Eileen
Twomey Tournament for Girls.
Ballymacelligott Handball Club hosted
the Eileen Twomey Memorial Tournament for Girls on Saturday 13th November
1999. Catherine Culloty of the Half Way generously sponsored the event.
This tournament was held in the 40 x 20 Court and teams from Tralee,
Ballina, Co. Tipperary, Toona, Co. Clare and Ballymacelligott took
part.
U11 Final:
The Ballymacelligott team of Ashley Prendiville(Capt.), Sharon
Twomey, Maebh Prendiville and Naomi Sullivan beat the Tralee girls
Karen Lawlor, Sinead Ní Cheinnéide, Catriona Casey and Gemma O Connell
20/15. Ballymacelligott won U15 Final
and in second place was Toona. S. Twomey (Capt.), E. Fleming,
A. Prendiville and S. McSwiney represented Ballymacelligott. The Toona
Team was Rebecca Kelly, Nicole Moroney, K. Collins and Marie Keegan.
47/29. The U17 team of Maria Daly,
Rebecca Kelly, Sharon Daly and Cliona Collins beat Tracy Buckley,
Karen Culloty, Tracy Buckley and Teresa McGuane 28/22. Pat Slattery,
Secretary of Ballymacelligott Handball Club thanked the President
of the Ladies Handball for attending the event. He complimented all
the players and hoped they would all be as successful on the Handball
Courts as was Tom (Roundly ) McEllistrim who was present all
day. Bridín Ní Mhaolagáin said she was delighted to
be present at such a well run and attended tournament for girls. She
said that Ladies Handball needed these events to promote the game.
She praised the Club for the work it did at Juvenile level for both
boys and girls. She presented Pat Slattery and Siobhan Twomey with
a special trophy that she hoped would be used by Club to further promote
the game. The day ended with everyone present congratulating Maria
Daly on winning a place on the Irish Team to go to the US in December.
The Club wishes to thank Joe Moynihan and all the FÁS workers for
all the work that they did to prepare the courts for the event. The
Club appreciates the special effort that was made. We also wish to
thank Brendan Falvey, Tom Daly, Jackie Crowe and Pat McCarthy for
all the work done last week.