All Ireland Semi Final & Finals Dates
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin All Leinster 60×30 champions should note the dates of the All Ireland semi finals and finals below… AdultWeekend 1 (Sat 6th Sept.) All-Ireland 60×30 Singles SF’sWeekend 2 (Sat […]
Terrific Saturday Leinster Finals Programmes
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Any Wexford supporter looking for a feast of handball tomorrow Saturday, 26th July should head for either Garryhill or Arklow where a total of five Wexford players will be in action. The programme at Garryhill is especially appetizing with three top class games to look forward to. Miley Connors gets […]
Roche Finishes Powerfully To Take Leinster Master's B Singles Title
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin John Roche maintained his rich vein of form in this year’s 60×30 campaign when he captured the Leinster Masters B Singles title at a sweltering Garryhill on Wednesday evening last. The Wexfordman may have been a slight underdog going into the tie but his form in the earlier rounds of […]
60×30 Nationals Success For Wexford
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Last weekend’s GAA Handball 60×30 Irish Nationals proved to be very successful for a number of Wexford players who enjoyed success right across the grades. Below is a rundown on how they got on …… Mens Open Doubles: Mens Open Quarter-Finals: Eoin Kennedy/Carl Browne (Dublin) dft Gavin Buggy/Tommy Hynes […]
Murphy Edges Out Maddock In Gruelling GMBS Decider
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin It was the match of the championship so far as two players gave it their all in extremely humid conditions at New Ross tonight and after almost 90 minutes it was Stephen Murphy, Castlebridge who emerged the winner against a so unlucky Frank Maddock, Ballymitty in the county 60×30 Golden […]
Roche and Buggy Add Further Leinster Titles For Wexford
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Another wonderful night for Wexford handball at Garryhill tonight where two Leinster titles were captured in fine style. John Roche got the evening underway with a hard earned three game win over Billy O’Keeffe, Kilkenny in the Master B Singles final. he took the first 21-12 and after he got […]
Lambert and Haughton set up All-Wexford Leinster Junior Doubles Final
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin An all-Wexford Leinster 60×30 junior doubles final is now a reality following the magnificent victory of Paddy Houghton and Paul Lambert over Kilkenny brothers Brendan and Diarmuid Burke in a marathon provincial semi final played at Garryhill last night. With Darren O’Toole and Malachy Whelan waiting in the wings having […]
Robert Doyle is Leinster Silver Master's B Singles Champion
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Robert Doyle took Wexford’s first Leinster title in this year’s provincial 60×30 championship when he produced a polished performance to see off the challenge of Gary Bolger, Kildare in the Silver Masters B Singles final at Garryhill last night. Ahead of the match there were real fears that a persistent […]
Wexford GAA Supporters Club Race Night
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Note that tickets for Wexford Supporters Club Greyhound Race Night have this evening been posted to all handball clubs in the county. There are only a small number of tickets per club and it is imperative we make a contribution to the Supporters Club by selling these in the next week or so. […]
New Date for Tommy Hynes v Ducksy Walsh
Will everybody note that the date of the Leinster Masters A Singles final between Tommy Hynes, Wexford and All Ireland champion Ducksy Walsh, Kilkenny or Adrian Benson, Dublin will, subject to a Kilkenny win, take place at Talbots Inch, Kilkenny this coming Friday, July 25th at 7.30pm instead of the following day Saturday 26th. If […]
County Titles for Kilmyshall and Coolgreany
Written by Antoin Ó Braoin Kilmyshall’s impact on handballing matters in Wexford continued unabated at Castlebridge last night where Padhraic Roberts and Jim Nolan added the County Junior B Doubles title to their haul for 2014. Pitted against the more established Coolgreany pairing of Damien Kelly and Ned Connors they showed admirable fighting qualities to […]
Alley Chat Report 20th July
ALLEY CHAT with Padhraic Roberts Match Reports Monday night last saw a number of county’s finals held at the Kilmyshall Handball alley, the senior single, junior singles and the women’s junior singles. First up was the women’s junior singles which was between Holly Hynes representing St Mary’s club taking on Tanya O’Toole from the […]
St. Mary's top dogs in Wexford as St. Josephs are kept at bay in SD final
Written by Administrator Tommy Hynes and Paul Carty, St. Mary’s continued their 60×30 dominance over Wexford town rivals Gavin Buggy and Paul Lambert, by beating the St. Josephs pairing in last night’s county senior softball doubles decider at a well attended Emmet Place, Wexford. It crowned a terrific week for the Hynes family as Tommy […]
Another Bumper Weekend for Wexford at 60×30 Nationals
Written by Administrator Today’s 60×30 Nationals proved to be another outstanding success for Wexford handball with victories recorded in several competitions. Below is a resúme of how our players got on thus far. Mens Open Doubles: Mens Open Round 1: 10.00am: 1. Ger Coonan/Paul Mullins (Tipperary) dft David Hope/Shane O’Neill (Offaly/Tyrone) 31-24 10.40am: 2. […]
Hynes retains his title in breathtaking style
Written by Administrator Tommy Hynes, St, Mary’s retained his county 60×30 senior singles title at a packed Kilmyshall on Monday night last with a comprehensive 21-15, 21-7 win over Wexford town rival Gavin Buggy, St. Josephs. The repeat of last year’s decider again went the way of the outstanding Hynes who made the most of […]
Website Launch
Officials from GAA Handball Ireland, Leinster Council and the County GAA Board are expected to attend Thursday’s launch of the Wexford Handball Board new website www.gaahandballwexford.ie. Commencing at 7.15pm at White’s Hotel, Wexford it will be a milestone event in the long and chequered history of the game in Wexford. The opening part of the […]
Castlebridge win All Ireland 60×30 Intermediate Club Championship
Another glorious chapter was added to the rich history of Castlebridge Handball Club at Crinkle, Co Offaly on Saturday last when they captured the GAA Handball Ireland 60×30 Intermediate Club title by defeating Hospital, Limerick in a close and hard fought encounter. With Ulster failing to provide any opposition in the All Ireland semi […]
Wall Ball Junior Nationals
Mark Doyle and Josh Kavanagh added to Wexford’s growing reputation as a stronghold of juvenile handball when they won the BU11D at Breaffy House, Castlebar last weekend. The boys made light of their top seeding to dominate the competition beating Sligo/Galway combination Cormac Finn and Mickey Kelly19-11 in the final. Earlier they had defeated Billy […]