Munster duo Catriona Casey (Cork) & Paudi Quish (Limerick) have won today's Ladies & Mens Open Wall-Ball Championship titles today in Mount Talbot, Roscommon.
Casey responded from a 15-10 opening game defeat against Nationals champion Lorraine Havern (Down), to take the next two games 15-6, 11-2 in an impressive showing, having earlier defeated Laois' Niamh Dunne.
Quish then took the Men's honours defeating Tyrone teenager Sean Kerr in two close games, 15-10, 15-11, having received a w/o in his SF. Kerr, a late sub into these Championships, survived a battle with Mayo's Niall Joyce in the SF, emerging victorious 11-9 in the tiebreak.
Results:
Mens Open
SF Tyrone (Sean Kerr) dft Mayo (Niall Joyce) 15-8, 7-15, 11-9
SF Limerick (Padraig Quish) W/O Wexford (Daniel Kavanagh) scr.
Final Limerick (Padraig Quish) dft Tyrone (Sean Kerr) 15-10, 15-11
Ladies Open
SF Down (Lorraine Havern) dft Roscommon (Fiona Tully) 15-5, 15-0
SF Cork (Catriona Casey) dft Laois (Niamh Dunne) 15-1, 15-5
Final Cork (Catriona Casey) dft Down (Lorraine Havern) 11-15, 15-6, 11-2
Mens B
SF Tyrone (Patrick McCrory) dft Galway (Seamus Conneely) 15-3, 15-7
SF Carlow (Kevin Barrett) dft Limerick (Ben Walsh) 15-11, 15-7
Final Tyrone (Patrick McCrory) dft Carlow (Kevin Barrett) 15-13, 15-1
Ladies B
SF Kilkenny (Deirdre Purcell) Bye
SF Galway (Eimear Ní Bhiada) W/O Donegal (Avril McNamee) scr.
Final Galway (Eimear Ní Bhiada) dft Kilkenny (Deirdre Purcell) 15-9, 15-4
Mens C
SF Down (Barry McCoy) dft Roscommon (Liam O’Ceallaigh) 15-1, 14-15, 11-7
SF Offaly (Cathal McNamee) dft Cork (Hugh Carolan) 15-10, 13-15, 11-10
Final Down (Barry McCoy) dft Offaly (Cathal McNamee) 8-15, 15-2, 11-1
Ladies C
SF Kildare (Ellen O’Connor) dft Cork (Brid Horgan) 15-4, 15-9
SF Galway (Aine Ni Dhroighnain) W/O Tyrone (Aideen Curran) scr.
Final Kildare (Ellen O’Connor) dft Galway (Aine Ni Dhroighnain) 15-6, 15-5
Masters
SF Tyrone (Niall Kerr) W/O Galway (Mike Dillon) inj.
SF Cork (John Herlihy) W/O Carlow (Ollie Ryan) inj.
Final Tyrone (Niall Kerr) dft Cork (John Herlihy) 14-15, 15-13, 11-0
Boys U17
SF Galway (Diarmuid Mulkerrins) W/O Tyrone (Antoin Fox) scr.
SF Louth (Ben Devlin) W/O Tipperary (James Prentice) scr.
Final Galway (Diarmuid Mulkerrins) dft Louth (Ben Devlin) 15-8, 12-15, 11-0
Girls U17
SF Armagh (Megan McCann) dft Sligo (Laura Finn) 15-1, 15-5
SF Kildare (Leah Doyle) dft Clare (Aoife Floyd) 15-7, 15-0
Final Kildare (Leah Doyle) dft Armagh (Megan McCann) 8-15, 15-14, 11-4
Boys U15
SF Galway (Jason O’Tuathail) W/O Tyrone (Dara Curran) scr.
SF Cork (Anthony O’Connell) dft Kilkenny (Jack Holden) 15-10, 15-8
Final Galway (Jason O’Tuathail) dft Cork (Anthony O’Connell) 15-7, 15-8
Girls U15
SF Galway (Niamh Heffernan) dft Tyrone (Caitlin Conway) 15-4, 15-9
SF Kilkenny (Mary Ellen Phelan) W/O Clare (Amber Nolan) No Show
Final Galway (Niamh Heffernan) dft Kilkenny (Mary Ellen Phelan) 15-9, 15-3