Month: November 2020

November 26, 2020

Irish Collegiate Handball Association Intervarsity Championships 1991

Irish Collegiate Handball Association Logo [Reference: 1]

Championships 1991

Date	Winners	Runners-Up	Score
	Semi-Finals
24.02.1991	University of Limerick	University College Dublin
24.02.1991	University College Galway	Queens University Belfast
	Final
24.02.1991	University College Galway	University of Limerick	105-55

Irish Collegiate Handball Association Intervarsity Championships 1991 [Reference: 2]

Plate 1991

Date	Winners	Runners-Up	Score
	Semi-Finals
24.02.1991	University College Galway B	University of Limerick	105-52
24.02.1991	Sligo	Multyfarnham	108-105
	Final
24.02.1991	University College Galway B	Sligo	102-85

Irish Collegiate Handball Association Intervarsity Championships Plate 1991 {Reference: 2]

Open 1991

Date	Winners	Runners-Up	Score
	Semi-Finals
24.02.1991	G. Mac Giofa Eodha (UL)	B. McIntyre (Sligo)	39-18
24.02.1991	E. O’Neill (Garda College)	T. Cadden (Bolton St.)	24-21
	Final
24.02.1991	E. O’Neill (Garda College)	G. Mac Giofa Eodha (UL)	43-8

Irish Collegiate Handball Association Intervarsity Championships Open 1991 [Reference: 2]

Report

University College Galway won the Irish Collegiate Handball Association Championship in 1991, defeating University of Limerick 105-55 in the Final. University College Galway also won the Plate when their B team defeated Sligo RTC in the Plate Final. The Open Championship was won by E O’Neill of Garda College.

About GAA Handball

Handball was first played in Ireland according to the World Handball Council website and the GAA Handball website describes it as the GAA’s only real World Sport. It is organised along the same lines as the rest of the Gaelic Games which come under the authority of the GAA – with County, Provincial and All-Ireland Championships, in both Men’s and Women’s, Team and Individual, Boys and Girls and also in Softball and Hardball versions. Some players compete in the European Pro Wallball Tour (Wallball is a unified version of Handball in Europe, bringing together the Handball of Ireland, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Catalonia, Basque Country, Belgium, Wallonia, Flanders and Netherlands. Others play on the US circuit or in Canada and Australia. It is also played in Japan and Latin America.

References

Logos

[1] Irish Collegiate Handball Association Twitter (2020) Profile Picture [Internet] Available from: https://twitter.com/IchaHandball/photo [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1991) “The A-Z of weekend Sport | Handball” Irish Independent. Monday, 25 February 1991. Pg. 18

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly.

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Last Updated: 26 November 2020

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November 21, 2020

GAA Handball Gael Linn 2018

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Cup (Salthill, Co. Galway)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Quarter-Finals
28.01.2018	Abbeyknockmoy (Galway)	62	Monaghan Harps (Monaghan)	30
28.01.2018	Clogh (Kilkenny)	54	Boherbue (Cork)	29
28.01.2018	Lahorna (Tipperary)	48	Galmoy (Kilkenny)	36
28.01.2018	Loughmacrory (Tyrone)	56	Castleconnor (Sligo)	25
	Semi-Finals
28.01.2018	Abbeyknockmoy (Galway)	59	Clogh (Kilkenny)	43
28.01.2018	Loughmacrory (Tyrone)	39	Lahorna (Tipperary)	36
	Final
28.01.2018	Loughmacrory (Tyrone)	52	Abbeyknockmoy (Galway)	37

GAA Handball Gael Linn 2018 [Reference: 2]

Plate (Salthill, Co. Galway)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
28.01.2018	Monaghan Harps (Monaghan)	57	Boherbue (Cork)	42
28.01.2018	Galmoy (Kilkenny)	56	Castleconnor (Sligo)	32
	Final
28.01.2018	Galmoy (Kilkenny)	63	Monaghan Harps (Monaghan)	28

GAA Handball Gael Linn 2018 [Reference: 2]

Report

Loughmacrory from Tyrone won the GAA Handball Gael Linn title in 2018, triumphing 52-37 over Galway’s Abbeylnockmoy in the Cup Final. Galmoy of County Kilkenny won the Plate, defeating Monaghan Harps 63-28 in the Final. Dearbhaile Fox and Eoin McElholm represented Loughmacrory. Two Teams of two represented each of the four provinces in the competition, which was played in Salthill, Co. Galway on 28 January 2018. The competition was run through Irish, with the use of the Irish language encouraged throughout.

