A host of venues played host to the various grades of the 60x30 Adult Doubles finals at the weekend as the titles for 2018 were decided. In total 15 counties contested finals with 11 taking home gold medals. Tipperary was the form county of the weekend taking home four titles while Kilkenny and Wexford were next in line with three each followed by Galway and Kildare on two titles apiece while Cavan, Limerick, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly and Sligo all shared one title each.
Tipperary’s successes came in the Ladies Junior Doubles were Sinead Meagher and Laura Shinners overcame Dublin’s Meadhbh Ní Dhálaigh and Lisa McKenna over two games. The game of the weekend had to be the Masters A Doubles Final with Tipperary’s Paul Mullins and Eddie Farrell coming back from losing the first 17-21 against Wexford’s Gavin Buggy and John Roche, they took the second 21-17 but trailed 12-19 in the third before they rallied and took the tie-break 21-19 to the delight of the Tipperary supporters. Their other wins came in the SMAD and RMD.
The U21 Doubles was won by Galway’s Diarmuid Mulkerrins and Cian Ó Conghaille as they accounted for Kilkenny’s Dylan Caulfield and Padraig Cooney. Cavan’s Paul Fitzpatrick and Cormac McMahon went one better than last year as they took the Junior Doubles title with victory over Tipperary’s John Ferncombe and Sean Maher.
In the Over 35's A final Offaly’s David Hope and Noel Murphy had a good two game triumph over Mayo’s Joe McCann and Joe Dowling.
GAA Handball would like to thank all the host clubs, referees and officials who enabled a large programme of finals to take place around the country. Full list of winners are listed below.
Myclubshop.ie All Ireland 60x30 Championships Weekend 2 (Doubles) Results
- MD Kilkenny (Billy O'Neill/Ciaran Cooney) dft Cork (Conor Walsh/Cian O’Driscoll) 21-11, 10-21, 21-10
- U21D Galway (Diarmuid Mulkerrins/Cian Ó Conghaille) dft Kilkenny (Dylan Caulfield/Padraig Cooney) 21-17, 21-12
- JBD Kildare (Myles Carroll/Jamie Balfe) dft Cork (David Walsh/John Hurley) 21-10, 21-12
- JD Cavan (Paul Fitzpatrick/Cormac McMahon) dft Tipperary (John Ferncombe/Sean Maher) 21-17, 21-9
- O35AD Offaly (David Hope/Noel Murphy) dft Mayo (Joe McCann/Joe Dowling) 21-18, 21-8
- O35BD Wexford (Paddy Haughton/Matthew Hynes) dft Cork (Donnacha O’Dea/Philip O’Carroll) 21-19, 21-12
- MAD Tipperary (Paul Mullins/Eddie Farrell) dft Wexford (Gavin Buggy/John Roche) 17-21, 21-17, 21-19
- MBD Limerick (Patrick Frawley/Burt Henley) dft Kilkenny (John Morrissey/William Murphy) 15-21, 21-15, 21-15
- SMAD Tipperary (David Moloney/John O’Donoghue) dft Dublin (Connor Maxwell/Mick O’Donnell) 21-15, 21-8
- SMBD Monaghan (Michael Clerkin/John McGeough) dft Mayo (Seamus Grier/Kevin Cox) 18-21, 21-20, 21-13
- GMAD Meath (Tom Sheridan/John Leahy) dft Tipperary (Kevin Mullins/Adrian Johnson) 21-11, 21-12
- GMBD Wexford (Tommy Armstrong/Padraig Devereux) dft Tipperary (Brendan Ryan/Willie Burke) 21-14, 21-10
- EMAD Kilkenny (Philly Parsons/Eamonn Purcell) dft Cork (John Herlihy/John Hedigan) 21-16, 9-21, 21-17
- EMBD Galway (Willie Corcoran/Mike Shaughnessy) dft Wexford (Nicky Casey/Jimmy Mythen) 18-21, 21-7, 21-15
- DMAD Kilkenny (Johnny Brennan/Joe Hennessy) dft Tipperary (Billy Mullins/Pakie Mullins) 7-21, 21-14, 21-12
- DMBD Wexford (Miley Byrne/Aidan Sinnott) dft Mayo (Pat Hayes/Tom Prendergast) 21-9, 21-0
- RMD Tipperary (Paddy Collins/Jim Ryan) dft Dublin (Eugene Kennedy/Vinnie Farrelly) 2-21, 21-11, 21-19
- O70D Kildare (Anthony Campbell/Dermot Howard) dft Mayo (Matt Coady/Sean Ryder) 21-14, 21-0
- LJBD Sligo (Laura Finn/Sara Coleman) W/O Kilkenny (Margaret Purcell/Caoimhe O'Shea) inj.
- LJD Tipperary (Sinead Meagher/Laura Shinners) dft Dublin (Meadhbh Ní Dhálaigh/Lisa McKenna) 21-11, 21-5