A host of venues played host to the various grades of the 60x30 Adult Singles finals at the weekend as the titles for 2017 were decided. In total 19 counties contested finals with 12 taking home gold medals. Tipperary were the form county of the weekend taking home four titles while Kilkenny were next in line with three followed by Carlow, Kildare and Wexford on two titles apiece while Dublin, Kerry, Limerick, Offaly, Sligo, Wicklow and Westmeath all shared one title each.
There was an eye catching win for Kildare’s Leah Doyle in the Ladies Minor Singles over Clare’s Catriona Millane while Kilkenny’s Aoife Holden had a tight three game win against Fiona Tully of Roscommon in the Ladies Intermediate grade.
Jack O’Shea from Kerry took the Junior Singles title with victory over Carlow's Daniel Fenlon while Kilkenny’s Brian Mahon secured the U21 title defeating Tyrone's Ryan Mullan. In the Over 35's A final Offaly’s David Hope overcame Kerry’s Dominick Lynch while in the Masters A decider Tipperary’s David Moloney had a good 2 games win over Wexford's Gavin Buggy.
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.
- U21S Kilkenny (Brian Mahon) dft Tyrone (Ryan Mullan) 21-12, 21-9
- JBS Wicklow (Chris Doyle) dft Cork (Shane Flynn) 21-7, 21-6
- JS Kerry (Jack O’Shea) dft Carlow (Daniel Fenlon) 21-19, 8-21, 21-13
- O35AS Offaly (David Hope) dft Kerry (Dominick Lynch) 21-11, 8-21, 21-12
- O35BS Tipperary (Kevin Dempsey) dft Wexford (Noel Holohan) 21-19, 21-9
- MAS Tipperary (David Moloney) dft Wexford (Gavin Buggy) 21-8, 21-18
- MBS Tipperary (Willie Cahill) dft Offaly (Conor O’Brien) 21-14, 10-21, 21-14
- SMAS Kilkenny (William Holden) dft Cavan (Jimmy McKeon) 21-5, 21-1
- SMBS Limerick (Pat Murphy) dft Meath (Michael Sheridan) 8-21, 21-20, 21-9
- GMAS Carlow (John Ryan) dft Cork (John Herlihy) 21-12, 21-13
- GMBS Kildare (Brendan Higginbotham) dft Tyrone (Kenny Curran) 21-5, 21-9
- EMAS Westmeath (Robbie McCarthy Snr) dft Cavan (Michael G Brady) 21-2, 21-4
- EMBS Wexford (Tom Byrne) dft Kerry (Pat Lacey) 21-2, 21-7
- DMAS Tipperary (Billy Mullins) dft Wexford (Tony Breen) 21-2, 21-10
- DMBS Sligo (Mick Murphy) dft Wexford (Brendan Murphy) 21-20, 21-11
- RMS Carlow (John Rossiter) dft Donegal (David Mulhern) 21-3, 21-9
- O70S Wexford (Jim Doyle) dft Cork (Pat O’Brien) 21-5, 21-2
- LMS Kildare (Leah Doyle) dft Clare (Catriona Millane) 21-2, 21-17
- LJBS Dublin (Meadhbh Ní Dhallaigh) dft Sligo (Aoife Quinn) 21-3, 21-1
- LIS Kilkenny (Aoife Holden) dft Roscommon (Fiona Tully) 17-21, 21-19, 21-13