GAA Handball Gael Linn Champions 2018 [Reference: 4]

About Handball

References

Logos

[1] GAA Handball (2017) GAA Handball Logo Square [Internet] Available from: https://cache.gaahandball.ie/images/made/images/remote/http_gaahandball-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1470913550-GAA-Handball-Logo-Square_394_394_85_c1.jpg [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA Handball (2017) Results – Gael Linn [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 20 February 2018]

[3] GAA Handball (2017) Gael Linn 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/news/gael-linn-2018 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Images

[4] GAA Handball (2018) 1516891260-Cup-Winners-2017_640_425_85_c1 [Internet] Available from: https://cache.gaahandball.ie/images/made/images/remote/http_gaahandball-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1516891260-Cup-Winners-2017_640_425_85_c1.jpeg [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

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Last Updated: 21 November 2020

November 18, 2020

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Women’s Singles End-of-Season Rankings 2018-19

European 1-Wall Tour Logo [References: 1]

Top 10 and Irish Ranked Players After Italian Open 2019

Rank	Name	Country	Movement	Total Points
	Top 10
1	Siegersma, Harmke	Ned	+1	433.3
2	Scheffer, Miranda	Ned	+1	425
3	Gimenez, Mar	Esp	-2	383.3
4	Diez Victoria	Esp	0	241.6
5	Monfils, Anne	Ned	0	228.3
6	Clement, Sarah	Bel	+1	226.6
7	Zenistra, Marrit	Ned	-1	200
8	Van Der Schoot, Hendrieke	Ned	0	161.6
9	Potiez, Apolline	Bel	0	151.6
10	Broesrsma, Annelien	Ned	0	108.3
	Irish Ranked Outside Top 10
19	Havern, Lorraine	Irl	0	41.6
19	Prentice, Siobhan	Irl	0	41.6
24	McCoy, Michelle	Irl	+2	32
50	Mahon, Ciara	Irl	-1	8.3
50	Ni Mhathuna, Ciara	Irl	-1	8.3
52	Havern, Mary	Irl	-1	7.6
54	Dunne, Niamh	Irl	-1	6.6
57	Hanley, Barbara	Irl	0	3.3
57	Gallagher, Pauline	Irl	0	3.3
79	Connolly, Katleen	Irl	-7	0.6
79	Kelly, Catherine	Irl	-1	0.6
89	Choisdealbha, Bairbre	Irl	-1	0
90	Ni Dhuill, Cailiosa	Irl	-3	0
90	McElduff, Maeve	Irl	-3	0
90	Owens, Noleen	Irl	-3	0
90	Bhiadha	Irl	-3	0
90	McCarthy, Aoife	Irl	-3	0

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Women’s Rankings End of Season 2018-19 [Reference: 2]

Report

Ireland’s Lorraine Havern and Siobhan Prentice finished in joint 19th on the European 1-Wall Tour in 2018-19. Dutch Handballers took up six of the top 10 places.

About Wallball

Handball was included as one of the four original Gaelic Games in the GAA charter of 1884. It is the only one to have become a genuine sport, with the game being played at a high level in USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, Basque Country, Belgium, Netherlands and the UK.

Wallball is a version of the sport which attempts to unite the various versions of the sport played worldwide and the European Wallball Tour is a Pro Tour with events in Belgium, Spain, Netherlands and UK.

