Nine counties come home from Kingscourt tonight with All-Ireland Juvenile titles after another successful days Handball.
The first game of the today was a tiebreak battle as young Galway girl Niamh Heffernan took the first, and pushed Armagh's Dearbhla Coleman all the way before the Clann Eireann girl won 15-11 in the third to seal the GU14 Singles. The BU14 Singles won was by Tyrone's Lorcan McBride after a very assured performance from the Carrickmore club man saw him defeat Cork's Cian O'Driscoll 15-11, 15-2.
Kildare duo Mollie Dagg/Jade Treacy sealed the GU14D with a dominant 15-4 first game win over Mayo's Megan Brett/Cuileann Bourke, before the Mayo girls made a real go of the second, falling 15-13. The BU14D went to Tipperary's Matthew Spain/Sean Hayes who saw off the tough challenge of Wexford's Josh McMahon/Cian Kehoe 15-14, 15-14 in arguably the game of the day.
Inis Mor man Peter Donohue produced a powerful performance to defeat Tyrone's Cormac Munroe 21-6, 21-10 to claim the U14 Singles crown, which added to his 2014 13&U Junior Nationals title. Tipperary's talented Sinead Meagher then claimed the GU16 Singles title with a tough 21-13, 21-14 over Armagh's Megan McCann.
Mayo's Maggie Byrne & Dayna Finn were very impressive as they won the GU16 Doubles final, defeating Sorcha Delany & Margaret Purcell 21-1, 21-7. Cork's sole win of the day came in the BU16 Doubles as the talented duo of Tadgh O'Neill & David Walsh sealed victory with a 21-9, 21-19 win over Tyrone's Turlough Clarke & Darragh Canavan.
Titles by County: Tyrone (3), Armagh (2), Kildare (2), Tipperary (2), Limerick (2), Mayo (2), Galway (1), Clare (1), Cork (1)
- GU14 Singles Armagh (Dearbhla Coleman) dft Galway (Niamh Heffernan) 11-15, 15-8, 15-11
- GU14 Doubles Kildare (Molly Dagg/Jade Tracey) dft Mayo (Cuileann Bourke/Megan Brett) 15-4, 15-13
- GU15 Singles Limerick (Caitriona Millane) dft Tyrone (Michaela McCartan) 15-10, 15-14
- GU15 Doubles Armagh (Beth Doris/Meabh McCambridge) dft Tipperary (Eleanor Percy/Eimear Meagher) 15-8, 15-2
- GU16 Singles Tipperary (Sinead Meagher) dft Armagh (Megan McCann) 21-13, 21-14
- GU16 Doubles Mayo (Maggie Byrne/Dayna Finn) dft Kilkenny (Sorcha Delaney/Mgt Purcell) 21-1, 21-7
- GU17 Singles Limerick (Clodagh Neville) dft Wicklow (Ciara Jordan) 21-13, 18-21, 11-3
- GU17 Doubles Mayo (Karen & Emma Cosgrove) w/o Laois (Avril Deegan & Emily McGuigan)
- BU14 Singles Tyrone (Lorcan McBride) dft Cork (Cian O’Driscoll) 15-11, 15-2
- BU14 Doubles Tipperary (Matthew Spain/Sean Hayes) dft Wexford (Josh McMahon/Cian Kehoe) 15-14, 15-14
- BU15 Singles Tyrone (Antoin Fox) dft Kerry (Dara Keane) 15-1, 15-2
- BU15 Doubles Tyrone (Ronan Curran/Shane Grimes) dft Tipperary (Daragh Madden/Delvin Courtney) 15-7, 15-9
- BU16 Singles Galway (Peter Ó Donnacha) dft Tyrone (Cormac Munroe) 21-6, 21-10
- BU16 Doubles Cork (David Walsh/Tadgh O’Neill) dft Tyrone (Turlough Clarke/Darragh Canavan) 21-9, 21-19
- BU17 Singles Kildare (Sean Muddiman) dft Tipperary (Aidan O’Flaherty) 21-15, 21-9
- BU17 Doubles Clare (Jack Hayes/Barry Loughnane) dft Kilkenny (Mark Purcell/Dion Burke) 21-15, 19-21, 11-8