The cream of Ireland’s 60x30 Juvenile players converged on Ballina and Lahorna today to battle it out for the 2018 Myclubshop.ie All Ireland Finals in the Softball code. Twelve counties in all competed with Kilkenny topping the medals table with FOUR titles. Tipperary took home 3, Cork, Galway & Tyrone took 2 each while Limerick, Mayo and Waterford all taking one title back to their respective counties to complete a very successful weekend of Handball.
The game of the day was the Boys U16 Singles Final with Kilkenny’s Kyle Dunne just edging Monaghan's Eoghan McGinnity in a high quality match. Dunne took the first 21-17 and led 20-16 in the second before McGinnity produced a brilliant comeback to take the second 21-20 to the large crowed delight. The tie-break was also very tight with them level on no fewer than four times but Dunne won the important last couple of points to take the match 11-9. The Girls equivalent, was also won by Kilkenny when Roisin O’Keeffe had a two game victory over Clare’s Chloe Philpott.
Kilkenny also claimed gold in the Girls U14 Singles as Amy Brennan defeating Tyrone Clodagh Munroe in two games, whilst Galway's Mikey Kelly was an impressive winner of the Boys U14 Singles when he overcame Monaghan’s Sean Callan.
Congratulations to all the players, parents, coaches, referees and sincere thanks to the host clubs of Lahorna and Ballina for their hospitable and to all that travelled for these 60x30 Juvenile Softball Finals 2018.
GAA Handball 60x30 All Ireland Juvenile Finals - Results
- GU14S Kilkenny (Amy Brennan) dft Tyrone (Clodagh Munroe) 15-5, 15-6
- GU14D Tyrone (Cloda McNamee/Meabh McCrystall) dft Wexford (Ellie Murphy O’Gorman/Rachel Goff) 15-2, 15-4
- GU15S Galway (Sadhbh Ní Fhlaithearta) dft Monaghan (Louise McGinnity) 15-4, 15-4
- GU15D Tipperary (Anna Mulcahy/Áine Spain) dft Kilkenny (Lauren Power/Nathania Jackson) 15-2, 12-15, 15-6
- GU16S Kilkenny (Roisin O’Keeffe) dft Clare (Chloe Philpott) 21-14, 21-0
- GU16D Tipperary (Isabel Farnan/Siobhán Prentice) dft Kilkenny (Aine Duggan/Doireann Knox) 21-4, 21-5
- GU17S Limerick (Aisling Shanahan) dft Meath (Emily Sheridan Fox) 21-17, 21-20
- GU17D Mayo (Cuileann Bourke/Claire Reynolds) dft Limerick (Ciara McCarthy/Keri Murphy) 21-4, 21-3
- BU14S Galway (Mikey Kelly) dft Monaghan (Sean Callan) 15-0, 15-0
- BU14D Kilkenny (Kyle Jordan/Sean O’Keeffe) dft Waterford (Charlie Treen/Sean Callaghan) 15-5, 14-15, 15-13
- BU15S Tyrone (Jack Darcy) dft Wexford (Tommy Connors) 10-15, 15-5, 15-12
- BU15D Cork (Cathal Ducey/Evan Enright) dft Wexford (Conor Murphy/Ross Arnold) 15-3, 15-0
- BU16S Kilkenny (Kyle Dunne) dft Monaghan (Eoghan McGinnity) 21-17, 20-21, 11-9
- BU16D Tipperary (Cormac Doheny/Rory Grace) dft Mayo (Lorcan Conlon/Bobby Reilly) 21-14, 21-9
- BU17S Waterford (Michael Kiely) dft Kilkenny (Eoin O’Brien) 21-11, 21-12
- BU17D Cork (Colin Healy/Luke Barrett) dft Kilkenny (James Love/Tom Carroll) 21-14, 21-9