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Mulkerrins edges inaugural Moycullen Open

Martin Mulkerrins is the winner of the first Moycullen Open, edging Diarmaid Nash in a thrilling final in front of a packed gallery on Sunday evening.

In the second National Ranking event of the season, both Men entered tied level on points, and showed in the final there is very little between them. Mulkerrins followed up an impressive SF win over Robbie McCarthy, taking the first game 15-10. But Nash responded in game two, winning 15-13 to forcing a tiebreak.

Mulkerrins had leads of 6-1 & 10-5 but was sweating after Nash closed him back to only 9-10. But Mulkerrins composed himself and sealed the win much to the joy of his large home support.

Both players are pictured with Tony Audley (Moycullen HC) & Pierce Lalor (Connacht Handball President).

In all it was an excellent weekend of Handball, packed with cracking contests. Next up on the Irish Ranking scene is the Gaffney Memorial in Ballaghaderreen in early January.

1st Round:

  • Ger Coonan dft Joe McCann 9-15, 15-6, 11-9
  • Sean Kerr dft Peter Donohue 15-9, 14-15, 11-1
  • Daniel Relihan dft Colin Corbett 13-15, 15-1, 11-5
  • Michael Hedigan dft Diarmuid Mulkerrins 15-10, 15-3
  • Conor McElduff dft Cian O’Conghaile 15-5, 15-3
  • Shane O’Neill dft Pat Conway 15-8, 15-13
  • Darragh Daly dft Seamus Conneely 15-6, 11-15, 11-10
  • Brian Carroll w/o Vinny Moran

Last 16:

  • Martin Mulkerrins dft Ger Coonan 15-0, 15-2
  • Sean Kerr dft Gavin Buggy 15-6, 15-10
  • Robbie McCarthy dft Michael Hedigan 15-4, 15-6
  • Daniel Relihan dft Paul Moran 15-9, 15-10
  • Michael Gregan dft Shane O’Neill 13-15, 15-4, 11-1
  • Conor McElduff dft Colin Crehan 15-12, 15-9
  • Darragh Daly dft Rikki O’Gara 15-11, 15-12
  • Diarmaid Nash dft Brian Carroll 15-6, 15-6

QF's:

  • Martin Mulkerrins dft Sean Kerr 15-5, 15-6
  • Robbie McCarthy dft Daniel Relihan 15-4, 15-3 
  • Michael Gregan dft Conor McElduff 15-10, 15-13
  • Diarmaid Nash dft Darragh Daly 15-0, 15-10

SF's:

  • Martin Mulkerrins dft Robbie McCarthy 15-11, 15-5
  • Diarmaid Nash dft Michael Gregan 15-5, 15-6

Final:

  • Martin Mulkerrins dft Diarmaid Nash 15-10, 13-15, 11-9

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9th Playoff:

  • Rd 16: Seamus Conneely dft Pat Conway 25-10
  • QF: Colin Crehan dft Seamus Conneely 25-5
  • QF: M.Hedigan w/o Rikki O'Gara
  • QF: Paul Moran dft Shane O'Neill 25-10
  • QF: Gavin Buggy dft Diarmuid Mulkerrins 25-14
  • SF 1: Colin Crehan dft Michael Hedigan 25-22
  • SF 2: Gavin Buggy dft Paul Moran 25-15
  • Final: Gavin Buggy dft Colin Crehan 25-24