opportunity to represent Ireland at the World Games in Cali, Columbia in August.  Handball is one of the demonstration sports at the world games and it is hopeful that the handball games will become an Olympic sport in the near future.

A number of players from Sligo are taking part. The Quinn family from Castleconnor will again carry the county’s aspirations but will face tough competition in all grades.  Ballymote’s Conor Finn is making his debut in the nationals. The action gets underway at 12 noon on Friday.

Irish One-Wall Nationals

Boys U-11: Conor Finn (Sligo) v Tommy McNeela Galway Friday at 12.40

Boys U-15 B: Odhran Quinn (Sligo) v Eoghan Sheehan (Cork) Friday at 4.20

Girls U-15:  Aoife Quinn (Sligo) v Eimear ni Bhiadha (Galway)  Friday at 8.40 winner v Niamh Coleman (Armagh) Saturday at 11 am

Golden Masters:  Oisin Quinn (Sligo) v Oliver O’Sullivan (London)  Saturday at 1.10 winner v Brian Havern (Down) Saturday at 8.50 p.m.

Interclub  60 x 30 fixtures

The interclub fixtures begin on Tuesday with hosts Collooney taking on St.Mary's. Collooney will have a youthful team with the likes of Stanley Harte Jnr & Pat Fox on the team. For St. Mary's will have the experienced Michael McMorrow and All-Ireland 60 x 30 medal winner in 2011 and 28 time All-Ireland All-Ireland handball champion  Paddy Walsh playing.

Michael Bruen, Gerry Coleman, Stanley Harte Jnr & Pat Fox (Collooney)  v Peter Chambers, Michael McMorrow, Seamus Duffy & Paddy Walsh (St. Mary's) winners v Castleconnor in the Sligo final

The Sligo winners will represent the County in the Provincial championships to be held in Williamstown on Sunday 7th July.

Quinn's reach two plate finals in Mount Talbot One Wall Tournament

 

The Quinn family kept the flag flying for Sligo in the Mount Talbot One-Wall Tournament at the weekend.  Aoife & Oisin reached  plate finals in their respective grades.

 

Testing time for Quinn’s in Mount Talbot One-Wall Tournament

The Mount Talbot Club in Roscommon held their annual One-Wall Tournament last weekend. Overall there were 300 players from all over the country taking part ranging in grades from Boys U10 singles right up to Ruby Masters level.

The Quinn family from Castleconnor found the handball challenging in their respective grades.  Aoife Quinn reached the plate final in the Girls U-15 but was beaten by Kildare’s Hannah Daag. Oisin Quinn was also beaten in the plate final of the Masters section by Down’s Brian Havern while Oisin Junior Boys U-10 & Odhran Boys U-14 failed to progress. The overall winners were Armagh’s Conal McCavitt in the Men’s Open & Down’s Lorraine Havern in the Ladies Open. Next up will be the National One-Wall championships which will take place in Breaffy House Castlebar in two weeks time.

Quinns in One-Wall action in Roscommon this weekend

The Quinn family ready to play ball in the Mount Talbot One-Wall Tournament in Roscommon at the weekend.

Mount Talbot  One-Wall 2013

The Annual Mount Talbot One-Wall Tournament takes place this weekend from 14-16^th June. It will also be a national ranking One-Wall event. There is events from Boys/Girls U-10 right up to Ruby Masters level. Overall there will be 200 competitors from all over the Country.  Castleconnor & Sligo representatives will be  the Quinn family Aoife, Odhran & Oisin Quinn.  Four courts are being used 3 in the Mattie McDonagh Centre in Ballygar and one in Mount Talbot.  In there is rain on the day the (Mount Talbot)  game will be moved to the Four Roads Community Centre 1.5 miles away.

Quinn’s in Mount Talbot One-Wall Tournament

Odhran Quinn plays Galway’s Steven Raftery at 9.20 am on Saturday in the Boys U-14 grade. It’s  a strong  field with 23 players in it. Aoife Quinn takes on Anna ni Murchu at 9.40 am also on Saturday in the Girls U-16 with the winner up against Kildare’s Hanna Daag in the semi’s. Dad Oisin is entered in the Masters section and will play the winner of the Dermot Doolin/ Brian Havern tie in the semi-finals at 14.40.

Mount Talbot One Wall draws 2013

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4Y4bDjk-Y3fTExFLUc2dWxqcU0/edit?usp=sharing

Best of luck to Liam O'Ceallaigh and all the hard working committee in Mount Talbot for a great tournament

Team A tops in Collooney handball 60 x 30 tournament final

Team A winners back row left to right: Seamus Duffy, Aoife McDonagh, Ross Taheny & Martin Golden
front row: Jason Earlis, Gerry Coleman, Joe McCann & Padraig Maye

 

Team C runners up back row: Tom Foody, Joe Gorman, Micheal Jones & Peter Chambers
front row: Martin Brannigan & Martin Cooney

Sligo handball legend Paddy Walsh in centre presenting two of the winning Team A members Aoife McDonagh & Ross Taheny with their trophies


Team A capture Collooney handball 60 x 30 tournament title

After 3 weeks of competitive & sparkling handball the title went to Team A. After an initial onslaught in the form of Jason Earlis & Seamus Duffy who opened proceedings Team A had to come from behind to take the title in a nail biting comeback. It looked very comfortable for Team A in the opening skirmishes with Duffy & Earlis blitzing the hapless Peter Davey & Micheal Jones only allowing the Team B players 2 points in the entire match.  Jason Earlis was in sublime form and with the experienced Seamus Duffy Team A went into a huge lead.

