BAWN HANDBALL
Bawn handball club wishes the best of luck to Eugene Mc Geough in his All Ireland 40×20 under 16s semi final this sat 24th in Tyrone . The club are holding a Have a go day this Fri from 6 to 8 pm in Bawn alley for all adults men and women who want to try Handball contact Eamon for details 0871236806. Good luck to our Gaa div1 team who take on Corduff in the county semi final this sat night. Also good luck to Terry Kiernan and Terry McElvaney in there all Ireland finals this Sunday.
TYDAVNET HANDBALL
ULSTER JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Sunday last in Scotstown, Monaghan and Tydavnet’s Conor Leonard played Tyrone’s Sean Kerr in the postponed Ulster U14 40×20 handball championship final. Conor got off to a great start and led 6-0 but Sean Kerr kept himself in contention with a few marks every time he got in to serve. After some great handball Conor was 14 – 11 ahead but missed a few chances to win the game and was beaten 15 – 14. In the second game, Conor really dug deep and after going behind 4 – 0, he used every shot in the book to eventually level the game 12 -12. It was at this stage that Kerr’s three walled serve really came into its own and he served three virtual aces to win himself his third Ulster title in a row. This was a very high standard of handball and there was really nothing between both players and we wish Sean Kerr good luck in the All-Ireland semi-final.
JUVENILE HANDBALL DOUBLES
Well done to the two Treanor twins, Ciaran and Kevin who won the county U16 handball doubles final by defeating N Flood and D McKenna from St Mellans. This was a great result and both these players have been playing very well all year.
JUVENILE CLUB LEAGUES
After the completion of the group one league it is now the turn of the group 2 and group 3 leagues. The semi-finals and final of group 3 was to be played on Tuesday night gone by with Conor McMahon v Killian Sherry and Ronan King v Liam McCague.
Then tonight (Thursday) the group 2 semi-finals and final for the Jack Murphy perpetual shield will take place between James Curley v Fintan Hackett and Conor Mohan v Adrian Grew.
HARPS HANDBALL
Best wishes to All-Ireland Under 21 Singles finalist Terry Mc Elvaney who takes on Kilkenny’s Patrick Funchion in Curraghboy, County Roscommon on Sunday at 2pm. The Harps player is in tremendous form at present although he is suffering from a bone bruise. Hopefully this will not affect his performance in the final.
We have six of our juvenile players involved on Saturday in Gort na Mona, Belfast, in the Ulster finals of the Cumann na mBunscol competition. Good luck to Caileán, Justas, Ryan, Eoghan, Jakub and Konrad. For the latter three players this is their first time to reach this stage of the competition. All have been putting in extra practice before Saturday.
Most of these players are also involved in the Community Games Ulster finals which will be held in Letterkenny in April.
MELLANS HANDBALL
Table Quiz. The Handball Committee would like to thank everybody who came down to support our table quiz last Friday night in St.Mellans, we all hope that all who came had an enjoyable night, we would like to thank Anna-Rose and Bridget for helping out with the food, all who donated spot prizes and all who helped out in any way on the night. Congratulations must go to the winners who by now must be known as the “Usual Suspects” in Brian, Dennis, Gerard and Niall, is there anyone out there who can stop these boys from doing 3 in row, the search starts here! .
All-Ireland Finals. Eamon Todd’s & Christopher Mc Kenna’s(PJ) All Ireland Doubles Final has fixed for the 31st of March in Mullingar Co. Westmeath where they face a Wexford pair in Darren O Toole & Malachy Whelan, if Christopher(D) and Terry are successful in their U21 Semi-final then they will also playing on the same bill in Mullingar against Kilkenny opposition, and fulfilling hopefully an all Monaghan bill Terry Keirnan & James Gavaghan will be playing there in the Junior Doubles, games are marked to start at 1pm, so good luck to all involved, all the boys hope as many people as possible could travel down to support them.
All Ireland U21 Doubles Semi-Final. Christopher Mc Kenna(D) & Terry Mc Elvaney (Harps) have played their re-arranged All Ireland U21 Doubles Semi-final against Roscommon players Cian Connolly & Darren Beattie in Roscommon Tuesday past(20th March), report next week.
Adult County Doubles Championships. We have several sets of player’s which have made county doubles finals, in the Nov4 Frank Mc Kenna & Damien Mc Clave, and in Nov3 Kevin Treanor & Patrick Mc Kenna are there and this could see Frank in No3 and Patrick in Nov3 claiming both titles singles and doubles, still all Finals TBC. Good luck to all involved.
GAA Team. Congratulations to our GAA B Team after they won the “B” final in Tydavnet Wednesday night past (14th March) against Bawn B, first into the alley was Frank in the singles which proved to be a good tactical switch as he won 21-14, 21-13, next in was the doubles of Declan Mc Kenna(O) & Pat Mc Quaid and they won 21-13,21-9, and finally Gabriel Mc Aree won his singles 21-18, 21-16, well done to all who played on the night and also to Joe Kelly, Damien Mc Clave & Darren Todd who had played on the team on previous nights, well done everyone.
Juvenile Club Leagues. We had two remaining juvenile league finals, the Tipperary League final between Cian Maguire and Ronan Boyle was played on Wednesday week past, in which Cian came out victorious in a 3 game thriller 15-7 13-15 15-12, Cian dispatched some revenge as Ronan had won their previous league match 2-0, all in attendance said this was a cracker and hopefully future county champions were on display. The Kerry League final between Aaron Mohan and Ryan Mohan should be played this week results will be in next week. Photos of all finalists will be published over the next few weeks along with the notes so keep an eye out for your picture. As all coaches have brought down the curtain on the juvenile club season we ask that during the summer months for all juveniles to try to keep playing a little bit of handball as this would stand to them greatly for next years season when it begins, remember parents if there are any wet evenings (of which I am sure there will be) send them down to the alleys.
Community Games. Good luck to our U15 team who now start playing in the Ulster round of games shortly.
Feile Na Gael. We have entered a 6-man team into Feile na Gael and will begin training with these boys shortly to keep them in shape as the competition approaches.
Adult Club Championships. The adult club singles and doubles finals hope to be played this weekend coming the Gola Furniture, High House, Coalisland Fireplaces and Silverhill Foods competitions, all involved will be text as to all final arrangements.
Prize Draw. We will be approaching club members if they would be interested in buying a ticket for the handball council, there are some brilliant prizes for the individuals and also for the club, all will be explained before purchasing.
By michael Tue 20th Mar
