CLARE HAD MIXED fortunes during the past week in adult handball.
There was success on the double in Ballina on Wednesday evening when Leah Minogue of Tuamgraney won the Munster Ladies Junior Final and Mike Baker of Kilkishen won the Silver Men’s Master’s B final.
Leah defeated Aisling Shanahan of Limerick in two games 21-7, 21-3 and Mike defeated Mike Curtin of Limerick also in two games 21-14, 21-2. Both will go on the represent their clubs, county and province in the All-Ireland Championship with semi-finals against northern opposition in the coming weeks.
Mike Kelly of Newmarket-on-Fergus did not have the same fortune losing in two games to Billy Mullins of Tipperary in the Ruby Master’s Final.
Juvenile action took place in Hospital on Saturday and Clare had Jack Cahill (Clooney/Quin) and Daniel Madden (Tuamgraney) pair up in the U13 doubles and after three games they just came out on top over the Cork favourites Jack Hennessy and Sean Dee.
This coming week will see girls action on Saturday in Broadford Limerick where Chloe Hannon and Juilet Moroney of Kilkishen will play the U13 doubles final against Erin Neville and Chloe O’Brien of Tipperary.
Claire Minogue (Tuamgraney) will play the U15 singles final against Maggie Quirke of Kerry. Toonagh pair of Aoife Cummins and Isabelle McInerney play the U16 doubles final against Clodagh Shinnors and Kaite Mulcahy of Tipperary.
Sunday sees the boys in action with Sean Considine of Clooney/Quin in the semi-final of U14 singles against Will Egan of Cork. The winner of this tie will play the final that day also against the winner of Waterford v Tipperary. Sean Daly (Tuamgraney) and Cillian Cummins (Toonagh) pair up for U14 doubles and also play Cork pair of Zach Daly and Michael Enright in a semi-final with winners playing final also that day against either Waterford or Tipperary.
Donnacha Mahon of Clooney/Quin will play U15 singles final against Jack Murphy of Cork, while Cathal Noonan (Toonagh) and Luke Madden (Tuamgraney) play the U15 doubles final against Cork’s Ciaran O’Donovan and Calum Funnell.
Toonagh’s Daniel Guinnane plays the U16 singles final against Cork’s Ryan Linehan and his club mate Christian Cummins plays the U17 singles against Tipperary’s Rocky Reilly Jnr.
It will be a long weekend of action in the big alley games. Adult Doubles also starts with Glenn Murray (Newmarket-on-Fergus) and Barry McMahon (Kilkishen) playing the Junior B quarter final in Tuamgraney against Limerick pair of Adam Crowe and Ian O’Brien.
Leah Minogue will also have a fixture in the Intermediate Ladies All-Ireland.
