All Ireland Handball Semi Finals

All Ireland Handball semi finals
Barry Goff and Colin Keeling relinquished their grip on the senior open doubles crown as they lost out on Saturday evening in a terrific game in Thurles.
Keeling and Goff had to get over an all Wexford quarter final on Wednesday night last first and they were given a very stern test by Paul Lambert and Gavin Buggy in St Mary’s. It was to be Lambert and Buggy who got off the blocks quickest and they took a tough opening set 21-17.
The tide soon turned however as the champions of 2011 , Goff and Keeling soon rose to the occasion and secured a semi final spot by winning the second two sets 21-14, 21-7.
So it was on to Thurles on Saturday evening where former champions Tom Sheridan and Brian Carroll lay in wait , and it was the men from the Royal county Meath who began better and captured the opening set 21-18. The champions responded in the second set with a 21-10 win, but the third set proved a step too far and the title was taken from the grasp of the Wexford duo as Carroll and Sheridan won the third set 21-13.
Chloe Cash and Courtney Browne are on their way to an All Ireland final however as the St Joseph’s /Coolgraney combination marched through to the final of the Girls under 15 doubles with a fantastic display to beat Cork duo Michelle and Niamh McCarthy 15-9, 15-6 .
Leinster Team Results
Under 12/13 Final
Kilkenny beat Wexford 84-57 Wexford team (Todd Hynes, Colin Parnell, Martin Power, Patrick Boland, Anthony Butler, Adam Hanrahan)
Under 14/15 Final
Kilkenny beat Wexford 80-65 Wexford team (Liam Rossiter, Ken Riordan, Kevin Shannon, Keith Armstrong, Stevie Lawlor, Ciaran Busher)
Under 16/17 Final
Wexford beat Kilkenny 60-16 Wexford team ( Liam Shannon, Bryan Kehoe, Jack Roche, Aaron Wright Power)