Handball All-Ireland glory for Tipperary pairs
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Over 35 Doubles All-Ireland champions Joe Ryan & Niall Quinn are presented with their medals by GAA Handball President Conor McDonald.Image 2 of 5
Over 70 Doubles All-Ireland champions Billy Mullins & Pakie Mullins are presented with their medals by GAA Handball President Conor McDonald.Image 3 of 5
Munster Cumann na mBunscol Under 13 Doubles winners Jim O’Mahony & Tadhg Malone from Newport Boys NS are presented with their medals by Dave O’DonoghueImage 4 of 5
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PicasaIt was a great weekend for Tipperary Handball at the All-Ireland Championships in Croke Park.
On Saturday, the Mullins brothers, Pakie & Billy, contested the Over 70’s All-Ireland Final against the Connacht champions from Roscommon, Mickey Walsh & Martin Bruen.
In a close first game, the Tipperary men edged the first set 21/18 and made no mistake winning the second 21/4.
On Sunday in the Over 35 Doubles Final, Niall Quinn & Joe Ryan from Silvermines were up against Christopher McKenna & Matthew Gibbons from Monaghan.
After a very tough semi-final the week, before the Tipp boys were flying in the final and won the first set 21/14 and the second 21/11 to take the All-Ireland title.
Munster Championships: The Muster Singles Championships are in full swing in both the mens and ladies competitions.
In the Ladies Junior ‘B’, Christine Percy from Lahorna beat Ellen Collins from Clare; Ballina’s Karen Monaghan beat Emma Considine from Clare while Ballina’s Ann Marie Ryan was beaten by Limerick’s Aishling Shanahan.
In the Men’s Junior ‘B’, Lahorna’s John Casey was beaten by Tiernan Slattery from Clare. In the Masters ‘B’ Singles, Noel Moroney from Ballina was beaten by Shane Walsh from Clare.
In the Golden Masters ‘A’ Singles, John Kennedy from Silvermines beat Tom McDonagh from Cork.
Cumann na mBunscoil: Tipperary hosted the Cumann na mBunscoil Munster Finals in Nenagh & Dolla last weekend.
Girls U11 Singles - Ava Considine (Clarecastle N.S.) bt Lucia Neary (Ballina N.S.)
Girls U11 Doubles - E Lyons & A Davey (Kilkishen N.S) bt Kate O’Mahony & Eabha Malone (Newport N.S.)
Girls U13 Singles - Anna Madden (Scarriff N.S.) bt Lucy O’Connor (Liscarroll N.S.)
Girls U13 Doubles - Shauna Dennehy & Molly Philpott (Cullen N.S.) bt Ella Slattery & Ava Joyce (Ballina N.S.)
Boys U11 Singles - John Mhic Donnacha (Quin N.S.) Bt Daragh Dennehy (Cullen N.S.)
Boys U11 Doubles - Conor Nolan & Alfie Finn (Gaelscoil Carraig na Siuir) Bt Patrick Shally & T.J. McMahon (Quin N.S.)
Boys U13 Singles - Iarla Kelleher (Bodyke N.S.) bt Conall O’Connor (Cullen N.S.)
Boys U13 Doubles - Jim O’Mahony & Tadhg Malone (Newport N.S.) bt Gearoid Mac Donnacha & Jack McMahon (Quin N.S.)
The winners now go forward to the National finals in Croke Park on April 5th.
In the Munster Juvenile ‘B’, Liam White & Oran Farrell (Lahorna) beat Kerry in the semi-final, and Clare in the final.