Logos

[1] European Pro Wallball (2020) Logo3-300×111 [Internet] Available from: https://prowallball.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Logo3-300×111.png [Accessed 18 November 2020]

Websites

[2] European Pro Wallball (2017) Women’s Rankings – rankings as they stand after the 2017 Dutch Open [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/womens-rankings/ [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

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Last Updated: 18 November 2020

November 17, 2020

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships 2017

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Open (Mullingar, Westmeath)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Breacach (Tyrone)	87	Mallow (Cork)	60
02.12.17	Kells (Meath)		bye
	Final
02.12.17	Kells (Meath)	70	Breachach (Tyrone)	49

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Open 2017 [References: 2]

Junior (Leixlip, Kildare)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Kilworth (Cork)	W	Saval (Down)	L
02.12.17	Tinryland (Carlow)	71	St. Brigids (Roscommon)	52
	Final
02.12.17	Tinryland (Carlow)	74	Kilworth (Cork)	61

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Junior 2017 [References: 2]

Junior B (Curraghboy, Roscommon)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Ballydesmond (Cork)	90	Breacach (Tyrone)	50
02.12.17	Ballymore Eustace (Kildare)	60	Newport (Mayo)	28
	Final
02.12.17	Balllymore Eustace (Kildare)	60	Ballydesmond (Cork)	22

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Junior B 2017 [References: 2]

Report

Kells of Co. Meath won the GAA Handball All-Ireland Inter-Club Championships Open in 2017, Tinryland of Carlow the Junior, and Ballymore Eustace of Kildare the Junior B.

About Handball

References

Logos

Websites

[2] GAA Handball (2017) Results – 40×20 Inter-club Championships Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

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Last Updated: 17 November 2020

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November 15, 2020

European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings End-of-Season 2017-18

European Pro Wallball Tour Logo [Reference: 1]

Top 10 & Irish Ranked Players

Name	Country	Rank	Move	Points
Top 10
Gimenez, Mar	ESP	1	0	508
Scheffer, Miranda	NED	2	0	433
Siegersma, Harmke	NED	3	0	425
Diez Victoria	ESP	4	+1	281
Havern, Lorraine	IRL	5	-1	200
Giner, Ana	ESP	5	+1	200
Monfils, Anne	NED	7	0	175
Broesrsma, Annelien	NED	8	0	170
Hanley, Sinnead	IRL	9	0	143
Clement, Sarah	NED	10	+1	131
Irish Ranked Outside Top 10
Ni Dhuill, Cailiosa	IRL	36	0	20
Prentice, Siobhan	IRL	41	0	18.3
McElduff, Maeve	IRL	42	0	16.6
Mahon, Ciara	IRL	42	0	16.6
Ni Mhathuna, Ciara	IRL	42	0	16.6
Owens, Noleen	IRL	46	+2	13.3
Bhiadha	IRL	50	+2	10
Havern, Mary	IRL	56	+1	9
Gallagher, Pauline	IRL	60	+1	6.6
McCarthy, Aoife	IRL	63	+1	5
Hanley, Barbara	IRL	63	+1	5
McCoy, Michelle	IRL	69	+2	3
Kelly, Catherine	IRL	76	+2	1

European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings End-of-Season 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Report

Ireland’s Lorraine Havern (5th) and Sinnead Hanley (9th) finished in the Top 10 in the European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings at the end of the 2017-18 season.

About Wallball

References

Websites

[2] European Pro Wallball (2017) Women’s Rankings – Rankings as they stand at the end of the 2017/2018 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/womens-rankings/ [Accessed 19 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

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Last Updated: 15 November 2020

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November 15, 2020

GAA Handball All-Ireland Inter Club Championship Open Finals 2012-2018

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Open Finals 2012-2018

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
2012	Kells (Meath)	67	St. Coman’s (Roscommon)	22
2013
2014	Ballaghaderreen (Roscommon)
2015	Kells (Kilkenny)	104	Glenbeigh (Kerry)	84
2016	Kells (Kilkenny)	97	Breachach (Tyrone)	70
2017	Kells (Meath)	70	Breachach (Tyrone)	49
2018	Coolboy (Wicklow)	74	Glenbeigh (Kerry)	42

GAA Handball All-Ireland Inter Club Championship Open Finals 2012-2018 [Reference: 2-8]

Report

Kells of Meath twice won the GAA Handball All-Ireland Club Championships Open Finals between 2012 and 2018 inclusive. Their namesakes in Kilkenny also won the title twice, with Ballaghaderreen (Roscommon) and Coolboy (Wicklow) also taking the honours on one occasion.

