Clare Handball Round Up February 26th
Munster Championship
Results
Munster Singles
Junior B Kevin O’Callaghan(Clare) dft (Limerick) Ian O’Brien, in two games
O35Darren O’Neill(Clare) dft (Limerick) Ken Bourke, in two games
Minor (Waterford) Roddy Morrissey dft Christian Cummins(Clare) in tie break
Junior B Glenn Murray(Clare) dft (Limerick) Eoin Hegarty
Fixtures
Friday March 1st
Minor @ TBC Matthew Coughlan (Clare) v (Cork) Cian Dunning
U21 @ TBC Darragh Keogh (Clare) v (Cork) Eoghan Daly
All-Ireland Championship Doubles Semi-finals
Senior Men’s Saturday March 2nd in Croke Park
Diarmaid Nash and Colin Crehan(Clare) v (Meath) Gary McConnell and Brian Carroll
Ladies Senior Saturday March 2nd in Croke Park
Caitriona Millane and Leah Minogue(Clare) v (Galway) Ciana Ní Churraoin and Niamh Heffernan
Golden Masters B Saturday March 2nd in Croke Park
Seamus Ryan and Michael Kenneally(Clare) v (Mayo) Tom Malone and Martin McAndrew
Junior B Sunday March 3rd in Croke Park
Glenn Murray and Kevin O’Callaghan(Clare) v (Mayo) Alan Gilmartin and Michael Gilmartin
Ladies Junior Sunday March 3rd in Croke Park
Leah Minogue and Amber Nolan (Clare) v (Ros/Mayo) Alanna Coggeran and Laura Finn
Juvenile A Munster Finals Results
Munster Juvenile A Finals were played over the weekend with 21 finals played. Clare were competing in 20 of the finals and had a very successful weekend with Gold medals in 17 of these and 3 Silver. Gold medal winners will now travel to Ulster to take on Ulster opposition, dominated by Tyrone, in All-Ireland semi-finals on Sunday March 3rd. All-Ireland grades are from U14 singles and doubles boys and girls to U17.
U17 Girls doubles – (Tipperary) Katie Mulcahy/Aoife Williams dft Aine Moroney(Kilkishen)/Aoife Cummins(Toonagh)
U12 Girls Singles – Anna Madden(Tuamgraney) dft (Tipperary) Aoife McLoughney
U12 Boys Singles – Eliah Kenny (Newmarket) dft (Cork) Oran Aherne
U14 Boys Singles – Jack Cahill (Clooney) dft (Cork) Tadgh O’Connor
U13 Girls doubles – (Tipperary) Molly Joyce/Lucy Ann Cleary dft Ava McInerney(Toonagh)/Tracy Tuohy(Kilkishen)
U13 Girls Singles – Sinead Doyle(Tuamgraney) dft (Tipperary) Ava Carey
U13 Boys Doubles – Walter Moroney(Kilkishen)/Cillian Howard(Tuamgraney) dft (Tipperary) Charlie Walsh/Darragh Crosse
U13 Boys Singles – Daniel Madden(Tuamgraney) dft (Tipperary) Ben Platt
U14 Boys Doubles – Charlie Collins/Conor Littleton v (Cork) Jack Hennessey/Sean Dee
U14 Girls Doubles – Juliet Moroney/Chloe Hannon(Kilkishen) dft (Tipperary) Erin Neville/Kaitlin Ryan-Delaney
U14 Girls Singles – (Cork) Grace Murphy dft Saoirse O’Brien(Tuamgraney)
U15 Boys Doubles – Darragh Casey/Cillian Cummis(Toonagh) dft (Tipperary) Jack Walsh/James Delaney
U15 Girls Singles – Ellie Frost(Kilkishen) dft (Tipperary) Lily Parkes
U16 Boys Singles – Sean Considine(Clooney) dft (Tipperary) David Cooke
U16 Girls Singles – Claire Minogue(Tuamgraney) dft (Cork) Amy Brosnan
U17 Boys Singles – Donnacha Crotty(Tuamgraney) dft (Tipperary) Jack O’Sullivan
U17 Boys Doubles – Donnacha Cantwell(Clooney)/Martin Bon(Kilkishen) dft (Cork) Ryan Linehan/Jack Murphy
U16 Girls Doubles – Isabelle McInerney/Tara Lucas(Toonagh) dft (Tipperary) Clodagh Shinnors/Sophie O’Meara
U16 Boys Doubles – Paul Rodgers(Tuamgraney)/Liam Murphy(Kilkishen) dft (Tipperary) Daniel McKelvey/Conor Ryan
U12 Boys Doubles – Darragh Donovan(Kilkishen)/James Hoban(Newmarket) dft (Tipperary) Jim Mahony/Tdhg Malone
Juvenile B Championships
It is semi-final weekend in the Juvenile B and all grades from U11 to U17/18 will be in semi-final action. Majority of boys games will take place on Saturday March 2nd with girls on Sunday March 3rd.
Colleges Travel to USA.
In the ladies section of colleges games in Minnesota Leah Minogue reached the semi-final of the Ladies open, while Amber Nolan reached the quarter-final. Minogue and Nolan paired up for the doubles and lost the semi-final in tie break. Sean Coughlan was defeated in round 2 of the Men’s Open and paired with Ul and Tipperary’s Rory Grace in the Open doubles losing in semi-final to Shane Dunne and Mark Doyle who won the final. Dunne/Doyle are Irish students currently on Handball scholarships in the USA. Rossa Keehan and Cathal McKenna also won games in their divisions and made it as far as semi-finals.
