Roche brothers shine in Minnesota as they take home the under 11 doubles silver medals
Charlie and Joshua Roche, Castlebridge proudly display their silver medals alongside their father John at the World Handball Championships in Minnesota. The boys finished runners up in under 11 doubles and at 7 years of age Charlie was the youngest medal winner at the games.
Magnificent World Championship for Marguerite Gore as she brings home gold and silver from Minnesota
Marguerite Gore, St. Mary’s who won both a gold and silver medal at the World Championships in Minnesota. Marguerite captured a nail biting Women’s C Singles event with a 21-20, 21-20 success over Aishling Mullen, Galway and was unlucky to lose out to Jean Kastner, USA 21-20, 11-21, 11-5 in the Over 35 Singles final. […]
Magnificent performance from Adam Walsh in Men’s C Singles adds to the Wexford tally in Minnesota
Wexford’s stock continued to rise at the World Handball Championships in Minnesota where Adam Walsh became the fifth player from the county to win a title when he defeated Myles Carroll, Kildare to bring home the Men’s C Singles gold medal. The young St. Josephs player had already been in action five times when he […]
It’s almost time for the winter woollies and the 2019 county 40×20 championships
The current hugely successful (from a Wexford point of view) World 40×20 Championships in Minnesota has focused many minds on the impending return of the small blue ball in Wexford and than means clubs and players, not still involved in the Leinster 60×30 championship, turning their thoughts to the 2019 county 40×20 season which gets […]
A feast of handball available for daily viewing from Minnesota
As the temperature mounts over in Minnesota with the business end of the 4 wall events now upon us, those of us not privileged to be there can still watch the action via the following link World Championship 2018 Most if not all of the Open matches will be shown live on YouTube and already we […]
Classy Galen Riordan wins World 23 and Under Singles title on another golden day for Wexford handball in Minnesota
Galen Riordan has just topped off an incredible season of success by winning the World 23 and Under Singles championship in Minnesota, USA. The Ballyhogue player came through a quality field without dropping a set and has now joined an elite group of Irish handballers who have taken this prestigious title. Galen made the big […]
Terrific performance from Mark Doyle in boys 15 under earns Wall Ball runners up spot in Minnesota
A series of brilliant displays in the boys 15 and under Wall Ball event saw Mark Doyle, Taghmon come away with the silver medal at the World Handball Championships in Minnesota, USA. Seeded 2 in a star studded field event he blitzed his way to the final where he just came up short against the […]
Gold for Wexford in Minnesota as Mark Doyle and Josh Kavanagh win Wall Ball boys 15 and under doubles
Mark Doyle, Taghmon and Josh Kavanagh, St. Josephs justified their top seeding in the boys 15 and under doubles Wall Ball event at the World Handball Championships in Minnesota, taking gold at the expense of Mikie Kelly and Rory Grace on a scoreline of 21-16, 21-14. The Galway and Tipperary duo had come together to […]
Watch the World Championships live
Courtesy of GAA Handball Ireland Handball fans are in for a treat as from today on (Tuesday 14th August), you can watch Live HD coverage of key matches in the 2018 World Handball Championships in Minnesota free at the below link, supplied by the WPH (World Players of Handball). See below for the broadcast schedule. […]
Sean Nolan and John Roche take bronze medals in World 40+ Wall Ball doubles
Sean Sean Nolan and John Roche pictured with their 40+ doubles bronze medals in Minnesota
World Handball Championships Monday 13th August
As Ireland is 6 hours ahead of Minnesota, action in the 4-wall events has already got underway at the World Handball Championships and early results will be available to us shortly. Keep up to date by clicking World Handball Championship 2018 for these and the closing stages of the 1-wall events in which many Irish have already […]
Silver medal for Joshua Roche at the World Handball Championships
Minnesota news with AOB Joshua Roche from Castlebridge and Conor Doyle from Taghmon both performed brilliantly in faraway Minnesota, Minneapolis, where they were taking part in the boys under 11 singles Wall Ball event at the World Championships. Joshua took out the number 2 seed along the way as he reached the final against top […]
World Handball Championships Sunday 12 August
Play is well underway in the 2018 World Handball Championships at the University of Minnesota Recreation and Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN USA and several Wexford players have already been in action. Click the World Handball Championships 2018 link for constant updates regarding schedules and results. When on the homepage click the brackets tab to check the progress of particular players […]
Tony Breen takes both over 50 and over 60 titles
Tony Breen, Templeudigan on left, who defeated Mick Armstrong, Kilmyshall 21-16, 21-9 in the Golden Masters A Singles (50 and Over) final. Also in the picture is Ricky Barron, Wexford GAA Handball. Breen had earlier won his fourth successive Diamond Masters A Singles (60 and Over) title by beating Tom Byrne, Kilmyshall 21-14, 21-7 in […]
Six of the best for Stephen Murphy as his Golden Masters B Singles winning run goes on
Castlebridge clubmates Padraig Devereux and Stephen Murphy who fought out a thrilling Golden Masters B Singles final before Murphy prevailed 21-14, 19-21, 21-17 to secure a remarkable 6th successive title in this grade.
Padraig Devereux and James Mythen dethrone the Murphy brothers in brilliant fashion
Pictured before the the county Golden Masters B Doubles final were Brendan and Stephen Murphy (runners-up) and Padraig Devereux and James Mythen (winners). The impressive 21-12, 21-14 win was a first GMBD title for Devereux and Mythen and only the second defeat in six years for the Murphy brothers who have dominated this grade since […]
Leinster Adult 60 by 30 Championships – Fixture List 14A, 15A & 16
While the World Championships are ongoing in Minnesota, there is still plenty of handball to be played on this side of the Atlantic in the Leinster Adult 60 by 30 Championships. Please click on the following links to view the next three Fixture Lists, Fixture List 14A, Fixture List 15A & Fixture List 16. The reason the letter A is beside […]
Jodie Keeling and Diarmuid Moore take Leinster Juvenile Open 60×30 Titles
Congratulations to Jodie Keeling (St Josephs) and Diarmuid Moore (Ballymitty) who won their respective Leinster Juvenile Open 60×30 Championships, held in Kilkenny recently. The Championships were run on a round robin format with the top two competing in the Final. All games were of fifteen minute duration. In the Girls U15 Championship, held in Killane […]
2018 Leinster Adult 60 by 30 Championships – Fixture List 13
Please click on the following link to view Fixture List 13