Category: Handball

November 11, 2020

GAA Handball Women’s National Singles Roll of Honour 1995-Present

GAA Handball Logo [Reference: 1]

Roll of Honour 1961-2017

*Year*	*Winner*	*County*
1995	B. Hennessey	Limerick
1996	B. Hennessey	Limerick
1997	B. Hennessey	Limerick
1998	F. McKenna	Antrim
1999	F. McKenna	Antrim
2000	F. McKenna	Antrim
2001	L.F. Gilmore	Canada
2002	F. McKenna	Antrim
2003	F. Shannon	Antrim
2004	M. Daly	Kerry
2005	F. Shannon	Antrim
2006	F. Shannon	Antrim
2007	F. Shannon	Antrim
2008	A. Reilly	Antrim
2009	F. Shannon	Antrim
2010	A. Reilly	Antrim
2011	F. Shannon	Antrim
2012	A. Reilly	Antrim
2013	A. Reilly	Antrim
2014	A. Reilly	Antrim
2015	C. Casey	Cork
2016	C. Casey	Cork
2017	Tadhg Haran	Galway

GAA Handball Women’s National Singles Roll of Honour 1995-Present [References: 2]

Composite Table of Wins

Wins	Player	County
6	Fiona Shannon	Antrim
5	Aisling Reilly	Antrim
4	F. McKenna	Antrim
3	B. Hennessey	Limerick
2	Caitriona Casey	Cork
1	M. Daly	Kerry
1	L.F. Gilmore	Canada

References: [Compiled from: 1]

Report

The Irish Nationals for Women were started in 1995, with Antrim providing the lions share of winners – the top three spots on the Roll of Honour belong to Fiona Shannon (6 wins), Aisling Reilly (5 wins) and F. McKenna (4 Wins) – all Antrim.

The most recent champion has been Caitriona Casey of Cork who has won the last two, while B. Hennessey of Limerick (3 wins) and Kerry’s M. Daly and Canada’s L.F. Gilmore (1 apiece) complete the list of winners.

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.

References

Images

[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]

Bibliography

[2] GAA (2017) – “The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games – Full GAA Records from 1887 to 2017 Inclusive : Various- Women’s pg. 365. DBA Publications Limted, Dublin.

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November 10, 2020

GAA Handball All-Ireland 40×20 Championships Men’s Senior Singles 1975-Present

GAA Handball Logo [References: 1]

Roll of Honour 1975-Present

Year	Player	County
1975	P. Kirby	Clare
1976	P. Kirby	Clare
1977	P. Kirby	Clare
1978	P. Kirby	Clare
1979	P. Kirby	Clare
1980	P. Kirby	Clare
1981	T. Ryan	Tipperary
1982	T. Ryan	Tipperary
1983	T. Ryan	Tipperary
1984	M. Hennigan	Mayo
1985	M. Hennigan	Mayo
1986	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1987	Mickey Walsh	Roscommon
1988	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1989	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1990	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1991	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1992	W. O’Connor	Meath
1993	E. Corbett	Tipperary
1994	E. Corbett	Tipperary
1995	P. McAuley	Louth
1996	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1997	P. McAuley	Louth
1998	Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
1999	T. Healy	Cork
2000	T. Healy	Cork
2001	T. Healy	Cork
2002	E. Kennedy	Dublin
2003	P. Brady	Cavan
2004	T. Healy	Cork
2005	P. Brady	Cavan
2006	P. Brady	Cavan
2007	P. Brady	Cavan
2008	P. Brady	Cavan
2009	P. Brady	Cavan
2010	P. Brady	Cavan
2011	P. Brady	Cavan
2012	P. Brady	Cavan
2013	P. Brady	Cavan
2014	R. McCarthy	Westmeath
2015	R. McCarthy	Westmeath
2016	R. MCarthy	Westmeath
2017	C. Shanks	Armagh
2018	Martin Mulkerrins	Galway
2019	Robbie McCarthy	Westmeath

