ALLEY CHAT with Padhraic Roberts
Weekly Roundup – Bitter & Sweet for Castlebridge Handball Club
An extremely busy week for Wexford Handball saw Castlebridge Handball Club secure a Leinster title in the team of four event at Intermediate grade. This was a great achievement as they defeated Clough of Kilkenny in the final. Eugene Kelly played the first singles and got off to a flyer winning 21-16 & 21-9 which left team Castlebridge in a very good position heading into the doubles pairing. Playing in the doubles were Malachy Whelan and David Kenny and they showed their class on the night by winning 21-12 and 21-11, this left Castlebridge in a very dominating position, 36 points up with one singles match to play. Jason Murphy won his first singles game on a score line of 21-11 and this was more than enough to ensure the Kilkenny club could find no way back. A great result for the Castlebridge men who are benefiting greatly from the new structured county championship as all four are still strongly competing
in the County Championship.
Jason Murphy (Wexford) played the All-Ireland Final this week of the Intermediate Hardball at Talbots Inch, Co Kilkenny. His opponent was Colm Jordan (Cork) who won the 60 x 30 intermediate All Ireland final last year. This proved to be a tightly fought contest with both players producing some great strokes. Jason Murphy found the pure power of Colm Jordan a little too hard to handle and was defeated on a score line of 21-14 & 21-13. This was a magnificent achievement for the Wexford man as only last year he won the junior hardball All Ireland Final and to reach the Intermediate final at the age of 23 years old is fantastic. Without doubt a bright future lies ahead of Murphy in the game of handball should he persist with the progress he is showing.
On Saturday last John Roche (Castlebridge) took part in the Leinster Masters Wall Ball competition at Ballacolla, Co. Laois where he was defeated in the Leinster final by Paddy Donovan of Laois. This was a great achievement as the County Wall Ball championship has yet to be played and several other counties are concentrating hard on the development of the Wall Ball. John defeated PJ Tobin of Kildare 18-12 and defeated Kevin Brennan (Laois) on a score line of 21-11 in the Leinster semi final. Paddy Donovan (Laois) won the final on a score line of 21-10 but the Wexford man can be very proud of his achievement as at present he is firmly focused on the County 60 x 30 championship and his preparation for the upcoming Leinster 60 x 30 championship.
Juvenile Results
Boys U-9 Shane Kehoe (St Mary’s) beat Rory Gilbert (St Joseph’s)
Boys U-9 Jamie Barnes (St Mary‘s) beat Conor Horan (Coolgreany)
Boys U-9 Bobby Doyle (St Joseph‘s) beat Johnny Connors (Coolgreany) 2-1
Boys U-9 Eoin Roche (Ballymitty) beat Robert Casey (St Mary‘s) 2-1
Girls U-10 Ellie Murphy O’Gorman (St Joseph‘s) beat Stacey O’Rafferty (Coolgreany) 2-0
Boys U-11 Mark Doyle (St Joseph‘s) beat Tommy Connors (Coolgreany) 2-0
Boys U -11 Ben Keeling (St Joseph‘s) beat Ryan Boland (Coolgreany) 2-1
Boys U-11 Cathal Cummins (Ballymitty) beat Scot Leonard (Coolgreany) 2-0
Boys U-11 Robert Hillis (St Joseph‘s) beat Conor Murphy (St Joseph‘s) 2-0
Boys U-12 Dean O’Neill (Ballymitty) beat Jack Donovan (Barntown) 2-0
Boys U-12 Cian Byrne (Bridgetown) beat Jake Kelly (Coolgreany) 2-0
