Dublin's Eoin Kennedy & Cork's Catriona Casey have claimed the 2017 60x30 Nationals titles after an absorbing weekend in Wexford.
Kennedy entered the weekend as top seed and looked every inch the 9 time All-Ireland Singles champion he is, comfortably seeing off the challenges of Michael Gregan, Paudi Quish & David Hope en route to the final. There he met home favourite Gavin Buggy, who himself justified his #2 seeding by completing three excellent wins that looked very tricky on paper, en route to the final. Having defeated Martin Mulkerrins in the opener, Buggy emerged from two tiebreak wins over CJ Fitzpatrick & Brian Carroll, the latter being an 11-10 epic in the SF.
That marathon of a SF didn't do Buggy any favours, as a mere hour and a half afterwards he had to step onto the court with Kennedy, who sealed a 15-8, 15-3 win. In his victory speech, Kennedy acknowledged the success of the event and in particular praised the Wexford Handball community for coming out in force to support the event.
Preceding this final was the Ladies Open Final, a repeat of last years All-Ireland Final between Catriona Casey & Martina McMahon. McMahon looked set to repeat her All-Ireland win last September when she stormed to a 15-6 first game win, before Casey turned the game on its head with second game 15-6 win. The game was again turned on its head in the tiebreak as McMahon raced into a 9-5 lead, but from no where Casey went on a run and claimed the title in gripping fashion 11-10 to retain her title.
See below for full list of results across all grades.