Reference: [1][2][3]

Reference

Logos

Bibliography

[2] GAA (2018) “Handball: All-Ireland 40×20 Championships : Senior Singles.” The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games: Full GAA Records from 1887 to 2017 Inclusive. 2017. DBA Publications Limited. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Websites:

[3] GAA Handball (2018) Results 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 17 March 2019]

[4] GAA Handball (2019) Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 26 March 2019]

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October 23, 2020

Kaatsen (Frisian Handball) Reference 1897-Present

KNKB Logo [Reference: 1]

Kaatsen archive

Kaatsen, or Frisian Handball is a Regional Variation of the sport of Handball in the Netherlands Minority-Language Region of Frisia.

Kaatsen History Archive: https://www.kaatshistorie.nl/klassement.php – Gives the Full Rankings of each Person (with hometown) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (3 Pts, 2 Pts, 1 Pt) from 1897 (Herren – Men) and 1984 (Dames – Women).

About

Kaatsen is a Frisian version of Handball that was first codified in 1853 by the Franeker de P.C. oprichten (Permanente Commissie). On 7 June 1897 it became part of the Nederlands Kaats Bond and then in 1934 became independent again as the CFK, de Christelijke Friese Kaatsbond. In 1994 it again merged with thE KNKB. It is Primarily played in Franeker in Friesland.

From the KNKB Website:

“By bouncing (Kaatsen) is meant:
Two teams that fight each other by passing the ball to each other. This involves a storage party (service) and a returning party. In the scoring, 4 winning strokes yield a first / game (game) and in addition to direct winning strokes, there are undecided strokes (bounce = wooden marker), which later yield points after switching functions.

Frisian handball originated in the 12th century in cloisters in France and therefore found its way north via Belgium.
Bounce was first played on squares throughout the Netherlands by the ‘hegerein’ (well-to-do), only later on grass. When the nobles withdrew more to the tennis courts with their game, handball became a game for ‘the common people’.”

Kaatsen Match in Franeker, Frisia, Netherlands in 1940. [Reference: 2][Picture Credit: KNKB]

References

Logos

[1] KNVB (2020) resize [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/includes/resize.asp?website=implementatie&width=1024&height=800&image=26552969d4a04.png [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Kaatshistorie (2020) Klassement [Internet] Available from: https://www.kaatshistorie.nl/klassement.php [Accessed 23 October 2020]

[3] KNVB (2020) Kaatsen (Bounce): History [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/pageid=13483/Historie.html [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Images

[4] KNVB (2020) resize [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/includes/resize.asp?website=implementatie&width=1024&height=800&image=26652f2464ab8.jpg [Accessed 23 October 2020]

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August 14, 2020

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB) Bote Luzea-Llargues Champions League 2016

CIJB Logo [Reference: 1]

Finals

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
16.10.2016	Berlikum (Friesland)	8	Belgium Y. (Belgium)	1
16.10.2016	Parsent (Spain)	4	Baasrode (Belgium)	8
	Final
16.10.2016	Berlikum (Friesland)	3	Baasrode (Belgium)	6

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB) Bote Luzea-Llargues Champions League 2016 [Reference: 2-4]

Report

Baasrode of Belgium won the CIJB Chamions League of Bote Luzea-Llargues mode of Pelota a Mano (Hand-Pelota) in 2016, defeating Berlikum of Friesland (a region of the Netherlands) in the final, after wiining 8-4 against Parsent of Alicante in Spain in the Semi-Finals.

For a video of the matches please see the You Tube Links in the References nelow [References: 2-4]

Pelota a Mano is a team Handball sport similar to both GAA Handball and Basque Pelota. The CIJB (Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano) has been organising European Championships since 1993 and World Championships since 1996.

Llargues is one of the three main Modes of Pelota a Mano along with One Wall and International.