Boys U-13 Richard Browne (St Mary‘s) beat Jack Murphy (St Joseph‘s) 2-0
Boys U-13 Glen Murphy (St Mary‘s) beat Jack Doyle (Bridgetown) 2-0
Boys U-13 Josh McMahon (St Joseph‘s) beat Gavin Lawlor (Barntown) 2-0
Boys U-13 Cian Kehoe (St Joseph‘s) beat Emmett Nolan (St Joseph‘s) 2-0
Girls U-14 Eva Crean (St Joseph‘s) beat Andrea Carley (St Joseph‘s) 2-0
Boys U-14 Colm Parnell (Ballyhogue) beat Robert Cogley (Ballymitty) 2-0
Girls U-14 Emma Sweeney (St Joseph‘s) beat Siobhan Elms (Templeudigan) 2-1
Girls U-14 Lauren Flanagan (Coolgreany) beat Aishling Hennessy (Ballymitty) 2-0
Boys U-15 Adam Hanrahan (Castlebridge) beat Max Barnes (St Mary‘s) 2-1
Boys U-15 Jordan Barnes (St Mary‘s) beat David Murray (Bridgetown) 2-0
Boys U-15 Patrick Boland (Templeudigan) beat Jason O’Neill (Templeudigan) 2-0
Boys U-15 Anthony Butler (Ballyhogue) beat Criostoir Reville (Bridgetown) 2-0
Boys U-16 Thomas Hall (Castlebridge) beat Laurence Dunne (Kilmyshall) 2-1
Boys U-16 Liam Rossiter (Ballyhogue) beat Shane Murphy (Bridgetown) 2-0
Boys U-16 Daniel Kavanagh (St Joseph‘s) beat Conor Nolan (Coolgreany) 2-0
Boys U-16 Kevin Shannon (Bridgetown) beat Ciaran Busher (Bridgetown) 2-1
Results of 60 x 30 County Championship
Junior D Doubles Owen Redmond/Alan Armstrong (Kilmyshall) beat Ciaran Busher/PJ Martin (Bridgetown) 21-16 & 21-12
Junior D Doubles Tommy Murphy/Timmy Farrell (Kilmyshall) beat Brendan Holohan/Brendan Fitzpatrick (Templeudigan) 21-2 & 21-4
Golden Masters B Singles Stephen Murphy (Castlebridge) beat Eugene English (Ballyhogue)
17-21, 21-8 & 21-6
Women Junior Doubles Cora Doyle/Emma Sweeney (St Joseph‘s) beat Olivia Sweeney / Roisin Walsh (St Joseph‘s) 21-11, 9-21 & 21-10
Over 35 Singles Barry McWilliams (Horeswood) beat David Stanners (St Martin‘s)
21-10 & 21-4
Golden Maters B Singles Stephen Murphy (Castlebridge) beat Frank Maddock (Ballymitty)
21-18 & 21-12
Over 35 Singles Robert Byrne (Bridgetown) beat Alan O’Neill (Ballymitty)
21-10 & 21-16
Junior D Doubles Walter Lawlor/David Rossiter (Barntown) beat Barry Byrne/James Moran Jnr (Ballymitty) 14-21, 21-13 & 21-19
Women Junior Singles Courtney Browne (Coolgreany) beat Anne Boland (Templeudigan)
21-20, 16-21 & 21-10
Over 35 Singles Robert Doyle (St Joseph‘s) beat Damien Kelly (Coolgreany)
5-21, 21-20 & 21-14
Women Junior Singles Olivia Sweeney (St Joseph‘s) beat Anne Boland (Templeudigan)
5-21, 21-18 & 21-20
Golden Maters B Doubles Billy Rossiter/Eugene English (Ballyhogue) beat Miley Byrne/Aiden Sinnott (Ballymitty) 21-10 & 21-14
Junior D Doubles Owen Redmond/Alan Armstrong (Kilmyshall) beat Kevin Murphy/John Byrne (Ballymitty) 21-10 & 21-6
Junior B Singles Miley Connors (Barntown) beat Robert Doyle (St Joseph‘s)
17-21, 21-8 & 21-6
Emerald Masters B Singles Jimmy Dunne (Kilmyshall)beat Brendan Murphy (Castlebridge)
21-4 & 21-7
Women Junior Singles Holly Hynes (St Mary‘s) beat Tanya O’Toole (Coolgreany)
17-21, 21-7 & 21-3
Junior Singles Darren O’Toole (Coolgreany) beat Paul Lambert (St Joseph’s)
21-13 & 21-14
Junior Singles Michéal Busher (Bridgetown) beat Phil Coleman (Ballymitty)
10-21, 21-17 & 21-10
Junior Singles Miley Connors (Barntown) beat Niall Maher (Kilmyshall)
21-10 & 21-12
Junior Singles Eugene Kelly (Castlebridge) beat Phil Coleman (Ballymitty)
21-3 & 21-19
Junior Singles David Kenny (Castlebridge) beat Niall Maher (Kilmyshall)
7-21, 21-11 & 21-3
