Clare creates handball history winning both minor All-Ireland titles
CLARE CREATED handball history by claiming both the mens and ladies Al-Ireland minor titles last weekend.
CLARE CREATED handball history by claiming both the mens and ladies Al-Ireland minor titles last weekend.
Clare’s Golden Girls – 5 All-Ireland Medals, L-R Ava McInerney, Elaine Littleton, Sinead Doyle, Orlaith Flanagan, Samantha Vaughan Tuamgraney handballer and Scariff native Diarmuid Nash is one step away from being crowned All-Ireland senior singles handball champion.
IN AN all-Clare Munster ladies junior singles championship final at the weekend Chloe Philpott overcame Orla O’Brien in a game that went the full distance.
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SCARIFF’s continuous upward development graph has been a prime example of the benefits of a strong underage conveyor belt.
DIARMAID NASH of Tuamgraney is to feature in a new TG4 documentary.
TWO gold medals, one singles and one doubles and five sliver, (1 singles and 2 sets of doubles) have come to Clre this week from the 2024 World handball championships being hosted in Leinster venues in this, the Centenary year of GAA handball.
*Keelan Hartigan of Scariff. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AFTER an impressive run which saw them reach the semi-final last year, Scariff go into this season’s senior championship hoping that the experience they gained will benefit the club as they seek to end a seventy one year wait for senior honours.
*Darren O’Neill There was disappointment for both Diarmaid Nash and Caitriona Millane in the All-Ireland senior singles handball championships last weekend.
*Leah Minoge and Amber Nolan. Favourites Diarmaid Nash and Colin Crehan were pipped in a tie breaker in the All-Ireland senior doubles handball final in Croke Park on Saturday evening.
Clare’s senior doubles handball pairing of Diarmaid Nash and Colin Crehan are just one step away from being crowned All-Ireland senior doubles champions.