References

Images

[1] CIJB (2015) logo_cijb [Internet] Available from: https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo_cijb.png [Accessed 15 May 2018]

Videos

[2] Berlikum – Baasrode 0-1 (3-6) Xistera Cluba You Tube Channel (2016) Bote Luzea Finala (Published Oct 16, 2016)[1:17:55] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Zxvi_WYIs [Accessed 19 May 2018]

[3] Berlikum – Belgium Y. 8-1 Xistera Cluba You Tube Channel (2016) Bote Luzea Semifinalak 1 (Published Oct 16, 2016)[1:22:36] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5bYigMW2lI [Accessed 19 May 2018]

[4] Parcent – Baasrode 4-8 Xistera Cluba You Tube Channel (2016) Bote Luzea Semifinalak 2 (Published Oct 16, 2016)[36:17] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70vTZoJe0ms [Accessed 19 May 2018]

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August 14, 2020

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB) Mundial Llargues 1996-Present

CIJB Logo [Reference: 1]

Year	Competition	Champion	Sub-Champion	Bronze
1996	I Mundial	Spain	Netherlands
1998	II Mundial	Spain	France
2000	III Mundial	Spain	Netherlands
2002	IV Mundial	Spain	Netherlands
2004	V Mundial	Spain	Italy
2008	VI Mundial	Netherlands	Spain	Belgium
2012	VII Mundial	Netherlands	Colombia	Spain
2014	VIII Mundial	Belgium	Spain
2018	IX Mundial	Valenciana*	Belgium	Netherlands

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB) Mundial Llargues 1996-Present [Reference: 2]

Note: *Comunidad Valenciana is a region of Spain considered a country in CIJB similar to Wales and Scotland being regions of Britain considered countries by FIFA in Soccer

Report

Spain won the first five World Championships (Mundial) in the Llargues mode of Pelota a Mano (Hand-Pelota) from its inception in 1996 to 2004, Netherlands has won two since, with Belgium and Comunidad Valenciana winning the other two.

Llargues is one of the three main Modes of Pelota a Mano along with One Wall and International.

References

Images

[1] CIJB (2015) logo_cijb [Internet] Available from: https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo_cijb.png [Accessed 15 May 2018]

Websites

[2] CIJB (2017) Historial de Los Campeonatos Internacionales de la CIJB [Internet] Available from: https://cijb.info/historia/ [Accessed 14 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

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August 14, 2020

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB) Copa Europa Llargues 1993-Present

CIJB Logo [Reference: 1]

Copa Europa Results

Year	Competition	Champion	Sub-Champion	Bronze
1993	Trofeo 5 Naciones	Spain	Belgium
1994	I C. Europa	France	Spain
1995	II C. Europa
1996	III C. Europa	Netherlands	France
1997	IV C. Europa	Spain	Italy
1999	V C. Europa	Netherlands	Spain
2003	VI C. Europa	Belgium	Spain
2007	VII. C. Europa	Belgium	Spain
2010	VIII C. Europa	Belgium	Spain	Netherlands
2015	IX. C. de Europa	Belgium	Valenciana

Confederacion Internacional de Pelota a Mano Copa Europa Llargues 1993-Present [Reference: 2]

Report

Belgium has won the last four Llargues European Championships in Pelota a Mano, with Netherlands and Spain winning two and France the other year it has been held.

Llargues is one of the three main Modes of Pelota a Mano along with One Wall and International.

References

Images

[1] CIJB (2015) logo_cijb [Internet] Available from: https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo_cijb.png [Accessed 15 May 2018]

Websites

[2] CIJB (2017) Historial de Los Campeonatos Internacionales de la CIJB [Internet] Available from: https://cijb.info/historia/ [Accessed 14 August 2020]

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August 15, 2019

Walloon Federation of Walloon-Brussels Games One Wall National 1 2019

Table

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Thieulain	20	19	1	257	96	51
Kerksken	20	18	2	253	124	48
Baasrode	20	15	5	225	152	41
Ogy	20	12	8	228	208	33
Isieres	20	10	10	213	216	29
Galmaarden	20	10	10	201	217	28
Sirault	20	9	11	193	207	27
Mont-Gauthier	20	7	13	185	225	25
Grimminge	20	5	15	163	233	22
Acoz	20	5	15	172	241	21
Maubeuge	20	6	14	162	234	18
Genappe	20	4	16	148	247	17