Handball

References

Logos

Websites

[2-8] GAA Handball (2012-2018) GAA Results Summary 2012-2018 [Internet] Available from:
https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 1 April 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn

About this document

Reserached, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the GAA World Archive
Last Updated: 15 November 2020
(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and GAA World Archive 2019-2020
You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

November 13, 2020

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Men’s Rankings End-of-Season 2018-19

European Wallball Pro Tour Logo [Reference: 1]

Irish Ranked Players

Name	Country	Rank	Move	Points
Conor McElduff	IRL	1	0	466.6
Paudi Quish	IRL	6	+1	176.6
James Prentice	IRL	19	+6	73
Colm Grace	IRL	39	-3	40
Jamie Kelly	IRL	45	+1	26.6
Terry McElvaney	IRL	47	NE	25
Anthony O’Sullivan	IRL	52	0	23.3
Jack Coughlan	IRL	57	+1	20
Connell McCavitt	IRL	60	-2	16.6
Daniel Kavanagh	IRL	64	0	15
Dara Cloake	IRL	67	+2	14.3
John Bosco Hurley	IRL	68	+2	14
Eamon McCrory	IRL	69	+2	13.3
Dean Corrigan	IRL	77	+3	10
Ben Devlin	IRL	77	+3	10
Michael Hedigan	IRL	90	+4	9
James Doyle	IRL	93	+4	8.3
Seamus Connelly	IRL	103	0	6.6
Brian Kennedy	IRL	103	0	6.6
Barri McCoy	IRL	113	0	5
Colm Turley	IRL	113	0	5
Eimhin O’Diolluin	IRL	113	NE	5
Richie McNally	IRL	129	-5	3.6
Lawrence Murphy	IRL	134	NE	3
Dan Breen	IRL	144	-34	2
Pat Hopkins	IRL	154	NE	1.5
Colin Crehan	IRL	157	-4	1.3
Jason English	IRL	157	-4	1.3
Conor Noone	IRL	157	-4	1.3
Fiachhra O’Duill	IRL	165	-5	1
Adrian English	IRL	165	-5	1
Jack Turley	IRL	165	-5	1
Sean Stoll	IRL	165	-5	1
Andrew Murray	IRL	165	-5	1
Patrick Murphy	IRL	165	NE	1
Liam Bradshaw	IRL	185	-5	0.6
Colm Corbett	IRL	185	-5	0.6
Daniel Relihan	IRL	185	-5	0.6
Daragh Daily	IRL	207	-1	0.3
Niall Flynn	IRL	228	-125	0
Sean Nolan	IRL	228	-10	0
Darren Prentice	IRL	228	-10	0

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Men’s Rankings End-of-Season 2018-19 [Reference: 1]

Report

Ireland’s Conor Mcelduff regained top spot in the end-of-season Rankings for 2017-18 from Spain’s Sacha Kruithoff. Paudi Quish also finished in the top 10, while James Prentice, Colm Grace, Jamie Kelly and Anthony O’Sullivan also finished in the top 50.

The Tour featured players from Ireland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Basque Country, France, Italy, USA, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Germany and Morocco

About Wallball

References

Websites

[1] European Pro Wallball (2017) Men’s Rankings – After 2018 Belgian Open [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/mens-rankings/ [Accessed 16 January 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 13 November 2020

November 13, 2020

FFPB Pilote Basque Trinquet Paleta Pilote de Cuir Championnat de France National A Groupe A 2015-2019

Nationale A Groupe A 2015-16

	P	W	L	D	PM	PE	Pts
Poule 1
Biarritz AC	5	4	1	0	157	97	13
PC Oloronaise	5	4	1	0	145	114	13
Esquiule AC	5	3	2	0	137	146	11
Goizeko-Izarra	5	2	3	0	136	132	9
Urrunarrak 1	5	2	3	0	140	145	9
Urrunarrak 2	5	0	5	0	73	154	5
Poule 2
Foyer Rural de Mont	4	4	0	0	129	76	12
Section Paloise Pays Basque	4	3	1	0	107	94	10
PC Lourdais	4	2	2	0	99	117	8
Pilotari Paris	4	1	3	0	98	129	6
PC Oloronaise 2	4	0	4	0	114	131	4

