Kells Handball Round up

15 April 2015

 


 


 


 


All Ireland 40x20 Adult


Kirsty Maher (Kells)/Denise Love (Clogh) won the Ladies Junior B All Ireland Doubles final beating Roscommon in Leixlip. A fantastic achievement for them both in winning provincial and national titles.


Brendan Burke (Kells) and Ciaran Neary (Talbots Inch) were narrowly defeated in the Intermediate Doubles All Ireland final. They met Connaught champions Pat and Ollie Conway from Galway and came out the wrong side of a 21-16, 10-21, 16-21 scoreline. In their first year in the Intermediate grade both lads done brilliantly picking up Leinster medals and reaching the All Ireland final at the first attempt. A fantastic achievement for both lads and no doubt they will be back again.

In the All Ireland Senior Singles Peter Funchion overcame Limerick's CJ Fitzpatrick 21-13, 19-21, 21-13 in the backdoor qualifier to set up a final 12 showdown with recent Senior Doubles champion Brian Carroll where Peter came out the wrong side of a 21-20, 21-12 scoreline.

In the All Ireland Senior Doubles first round Peter Funchion/ Alan Funchion (Kells, Kilkenny) defeated Ulster finalists Darragh Daly/Caolan Daly (Tyrone) 21-8, 13-21, 21-13

In the Ladies Intermediate Singles All Ireland semi final Marie Walshe lost out to Ulster Champion Maeve McElduff in two games



All Ireland 40x20 Juvenile Team of 4/6

A huge day for Kilkenny handball where teams were involved in all of the grades in U12/13, U14/15 and U16/17 having completed a clean sweep of Leinster titles at the same venue in late March. Representing Kells on the U12/13 team was Padraig Lennon, on the U14/15 team was Dylan Crehan and on the U16/17 team were Conor Condon and Jack Crehan with Conor's dad Tom Condon being one of the coaches.


In U12/13 grade Kilkenny got off to a great start winning the Semi Final against Monaghan which set them up for a final with Munster Champions Clare later in the day. Kilkenny again came through in style to win the All Ireland final in a great display of handball.

In the U14/15 grade Kilkenny again met Monaghan in the Semi Final but this time the result was reversed as Monaghan defeated the Kilkenny team by just 2 aces to qualify for the All Ireland final.

The U16/17 Kilkenny team met Munster Champions Tipperary in the All Ireland final and after a very close contest came out as All Ireland champions on a 46-42 scoreline.

A huge congratulations to Padraig, Dylan, Jack, Conor and the other players and coaches on the Kilkenny teams on representing their club, county and province in the All Ireland series. Every one of them put in a lot of training to reach this stage of the team championships. Well done to all the lads on excellent performances throughout the season.

Leinster Juvenile 40x20 Leinster Finals

Kells had two representatives in the Leinster Juvenile 40x20 Championships Finals.

Boys U15 Singles - Eoin Brennan (Kells) defeated Carlow to pick up his second Leinster title of the year having weeks earlier won the Second Level Colleges Junior Singles representing St. Kieran's College

Girls U17 Doubles - Aoife Walsh(Kells)/Aine Dunne(Windgap) were defeated by Laois in closely fought third game in their Leinster final

Adult 40x20 County Finals

Senior Singles : Peter Funchion (Kells) dft Ciaran Neary (Talbots Inch) to win his 3rd Senior Singles title in a row a great acheivement for Peter and the club

Senior Doubles Winners : Peter Funchion/Pat Funchion (Kells)

Masters B Doubles : Paddy Fennelly/Pat Funchion (Kells) dft Mick O' Shea/John Ryan (Windgap)

Ladies Junior Singles Winner : Kirsty Maher (Kells)

One Wall

UCD One Wall Results

Quarter final : Dan Breen (Kells,Kilkenny)/Darragh Mulkerrins (Galway) dft Conor O Gorman/John Farrell (Monaghan) 13-9

Semi final : Dan Breen/Darragh Mulkerrins dft Naoise Greene/Johnny Westlake (Dublin) 23-14


Final : Cormac McMahon/Darryl Dolan (Cavan) dft Dan Breen/Darragh Mulkerrins 21-13

Awards

Peter Funchion was awarded Leinster Young Player of the Year 2014. Following a great year for Peter where he won All Ireland titles in 40x20 Intermediate Singles, 40x20 Intermediate Doubles, 60x30 Junior Hardball Doubles as well as County Titles in 40x20 Senior Singles and Doubles. A great year was rounded off with the Leinster Young Player of the Year award

Picture 1 Intermediate Leinster Doubles Champions and All Ireland finalists Brendan Burke/Ciaran Neary

Picture 2 County Senior Singles Champion Peter Funchion

Picture 3 Ladies Junior B Leinster and All Ireland Champions Kirsty Maher/Denise Love

Picture 4  Seamus Reade, Peter Funchion and Pat Ryan pictured with Peter receiving his Leinster Award

Picture 5 Masters B Doubles County Finalists

Picture 6 County Senior Doubles Champions Peter Funchion/Pat Funchion

Picture7 Kilkenny U12/13 Leinster Team Champions

Picture 8 Kilkenny U12/13 All Ireland Team Champions

Picture 9 Kilkenny U14/15 Leinster Team Champions

Picture 10 Kilkenny U16/17 All Ireland Team Champions

Picture 11 UCD One Wall Mens B Finalists