front row: Jason Earlis, Gerry Coleman, Joe McCann & Padraig Maye
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
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