Handball championships in full swing with Tipperary competitive on all fronts

The 60x30 Championships are in full swing at Present with County/Provincial & National Competitions being played.

Tipperary players are contesting many grades and the All-Ireland Doubles Semi Finals are down for next Weekend.

In the Senior Softball Doubles Gerome Cahill & Rory Grace Defeated Love & Mahon from Kilkenny but were beaten in the Q/F by Brian Carroll & Gary Mc Connell from Meath 21/14, 21/15. 

Ballina hosted the Q/F where  Eoin Kennedy & Karl Browne from Dublin defeated Domnic Lynch & Jack O Shea from Kerry 21/14, 21/9.

In the Junior B Singles County Final Patrick Delaney from Cashel defeated Aiden O Flaherty Youghalarra 21/12, 18/21, 11/3. Tipp players were out of luck in 3 Munster Finals losing 2 of them in Tie Breaks.

In the Ladies Junior B Doubles in Bohermore Karen Monaghan & Ann Marie Ryan made a comeback after many years out of Handball and gave the young guns from Clare Chloe Philpott & Amber Nolan a bit of a fright taking the final to a tie break.

They won the first 21/2, lost the second 21/14 and lost the Tie Break 11/5. Also in Bohermore John Casey & Ger Monaghan were up against Shane Walsh & Mike Baker from Clare.

Ger carried an injury from the semi final and Clare defeated Tipp 21/4, 21/10. In the Junior Doubles in Hospital Noel Moroney & Declan Gleeson were un lucky to lose out in a tie Break in an all Tipperary Munster Final.

Ned Reilly & Kevin Dempsey won 21/20, 1/21, 11/6. Best of luck to all going forward in the All Ireland Semi Finals next weekend.