Reference: [1]

References

Websites

[1] Federation des Jeux de Paume Wallonie-Bruxelles (2019) Resultats et Classements | Series | Natuionale 1 [Internet] Availabre from: https://www.fjpwb.be/resultats-et-classements/ [Accessed 15 August 2019]

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August 2, 2019

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Finals 2018-19

EWT Spanish Open 2018

Tavernes Blanques, 28-30 September 2018

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
Men’s A	Conor Mcelduff (Irl)	Luke Thompson (UK)
Women’s A	Mar Giminez (Val)	Victoria Diez (Val)
Men’s A Doubles	Grant/Thompson (UK)	Amantegi/Kruithof (Eus/Val)
Women’s A Doubles	Giminez/Diez (Val)	Moya/van der Schoot (Val/Ned)
Men’s B	Mario Canada (Val)	Diego Lopez (Val)
Men’s B Consolation	Guillem Cuadrat (Val)	Dara Cloake (Irl)
Women’s B	Carmen Jiminez (Val)	Judith Mengual (Val)
Women’s B Consolation	Aina Cuadrat (Val)	Linda Frosini (Ita)
Men’s B Doubles	Diez/Lopez (Val)	Grace/Stradwick (Irl/UK)
Men’s B Doubles Cons’n	O’Sullivan/Siegersma (Irl/NeD)	Barriga/Rodrqiguez (Val)
Women’s B Doubles	Badia/Villar (Val)	Cuadrat/Jiminez (Val)
Men’s Beginners/40+	Alejandro Jiminez (Val)	Siemen Scheffer (Val)
Women’s Beginners/40+	Katleen Connolly (Irl)	Catherine Conneely (Irl)
Beginners Doubles	Giminez/Martinez (Val)	Masselucci/Sechi (Ita)

Reference: [1]

EWT Belgian Open 2018

KillShot Club, 3-4 November 2018

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
Men’s Singles	Sacha Kruithof (Esp)	Leandro Rodriquez (Arg)
Women’s Singles	Harmke Siegersma (Ned)	Anne Monfils (Ned)
Men’s Doubles	Rodriguez/Astrorga (Arg)	Van der Schoot/McElduff (Ned/Irl)
Women’s Doubles	Monfils/Zeinstra (Ned/Ned)	Scheffer/Siegersma (Ned/Ned)
Men’s B Singles	Corentin Faignart (Bel)	Terry McElvanney (Irl)
Women’s B Singles	Corrie Croondijk (Ned)	Siobhan Prentice (Irl)
Men’s C Singles	Brent Viane (Bel)	Jean-Marc Namur (Bel)

Reference: [2][3]

Euro1Wall Dutch Open 2019

Sporthall, De Trije, Franeker, 26-27 January 2019

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
Men’s Open A	Wally Amaro	Sacha Perello Kruithof
Men’s Open B	Mikel Beldarrain Ernaldi	Karel Monfils
Men’s Open 40+	Erik Bakker	George Patrick Miller
Men’s Open Beginners	Jurrit Osinga	Marten Leijenaar
Women’s Open A	Marrit Zeinstra	Miranda Scheffer
Men’s Open Doubles A	Grant/Thompson	Kruithof/Potiez
Men’s Open Doubles B	Grace/Stradwick	Baarda/Tuinenga
Men’s Open Double 40+	Poelstra/Siegersma	Rerpstra/Visser
Women’s Open Doubles A	Monfils/Zeinstra	Scheffer/Siegersma

|Reference: [4]