FFPB Pilote Basque Trinquet Paleta Pilote de Cuir Championnat de France National A Groupe A 2015-16 [Reference: 1]

Nationale A Groupe A 2016-17

	P	W	L	D	PM	PE	Pts
Poule 1
Biarritz AC	5	4	1	0	156	136	13
Urrunarrak	5	4	1	0	167	156	13
PC Oloronais	5	3	2	0	155	122	11
Urrunarrak 2	5	2	3	0	139	137	9
Luzean	5	2	3	0	128	154	9
Esquile AC	5	0	5	0	124	164	5
Poule 2
PC Oloronais 2	5	4	1	0	144	122	13
Foyer Rural de Mont	5	3	2	0	160	117	11
PC Lourdais	5	3	2	0	138	143	11
Section Paloise Pays Basque	5	2	3	0	129	143	9
Pilotari Paris	5	2	3	0	147	166	9
PC Oloronais 3	5	1	4	0	154	181	7

FFPB Pilote Basque Trinquet Paleta Pilote de Cuir Championnat de France National A Groupe A 2016-17 [Reference: 2]

Nationale A Groupe A 2017-18

	P	W	L	D	PM	PE	Pts
Poule A
PC Oloronais	4	4	0	0	124	84	12
Esquiule AC	4	3	1	0	114	90	10
Urrunarrak	4	2	2	0	97	102	8
Irisartarrak	4	1	3	0	113	114	6
Biarritz AC	4	0	4	0	62	120	4
Luzean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poule 2
Foyer Rural de Mont	5	4	1	0	163	101	13
Section Paloise Pays Basque 2	5	4	1	0	143	127	13
PC Oloronais 2	5	4	1	0	158	133	13
PC Lourdais	5	2	3	0	137	149	9
Esquiule AC 2	5	1	4	0	100	149	7
Biarritz AC 2	5	0	5	0	115	157	5

FFPB Pilote Basque Trinquet Paleta Pilote de Cuir Championnat de France National A Groupe A 2017-18 [Reference: 3]

Report

Biarritz AC won the Federation Francaise de Pilote Basque Trinquet Championship in 2015-16 and 2016-17, with PC Oloronais winning the following year.

About the Federation Francaise de Pilote Basque

The Federation Francaise de Pilote Basque governs Basque Pelota in the French Basque Country (Biarritz-Bayonne) and throughout France.

About Basque Pelota

Pelota is the Traditional Game of the Basque People of Sourthwest France and North Central Iberia (Spain). Their language is the oldest in Europe, and the only non-Indo-European language left in Western Europe according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and therefore with some justification the Basques refere to themselves as the only Native Europeans. The sport is similar to the GAA and European game of Handball, played with a curved glove which is used to propel the ball off one of two perpendicluar walls on a four-sided court, with the other two sides open.

References

Websites

[1] Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (2016) Classements | Competition Championnat de France 2015/2016 | Trinquet / Pelote Pilota de Cuir | Categorie: Nationale A | Groupe A | Poule Toutes | Classement Par poule [Internet] Available from: http://ffpb.euskalpilota.fr/classements.php [Accessed 1 January 2017]

[2] Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (2017) Classements | Competition Championnat de France 2016/2017 | Trinquet / Pelote Pilota de Cuir | Categorie: Nationale A | Groupe A | Poule Toutes | Classement Par poule [Internet] Available from: http://ffpb.euskalpilota.fr/classements.php [Accessed 13 January 2019]

[3] Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (2018) Classements | Competition Championnat de France 2017/2018 | Trinquet / Pelote Pilota de Cuir | Categorie: Nationale A | Groupe A | Poule Toutes | Classement Par poule [Internet] Available from: http://ffpb.euskalpilota.fr/classements.php [Accessed 13 January 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kevin Smyth & Enda Fahy.

