The 40×20 handball season effectively concluded last weekend when Barry Devlin added more gloss to an outstanding season by lifting the Tyrone senior championship title in Beragh on Sunday evening. The Breacach player has enjoyed a magnificent campaign which has brought him an Irish Nationals trophy, a world championship silver medal, a first Ulster junior championship singles [...]
Tyrone has savoured some momentous achievements at major handball events over the last few years, and the third Sunday of April turned out to be another of those memorable occasions as the county stole the limelight at the 2013 Irish Junior Nationals in County Clare, and then one week later three more titles were added [...]
The 2013 Tyrone juvenile championship finals have served up a wonderful feast of handball in Carrickmore over the last few weeks, with a total of eleven finals completed in three stages. The opening instalment two weeks ago saw six county juvenile finals contested in front of a sizeable crowd that was thoroughly entertained by the [...]
Congratulations to Eilise McCrory who has captured the All-Ireland under-15 singles title with a 15-3, 15-6 win over the Galway representative. Well done Eilise!
All-Ireland Cumann na mBunscoil win for St Teresa’s Loughmacrory… It has been confirmed that Tyrone’s last four championship survivors for 2013 will all be in All-Ireland final action on the opening weekend of April, with Loughmacrory’s Lisa McAleer and Breacach trio, Shane O’Neill, Barry Devlin and Elise McCrory, all gearing themselves for the final leg [...]
Following February’s success story in the Ulster handball championships, when Tyrone had 11 provincial adult titles to celebrate, the month of March has had even more championship action packed into it and Tyrone representatives have so far emerged with nine Ulster juvenile titles, five All-Ireland semi-final victories and an Ulster minor doubles title, with more [...]
TYRONE’S YOUNG HANDBALL STARS PRIMED FOR ULSTER SUCCESS… There will be a fantastic feast of handball action in Kingscourt this Saturday as the most exciting young players from across the province make their bid for Ulster championship glory. The Ulster juvenile championships have now reached the concluding stage, with 24 provincial titles set to be [...]
Notable success for Tyrone in Ulster handball finals… Tyrone enjoyed a great weekend in the Ulster handball championships as players from Breacach, Loughmacrory and Carrickmore achieved some outstanding results against fancied opponents, and some defending champions, in the 2013 adult singles finals. A total of seven Tyrone players won provincial singles deciders, an increase on [...]
A number of Tyrone handballers will be bidding for provincial honours over the next two weekends as the 2013 Ulster 40×20 championsips draw to a climax in both singles and doubles. Last weekend saw most of the doubles semi-finals completed and Tyrone have made it through to several Ulster finals on Sunday 24th February. The Ulster [...]
The handball season is well and truly in full swing as we enter the second week of February, with the action coming thick and fast at every level. And there will certainly be a healthy representation of Tyrone players lining out in Ulster handball finals later this month following some eyecatching results in last weekend’s busy programme of semi-final [...]