In the second match Team A combination of Joe McCann a senior star with Mayo along with Ballymote’s Martin Golden had a battle royal with Team B of Martin Cooney & Peter Chambers. It was a very close and exciting contest throughout with Team A taking game one by 21-17.  Cooney & Chambers hit back immediately in game 2 winning it by 21-12 thus forcing the  deciding tie break game to decide the winning team.  In the tie breaker McCann & Golden did just enough to get over the line by 11-8.

In match 3 Team A pairing of Padraig Maye & Gerry Coleman faced the inform Tom Foody & Joe Gorman both from the Castleconnor Club. The Castleconnor men combined well on the way to a comfortable victory in the end by 21-10, 21-5.

It was down to the final match and Team A Aoife McDonagh & Ross Taheny went into battle to wrestle the title back against Emmett & Martin Brannigan Team B.  McDonagh & Taheny set out their stall out straight away and with a determined and gritty displayed put their team back into contention with drive & intent. McDonagh & Taheny were resolute against the Brannigan's who took an early lead.  McDonagh & Taheny rallied strongly taking the first game by 21-10.

 After 3 weeks of action it was all down to the final game to decide the winners.  A battling performance from The Brannigan's opened brightly for Team C early in the final game. However McDonagh & Taheny replied brilliantly. In a frenetic finale McDonagh & Taheny drove on and with a greater desire to win went into the lead.  Both teams displayed moments of magic but it was McDonagh & Taheny that had the slicker moves.   With the large crowd urging both teams on for a final push it was Team’s A star players McDonagh & Taheny displaying the more methodical efficiency that went on to take the second game and the tournament by 21-8.  The final score in favour of Team A was 138-108.  Chairman of the Sligo Handball Board Shane Bruen congratulated both teams on an exciting final.  Bruen also thanked Connell Cannon the Co.Secretary who organised the tournament.

 

Collooney handball 60 x 30 team tournament final result:

Team A - Seamus Duffy, Jason Earlis, Joe McCann, Martin Golden, Padraig Maye, Gerry Coleman, Aoife McDonagh & Ross Taheny dft Team C-  Micheal Jones, Peter Davey, Martin Cooney, Peter Chambers, Larry Jones, Tom Foody, Michael & Emmett Brannigan & John Colleran 138-108

Team A v Team C in final of Collooney handball 60 x 30 Tournament

It's Team A v Team C in the final of the Collooney handball 60 x 30 Tournament

After 3 weeks of competitive games the final will be decided by Team A (Seamus Duffy) v Team C (Martin Cooney)

In last evening's game in Collooney Team B (Francis McCann) defeated Team D managed by  Mark Murphy 164-117 but it wasn't enough to get to the final.

The final results teams are as follows:

Team A - 26 points
Team B - 15 points
Team C - 17 points
Team D - 14 points

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4Y4bDjk-Y3fZEtkejBnNnlMcms/edit?usp=sharing

The final will be on Monday evening 10th April at 6.45. Presentations will follow afterwards

FINAL TEAM A v TEAM C

Team A - Seamus Duffy, Jason Earlis, Joe McCann, Martin Golden, Padraig Maye, Gerry Coleman,Aoife McDonagh & Ross Taheny

Team C-  Micheal Jones, Peter Davey, Martin Cooney, Peter Chambers, Larry Jones, Tom Foody, Michael Brannigan & John Colleran

It will be a repeat of  last Monday evening's encounter with Team A coming out on top over Team C by the slender margin of 138-124.  The final could be equally as close and may very well go down to the very last game to decide the winner in this years final.


NOTE: If someone is missing, they must be replaced by someone on the same line.  If they choose someone from a line above, they forfeit the points.

Team A in final of Collooney handball 60 x 30 tournament

Results from last evening Team A v Team C

Jason Earlis & Seamus Duffy bt Micheal Jones & Patrick Fox  21-5, 21-9
Joe McCann & Stanley Harte bt Martin Cooney & Peter Chambers 21-18 21-20
Padraig Maye & Gerry Coleman lost to Joe Gorman & Tom Foody  5-21, 7-21
Aoife McDonagh & Ross Taheny bt Michael Brannigan & John Colleran 21-16, 21-17

Tomorrow evening Team B v Team D. Depending on tomorrow evening results the final could be a repeat of last evenings match.


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4Y4bDjk-Y3fYy1QVTgxUjBLaFU/edit?usp=sharing

Total Aces per Team
	Team A	441
	Team B	269
	Team C	396
	Team D	260