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Juvenile Co Handball Championships 2010 |
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Clonduff competitors looking
resplendent in their new strip who
participated in the County Handball Finals
on Sunday 24th January 2010. Clonduff
collected two County titles - Shane
Milligan (U14 Singles) and Conall Brown
and Rian Branagan (U16 Doubles). Clonduff
were unlucky in not collecting a hat trick
of titles when Rory McQuaid was narrowly
beaten in a tie breaker for the U15 title.
Other competitors for Clonduff were Eamonn
Grant (U16 Singles) and Packie O'Hagan and Conall Brown.(U-15 Doubles).
This is a tremendous achievement for these
young lads - last year they collected one
title - Shane Milligan (U13) the first
Juvenile Handball title winner for 17
years. Well done boys for the dedication
to training and to your coaches, of
course.
Back
row (l to r) Conall Brown, Eamonn Grant,
Connor Brown; Front row (l to r) Shane
Milligan, Patrick O'Hagan, Rory McQuaid
and Rian Branagan |
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Clonduff Handballer on Ireland
Team at World Championships |
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Sean McNally (above) a stalwart of
Clonduff Handball was selected, along with
Brian Havern of Saval, for the Ireland
team competing at the World Handball
Championships being held in Portland,
Oregon during October 2009. Sean and Brian
are competing in the Silver Masters
Doubles. Sean is pictured above with his
Down and Ulster Silver Masters medals.
(Sean and Paul Shields won 2009 Down
Senior Doubles title)
After returning home Sean helped the
Clonduff team win the Down County League! |
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12-year-old Shane Milligan became the first juvenile
handball player to win a County Handball title in 17
years - he secured the U13 title. He is pictured left
receiving his medal
from Jim Cunningham (RGU Downpartick), a
member of the Down Handball Board
and above Shane proudly displays it for
the camera. |
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This group of Clonduff Handballers won Div II of
the Ulster League in 2008. The same group took the Div 1
title in the Down League in 2009. They are left to right
back row: Paul Shields, Eddie Clancy, Sean McNally;
front row: Des McNeill and Colin Shields. |
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 Clonduff
held their second annual Boley Fair Juvenile Handball Tournament on
Saturday 12th July. Competitions were held for U13, U15 and U17 age groups.
Competition was keen and of a very high standard, testimony to the hard work the
boys have put in during the winter months and during the course of the Newry and
Mourne sponsored summer camp held in the Clonduff Alley in the week prior to the
the Tournament. Ten boys and three girls (unfortunately not Clonduff girls) took
part in the Tournament - Clonduff lassies the Handball is open to you too! Why
not give it a go!
To view a
slideshow of the Tournament click on the image on the right! |
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T he North
Ulster League season came to an end on Monday 15th April
2008 with the final of the Divisional
Championships at St. Paul’s Belfast.
Clonduff had already won the Division II League and
gained promotion to the elite division for the 2008/2009
season. In the Divisional Championship Final Clonduff
played St. Paul’s III and were heavily handicapped to
the tune of 30 points for the Belfast team.
Paul Shields played number 1 and was up against Aisling
O’Reilly, the Irish Senior Women’s finalist (Aisling is
probably the best Women's player in World Handball
today). The young Belfast lady played well in the first
game and Paul only pulled away to win 21-16 late on.
However it was a different story in the second game when
Paul played some brilliant handball and he won easily
21-3. Colin Shields and Eddie Clancy played the doubles
and never really got going on their service games. The
Clonduff pair went down by 21-15 and 21-15. This meant
that Clonduff had to win the last singles game by 24
points overall to take the title. Sean McNally was in
very determined form and played a great passing and kill
game to easily defeat his opponent 21-3, 21-3 and give
the title to the Clonduff men. This rounds off a very
successful year in the Ulster League for Clonduff. A big
thanks to all the players above and to Des McNeill and
John McAleavey who also played in the League this year.