Euro1Wall UK Open 2019

Westway Sports Centre, Crowthorne Rd, London, 23-24 February 2019

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
Men’s Open	Conor McElduff	Hans Wassenaar
Women’s Open	Terry Pi	Hendrieke Van Der Schoot
Men’s B	Luke Stradwick	Colm Grace
Men’s Beginners	Cameron Low	Àrchie McCreath
Women’s Beginners	Michelle McCoy	Martina Nugent
Over 40s	Michael English	Barrie McCoy
Men’s Open Doubles	Van Der Schoot/Tristao	Wassenaar/Steenstra
Women’s Open Doubles	Van Der Schoot/Zeinstra	Clement/Potiez
Men’s B Doubles	English/McElvanney	Arnold/Price
Women’s B Doubles	Mathias/Zhang	Havern/McCoy
Beginners Doubles	Low/McCreath	O’Sullivan/Roche
Over 40s Doubles	McCoy/O’Sullivan	Millar/Pringle

Reference: [5][6]

Euro1Wall Italian Open 2019

Alica Club, Palermo, 9-10 March 2019

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
Men’s Open	Simeon Van Stalle	Luke Thompson (UK)
Women’s Open	Miranda Scheffer	Harmke Siegersma (Ned)
Men’s B	Pepito	Jeimer Siegersma
Over 40s	Sebastien Potiez	Pedro Rivera
Men’s Open Doubles	Van Stalle/Clement	Grant/Thompson
Women’s Open Doubles	Siegersma/Scheffer	Potiez/Clement
B Doubles	Rinaldi/Battaglino	Stradwick/Grace
Over 40s Doubles	Miller/O’Sullivan	Rivera/Piersma

Reference: [7]

References:

Websites:

[1] Open One Wall Tavernes Blanques | Fecebook (2018) GUANYADOR/ES – WINNERS 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/notes/open-one-wall-tavernes-blanques/guanyadores-winners-2018/877896395748067/ [Accessed 3 May 2019]

[2] European Wallball Tour (2018) Belgian Open 2019 – Report [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/belgian-open-2019-report/ [Accessed 4 May 2019]

[3] European 1-Wall Tour | Facebook (2019) Post, November 4, 2018: “ Winners of the Belgium Open 2018 Singles competition “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Euro1Wall/posts/1526164094194078:0 [Accessed 3 May 2019]

[4] Tiedema Dutch Open (2019) Winnaars [Internet] Available from: https://www.toernooi.nl/sport/winners.aspx?id=55C1D599-7AC0-4FEA-98DC-C91AFC006EB7 [Accessed 3 May 2019]

[5] European 1-Wall Tour | Facebook (2019) Post, February 24, 2019: “UK Open 2019 Singles Winners “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Euro1Wall/posts/1620695071407646 [Accessed 3 May 2019]

[6] European 1-Wall Tour | Facebook (2019) Post, February 24, 2019: “ UK Open 2019 Doubles Winners “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Euro1Wall/posts/1620694904740996 [Accessed 3 May 2019]

[7] European 1-Wall Tour | Facebook (2019) Post, March 11. 2019: “A round up of our Italian Open champs! “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Euro1Wall/posts/1631523596991460 [Accessed 3 May 2019]

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August 2, 2019

GAA Handball Wicklow Arklow HC Club Novice Competition 1991

Results, 12-16 June 1991

Winner		Runner-Up	Score
1st Round
Eddie Kavanagh	bt.	Brendan Hogan
Ned Kealy	bt.	Pat O’Donnell
Gerry Kearns	bt.	John Earls
2nd Round
Michael Pearson	bt.	Mark Earls
Tommy Hyland	bt.	Larry Byrne
Ned Kealy	bt.	Gery Kearns
Semi-Finals
Ned Kealy	bt.	Tommy Hyland
Michael Pearson	bt.	Eddie Kavanagh
Final
Ned Kealy	bt.	Michael Pearson

References

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Sources

[1] Anon. (1991) “Kealy is Handball winner” Bray People. Friday., June 21 1991. Pg. 33

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