O'NEILLS Tyrone Handball Championships 2008 (with
thanks to Ciaran Curran)
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second two semi-finals are also sure to attract plenty of support in
Carrickmore on Friday night. First up will be an eyecatching tie involving the
2007 Under 21 All-Ireland champion, Gary McCrory, and the 2007 Junior B
All-Ireland champion, Ruairi Kelly. Both players adhere to a fast and furious
offensive style of handball so that promises to be a cracking game. The second
match will see last year's Tyrone senior doubles champions cross swords as
Darragh Daly, unbeaten this season in Section B, face former senior champion,
Niall Kerr. Another very tough one to call in what should be four hugely
entertaining tussles. Following those four top class games, the action will
then shift to Beragh on Sunday evening as the four winners will contest the
Premier League semi finals. O'Neills Premier
League Fixtures: Quarter-Finals:
Thursday 10th January in Loughmacrory: (A)
Shane O’Neill v Conor Duff (7.30pm) (B) Chris
Curran v Padraig McGlinchey (8.15pm) Quarter-Finals:
Friday 11th January in Carrickmore: (C) Gary
McCrory v Ruairi Kelly (7.30pm) (D)
Niall Kerr v Darragh Daly (8.15pm) O'Neill's
Premier League Semi-Finals: Sunday 13th January, in Beragh: 5.00pm:
Winner (B) v Winner (D) 5.45pm:
Winner (A) v Winner (C) O'Neills
Premier League Final 2008: in Carrickmore, Thursday 24th January 2008, 8pm Meanwhile
there will also be semi-finals down for decision in the weekend ahead in
Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. In the Division 1 series, Conor Kerr
will take on Anthony McElduff in the first tie in a double bill in Cappagh on
Saturday evening while Barney McAleer will then face Mark McCartan in the
second of the matches on the programme. In Division 2 of the O'Neills
All-County Handball Leagues, Carrickmore will host both semi-finals on Sunday
afternoon as the Grogan brothers, Martin and Shane, meet in the first
semi-final with Eamon McCrory facing Barry McCullagh in the second match on the
card. In Division 3 of the league the last four matches take place in Pomeroy
on Monday evening as Brendan Kennedy meets Enda Ward and Brian McCrory plays
John Hetherington in the second match on the double bill. O'Neill's League
Division 1 Semi-Finals:
Saturday 12th January in Cappagh: (A)
Conor Kerr v Anthony McElduff (6.30pm) (B) Barney
McAleer v Mark McCartan (7.15pm) Division
1 League Final 2008:
in Beragh, Wednesday 23rd January 2008, 7.45pm O’NEILLS League
Division 2 Semi-Finals: Sunday 13th January, in
Carrickmore: 7pm:
Eamon McCrory v Barry McCullagh 7.45pm:
Martin Grogan v Shane Grogan Division
2 League Final 2008: in Carrickmore, Thursday 17th January 2008, 7.45pm O’NEILLS League
Division 3 Semi-Finals:
Monday 14th January, in Pomeroy: 4pm:
Brendan Kennedy v Enda Ward 4.45pm:
Brian McCrory v John Hetherington Division
3 League Final 2008: in Pomeroy, Tuesday 22nd January 2008, 7pm O'Neills Minor
Championship The
O'Neills minor Singles championship also commences in the weekend ahead as Sean
O'Kane faces Ryan McCrystall in the quarter-final tie with the semi-finals
scheduled for one week later. Minor
Quarter-Finals: Monday 14th January, in Beragh: (1)
8pm: Sean O’Kane v Ryan McCrystall Minor
Semi-Finals: Monday 21st January, in Loughmacrory: 7pm:
Caolan Daly v Winner (1) 7.45pm:
Paul Donnelly v Conor Grogan Teamtalk
Juvenile Championships The
first of the juvenile handball action in Tyrone will go ahead this weekend in
Loughmacrory and Pomeroy on Saturday as the first and second round ties in the
Teamtalk Under 12 Singles championships go down for decision. With 36 players
competing in the 2008 series, all players who lose out in this weekend's first
and second round ties will then go on to contest the new Teamtalk Under 12 B
Singles Championship. The seeded players who are already through to round 3 (to
be played Saturday 19th January, in Beragh) are Ryan Mullan, Johnny Woods, Paul
McKay, Cormac Harte, Niall Allison and Ronan McKay. The Teamtalk Under 13
Singles commences on Sunday in Loughmacrory and Carrickmore with 9 first round
games. Players already into round 2 are Gabhan McCrystal, Pol Clarke, Gerard
Keenan, Pearse Grimes, Corey McElduff, Martin Kennedy, Ronan Donaghy with those
ties scheduled for Sunday 20th January. Teamtalk
Under 12 Singles Championships: Saturday
12th January, in Loughmacrory, at 2pm: Round
1: 1. Denver Wallace v Seamus Boyle; 2. Ciaran Gillen v Martin McCullagh; 3.
Rory Casey v Corey Leonard; 4. Luke Kelly v Michael Rafferty; 5. Jack Campbell
v Jack Devlin. Round
2: Winner 1 v Winner 2; Ryan S. Curran v Gavan Slane; Cathair Curran v Winner
3; Michael McAleer v Aidan Woods; Winner 4 v Winner 5. Saturday
12th January, in Pomeroy, at 2pm: Round 1:
6. Gavan Goodfellow v Ruairi McCrystall; 7. Dean Rafferty v Ryan F. Curran; 8.
Shane McGuigan v Sean McDonnell; 9. Cormac McCaughey v Patrick Clarke. Round
2: Aaron Owens v Conor Keenan; Winner 6 v Winner 7; Finbar Clarke v Jack
McCallan; Conall Donaghy v Ruairi Begley; Winner 8 v Winner 9. Teamtalk
Under 13 Singles Championships: Sunday
13th January, in Loughmacrory, at 1pm: Round
1: 1. Eamon Logue v Lee O'Neill; 2. Mattie McSorley v Kevin Collins; 3. Sean
McCann v Sean McBride; 4. Brendan Collins v Stephen Cochrane; 5. Dylan
Wilkinson v Cormac Curran Sunday
13th January, in Carrickmore, at 1pm: Round
1: 6. Calum Ward v Sean McCrystall; 7. Sean Fox v Aidan McCallan; 8. Adam
Campbell v Ryan McKernan; 9. Anthony Lagan v Niall Grimes. Other
Championships: All
championship fixtures in Juvenile and Adult grades have now been completed and
will be available for viewing at all club courts this weekend. There are a
number of changes to last week's issued fixtures lists and these can be seen on
the new lists. Pictured:
2007 Senior Singles champion, Shane O'Neill, is one of 8 players in line for a
first O'Neill's Premier league title, with the action commencing tonight
(Thursday 10th January) in Loughmacrory.