(Click on image above to view slideshow in following
order - 1 Paul Shields on court, 2 Sean McNally after
his title winning match, 3 Doubles pair Eddie Clancy and
Colin Shields with their opponents, 4 Aisling O'Reilly
and Paul Shields. |
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Clonduff
Handball Club staged its first ever Tournament in conjunction
with The Boley Fair on Saturday 30th June 2007. The tournament
was administered by Colin Shields and Des McNeill.
Results in the finals were as follows:
U12: Rory McQuaid beat John Brown;
U14: Conor Brown beat Eamon Grant;
U16: Patrick Matthews beat Rory McGreevy
Click here to view a slideshow of this historic occasion! |
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Clonduff will play in Div. 1 of the North Ulster League
in 2005 after winning Division 2 in 2004. They
eventually finished five points ahead of Belfast outfit
Gort Na Mona.
The Clonduff team (pictured above) was Colin Shields,
Sean McNally, Paul Shields and Eddie Clancy (inset)
It is no mean achievement to gain promotion in their
first season playing in this league! |
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Des McNeill and Dan McCartan, who won the
2004 All Ireland Diamond Masters 40 X 20 Doubles Final
accepting new tracksuits from Eilish McParland, Canal
Court Hotel, Newry prior to setting off for the Finals
in Mullingar. They are pictured with Down County
Chairman, Eamon O'Toole. They beat the Galway pair
(Seamus O'Fatharta and Peter Mulryan - they won the
first game at 18 and then demolished their opponents
21-1 in the second game.
Both men transferred to the Clonduff Club when their own
club in Carryduff folded.
Des has been living in the Parish for a number of years
and (with Paul Shields) has been involved in reviving the juvenile game in
Clonduff - upwards on 30 youngsters, up to U16 level
train at least one evening per week. |
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| Winning
Handballers 2001! Jerry Quinn, (County Vice Chairman and Clonduff
PRO) presenting the county trophies to the County Winners. L-R Kit
Finnegan (Ulster Handball Council), Paul Girvan, Jim Harland, Jerry
Quinn, Gerry McEntee, Tony Wilson |
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| 1999 County title winners! Peter
Carter (centre front) All Ireland Handball President was at the
County handball presentations in Saval. Clonduff players had won
their share of silverware. Front (l-r) Tony Wilson (Novic), Peter
Carter, Gerry McEntee (Doubles). Back (l-r) Des McNeill (Diamond
Masters), Gary Morgan (Div 2 Champion), Jim Harland (Doubles) |
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1999 - Clonduff Handball pair in All Ireland Final!
Tony Wilson and Paul Girvan, the Down Champions won the Ulster
title with victories over Monaghan, Derry and Antrim. Then they beat Mayo to set up
Final against the winners of Clare v Wexford. This is groundbreaking stuff for
Clonduff. Unfortunately they lost out in Final! They are pictured
lright at a special presentation celebration in Clonduff
Clubrooms - Left to Right: John McPolin (Vice Chairman) Tony, Paul and Peter McSherry
(Down Handball) |
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These young Clonduff lads
lifted the Feile na nGael Handball Title in 1992. They are (left to right) Damian
Smith, Tom Grant, Paul Shields and Paudie Matthews. Included in the picture are Tony
Wilson (Coach), Martin Murphy (Down Handball) and Bernard McGrattan (Chairman Down Feile
Committee) |
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| Right - A group of winning Handballers in 1988 Front
(l to r) Lorcan Mussen, Conor Donna, Conal Gribben, Gary Smyth,
Damian Smyth. Back (l to r) Paul McAlinden, Seamus Morgan, Paul
Shields, Maurice Quail and Eugene O'Hagan |
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| Senior
Handballers later 80s - Paul McGreevy, Gerard Brown, Adrian Travers
and Tony Wilson |
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| Mark Matthews
receiving a trophy from Dan McCartan (mid 80s) - Dan later won an
All Ireland Diamond Masters Doubles title for Clonduff in 2004 with
Des McNeill |
Clonduff
Handballers about 1986. Front (l-r) Tony Wilson, Andrew Carr, Adrian
Travers. Back (l-r) Mark Matthews, Paul McGreevy |
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