Monday, 03rd Oct 2016
Last weekend was a very busy weekend with the 60x30 Adult Doubles Finals being played in ten venues throughout the country. GAA Handball would like to thank all these clubs for hosting these games and their hospitality. Kilkenny and Tipperary came away with the most titles won, claiming four a piece. Clare, Limerick and Wexford claimed two each, while in all there were twelve counties who returned home with gold medals.
Congratulations to all the winners and commiserations to the runners up. Full list of winners are as follows.
- LMD Kilkenny (Aoife Holden/Ailis O'Shea) dft Roscommon (Fiona Tully/Jennifer McCormack) 12-12, 21-20, 21-20
- LJBD Clare (Louise Hayes/Ella Donnellan) dft Galway (Roisin Ni Conghaile/Eimear Ni Bhiadh) 20-21, 21-14, 21-2
- LJD Limerick (Katie McCarthy/Siobhan Lehane) dft Galway (Janet Connaughton/Karen Finnegan) 20-21, 21-3, 21-9
- LID Kilkenny (Clare Love/Rachel Hogan) dft Roscommon (Siobhan Tully/Laura Mannion) 21-0, 21-12
- U21D Tipperary (Daniel Hayes/Padraig O’Donoghue) dft Tyrone (Ryan Mullan/Pauric Mullan) 21-7, 21-13
- JBD Dublin (Cian O’Dalaigh/Rob Farrelly) dft Sligo (Jason Earlis/Stanley Harte) 21-9, 21-6
- JD Limerick (JP O’Connor/Mike O’Toole) dft Galway (Declan Connaughton/Kevin Craddock) 21-5, 21-18
- ID Cavan (James Brady/Paul Brady) dft Kilkenny (William & Daniel Love) 21-6, 21-13
- O35AD Kerry (Dominick Lynch/John Joe Quirke) dft Mayo (Vinnie Moran/Paul Flynn) 21-4, 21-11
- O35BDTipperary (John Ferncombe/Denis White) dft Galway (Trevor Hannon/Bernie McDonagh) 21-3, 21-6
- MAD Tipperary (Paul Mullins/Eddie Farrell) dft Mayo (Jason Judge/Martin Vahey) 21-2, 21-5
- MBD Clare (Tom Kirby/Fergal Coughlan) dft Tyrone (Chris Curran/Stephen Conway) 21-5, 21-11
- SMAD Meath (John Leahy/Tom Sheridan) dft Mayo (Tom Sweeney/Joe Dowling) 21-7, 21-7
- SMBD Wexford (Damien Kelly/John Roche) dft Mayo (Michael Ginley/Seamus Grier) 19-21, 21-7, 21-13
- GMAD Sligo (Martin Cooney/Francis McCann) dft Tipperary (Paul McGrath/John O’Donoghue) 21-8, 21-8
- GMBD Wexford (Mick Carty/Frank Maddock) dft Cavan (Brendan Gargan/Phill Reilly) 20-21, 21-11, 21-15
- EMAD Kilkenny (Johnny Brennan/Joe Hennessy) dft Galway (Jimmy Connaughton/Martin Ward) 21-12, 21-7
- EMBD Kilkenny (Billy Love/Ned Lawlor) dft Sligo (Peter Chambers/Michael Murphy) 21-2, 21-17
- DMAD Tipperary (Billy Mullins/Pakie Mullins) dft Mayo (Kevin Geraghty/Pat Hopkins) 21-4, 21-6
- DMBD Mayo (Columba Holleran/Mike Munnelly) dft Wexford (Miley Byrne/John Bail) 21-12, 21-15
- RMD Kildare (Anthony Campbell/Dermot Howard) dft Mayo (Matt Coady/Seamus Clarke) 21-9, 21-5