The way is clear for the finals of the juvenile A handball competitions, all of which will take place this Bank holiday weekend
The girls U15 Cup final will start proceedings with Jane Hogan (Kilkishen) and Saoirse O’Brien(Tuamgraney) playing in Tulla on Saturday evening, at 6pm.
The winners will represent the county in either singles or doubles in the Munster Championships with beaten finalist and a selection from semi-final losers also representing the county.
The remaining finals will take place in Clarecastle on Monday from 12 noon with both courts in action.
The final pairings are
U12 A Boys Shield; Ruairi Mahon (Clooney-Quin) v Jack Kirby(Newmarket)
U12 Boys Cup–Cian Donovan (Kilkishen) v Jack McMahon (Clooney-Quin)
U12 Girls Cup–Annalise Hogan (Kilkishen) v Saoirse Frost(Kilkishen)
U14 A Boys Shield –Cillian Howard (Tuamgraney) v Patrick Sweeney (Clarecastle)
U14 A Boys Cup–Walter Moroney (Kilkishen) v Daniel Madden (Tuamgraney)
U14 Girls Cup–Sinead Doyle (Tuamgraney) v Tracy Tuohy (Kilkishen)
U16 A Boys Shield–Cillian Cumins(Toonagh) v Donnach Lenihan(Kilkishen)
U16 A Boys Cup–Sean Considine(Clooney-Quin) v Eoin Shanahan(Kilkishen)
U16 Girls Cup–Tara Lucas (Toonagh) v Ellie Frost (Kilkishen)
U13 Boys Shield–Ethan Collins (Kilkishen) v Jack Sheedy(Tuamgraney)
U13 Boys Cup –Iarla Kelleher(Tuamgraney) v Eliah Kenny (Newmarket)
U13 Girls Shield–Anna Brooks(Clooney-Quin) v Holly Farmer (Clarecastle)
U13 Girls Cup–Anna Madden(Tuamgraney) v Samantha Vaughan(Toonagh)
U15 A Boys Shield –Sean McGee (Clooney-Quin) v Cathal Ryan (Clooney-Quin)
U15 A Boys Cup–Charlie Collins (Tuamgraney) v Conor Littleton(Tulla)
U17 A Boys Shield–Finn McConellogue(Tulla) v Dermot O’Halloran(Clooney-Quin)
U17 A Boys Cup–Paddy Sweeney(Clarecastle) v Cathal Noonan(- Toonagh)
U16 Girls Shield–Chloe Hannon (Kilkishen) (Winner)
U14 Girls Shield (Date TBC)–Ali Donnelly(Clarecastle) v Ava McInerney(Toonagh);
Gael Linn
Tuamgraney (Iarla Kelleher and Anna Madden) and Killkishen (Darragh Donovan and Erin Kennedy) will represent the county in Munster Gael Linn to be played in Cork on this Saturday. They won their way to the Clare final with wins over Toonagh (Jack Casey and Orlaith Flannagan) and Clooney-Quin (Ben Fahy and Anna Brooks. Tuamgraney then won the final and will go out as Clare A.
Southern Classic
This ranking tournament fell foul to the aftermath of Storm Eowyn at the weekend. With alleys and homes without power and road conditions remaining dangerous the tournament was postponed. It will now take place for Juvenile boys doubles on this Saturday February 1 in Cork.
The inaugural competition for boys doubles will see Clare represented in U14 doubles by Daniel Madden and Walter Moroney and in U16 doubles by Sean Considine and Eoin Shanahan, Jack Cahill and Conor Littleton
The Ladies and Masters doubles will take place Saturday February 8 with Shane Walsh and Mike Baker in the Masters, Chloe Philpott Sarah Walsh in Ladies. The Elite men’s event will take place over the weekend of February 7-9 with Diarmaid Nash and Sean Coughlan
playing.
