A host of venues played host to various grades of 60x30 finals yesterday as the singles titles of 2016 were decided. Dublin were the form county of the weekend taking home four titles with Wexford and Tipperary next in line with three followed by Mayo and Roscommon on two titles apiece while Carlow, Laois, Tyrone, Westmeath, Clare and Limerick all took home one title each.
In total a total of 11 counties took home titles while there was eye catching wins for Roscommons Fiona Tully in the Ladies Minor Singles over Tipperary's Sinead Meagher while Limerick's Katie McCarthy only 24 hours after competing in the Ladies Senior Doubles Final took the Ladies Junior Singles title with victory over Galway's Janet Connaughton.
Keith Burke from Dublin took the Junior Singles title with victory over Cavan's Cormac McMahon while Wexford's Galen Riordan secured the U21 title defeating Tyrone's Ryan Mullan. In the Over 35's grade Wexford's Gavin Buggy accounted for Mayo's Vinny Moran while Tipperary's David Moloney received a walkover in the Masters final from Wexfords Tommy Hynes.
GAA Handball would like to thank all the host clubs and the referees and officials who enabled a large programme of finals to take place around the country. Full list of winners are below.
- U21S Wexford (Galen Riordan) dft Tyrone (Ryan Mullan) 21-14, 21-18
- JBS Dublin (Rob Farrelly) dft Sligo (Jason Earlis) 21-1, 21-7
- JS Dublin (Keith Burke) dft Cavan (Cormac McMahon) 21-8, 21-12
- O35AS Wexford (Gavin Buggy) dft Mayo (Vinnie Moran) 21-4, 21-6
- O35BS Tipperary (John Ferncombe) dft Galway (Trevor Hannon) 21-1, 21-4
- MAS Tipperary (David Moloney) W/O Wexford (Tommy Hynes) inj.
- MBS Dublin (Conor Maxwell) dft Monaghan (Michael Clerkin) 21-4, 21-2
- SMAS Carlow (John Ryan) dft Mayo (Tom Sweeney) 21-9, 21-2
- SMBS Mayo (Michael Ginley) dft Meath (Michael Sheridan) 12-21, 21-11, 21-14
- GMAS Laois (Paddy Donovan) dft Sligo (Martin Cooney) 21-6, 21-7
- GMBS Tyrone (Conor Kerr) dft Kildare (Brendan Higginbotham) 21-19, 21-11
- EMAS Westmeath (Robbie McCarthy Snr.) dft Sligo (Francis McCann) 21-15, 21-12
- EMBS Mayo (John Conroy) dft Tipperary (Martin Ryan) 21-10, 21-19
- DMAS Tipperary (Billy Mullins) dft Mayo (Kevin Geraghty) 21-5, 21-19
- DMBS Wexford (John Bail) dft Mayo (Columba Holleran) 13-21, 21-19, 21-13
- RMS Dublin (Eugene Kennedy) dft Donegal (Dave Mulhern) 21-6, 21-11
- O70S Kildare (Dermot Howard) dft Cork (Pat O’Brien) 21-6, 21-4
- LMS Roscommon (Fiona Tully) dft Tipperary (Sinead Meagher) 21-11, 21-17
- LJBS Clare (Louise Hayes) dft Galway (Roisin Ní Chonghaile) 21-15, 17-21, 21-15
- LJS Limerick (Katie McCarthy) dft Galway (Janet Connaughton) 21-20, 21-2
- LIS Roscommon (Lauren O’Riordan) dft Kilkenny (Rachel Hogan) 21-13, 21-6