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Last Updated: 13 November 2020

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November 13, 2020

GAA Handball She’s Ace 2018

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40×20 Finals

Grade	Winner		Runner-Up	Score
Ladies Open	Catriona Casey (Cork)	Dft	Martina McMahon (limerick)	15-11 15-6
Ladies B	Cliodhna O’Connell (Wexford)	dft	Cuillean Bourke (Mayo)	15-2 15-3
Ladies Challenger	Eilish Owens (Tyrone)	dft	Mary Burke (Mayo)	31-15
15&U	Noelle Dowling (Kilkenny)	dft	Roisin O’Keeffe (Kilkenny)	25-23
13&U	Amy Brennan (Kilkenny)	dft	Clodagh Munroe (Tyrone)	25-18
11&U	Fun Event

GAA Handball She’s Ace 40×20 Finals 2018 [Reference: 2]

One-Wall Finals

Grade	Winner		Runner-Up	Score
Beginners Challenge	Mary Burke (Mayo)	dft	Nuala Dunning (Cork)	15-13
Mother & Daughter	Carmel & Claire Reynolds (Mayo)	dft	Eithne & Clodagh Munroe (Tyrone)	15-12
Team Event	Team Guildea	dft	Team Bourke	40-36
11&U	Fun Event

GAA Handball She’s Ace One-Wall Fnals 2018 [Reference: 2]

Report

GAA Handball ran a Ladies and Girls Only Tournament in 2018, called She’s Ace. Both 40×20 and One Wall Competitions were held, with Catriona Casey of Cork winning the 40×20 Ladies Open and Mary Burke of Mayo winning the One Wall Beginners Challenge. Included in the events were a fun event for 11 and Under, and a Mother & Daughter One Wall Tournament, won by Carmel & Claire Reynolds of Mayo.

About

Handball is one of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Charter sports of 1884. It is played on a court with three walls, and is very similar to the Handball played in America, Australia, Canada, and the variations on Handball, Pelota and Wallball played throughout Western Europe, and are all probably of the same origin. Handball is described on the GAA Handball website as the only real GAA World Sport. The World Handball Council says Handball was first played in Ireland.

References

Websites

[2] GAA Handball (2018) Results – She’s Ace [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 20 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

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Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 13 November 2020

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November 12, 2020

GAA Handball 40×20 Men’s Senior Singles 2018

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Results

Winner		Runner-Up
Last 16
Armagh (Charly Shanks)	w/o	Mayo (Vinnie Moran)	scr
Cork (Tadgh Carroll)	w/o	Tyrone (Darragh Daly)	scr
Clare (Colin Creehan)	dft.	Roscommon (Rikki O’Gara)	21-13 21-15
Clare (Diamuid Nash)	dft.	Kerry (Dominic Lynch)	21-15 21-8
Galway (Martin Mulkerrins)	dft.	Tyrone (Johnny woods)	21-9 21-0
Wexford (Gavin Buggy)	dft.	Antrim (Owen McKenna)	21-18 18-21 21-19
Cork (Brendan Fleming)	dft.	Dublin (Eoin Kennedy)	18-21 21-10 21-19
Westmeath (Robbie McCarthy)	w/o.	Dublin (Carl Browne)	scr
Quarter-Finals
Armagh (Charly Shanks)	dft.	Cork (Tadgh Carroll)	21-12 21-10
Clare (Diarmuid Nash)	dft.	Clare (Colin Creehan)	21-16 21-8
Galway (Martin Mulkerrins)	w/o	Wexford (Gavin Buggy)	inj.
Cork (Brendan Flemming)	dft.	Westmeath (Robbie McCarthy)	21-19 21-15
Semi-Finals
Armagh (Charly Shanks)	dft.	Clare (Diarmuid Nash)	11-21 21-16 21-16
Galway (Martin Mulkerrins)	dft.	Cork (Brendan Flemming)	21-11 21-2
Final
Galway (Martin Mulkerrins)	dft.	Armagh (Charly Shanks)	21-9 21-11

GAA Handball 40×20 Men’s Senior Singles 2018 [Reference: 2]

Report

Galway’s Martin Mulkerrins won the GAA Handball 40×20 Men’s Senior Singles in 2018, defeating Armagh’s Charly Shanks in the Final by two sets (21-9 and 21-11). Mulkerrins was a convincing Champion, having won all his matches in two sets, dropping no more shots in any set than the 11 he dropped in the Final Set against Shanks in the Final.

References

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Websites

[2] GAA Handball (2018) Results | 2018 | 40×20 Mens Senior Singles[Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 22 April 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 12 November 2020