Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Eugene begins his singles campaign this weekend

Eugene O'Reilly first Crossakiel player to represent Meath in a decade

Eugene O’Reilly in Leinster action this weekend

Leinster handball championships 40 x 20 Saturday January 23rd in Leixlip at 6.30 p.m

Junior B singles: Eugene O’Reily (Mh) v Daniel Fenlon (Carlow)

Crossakiel club player Eugene O’Reilly will begin his Leinster singles campaign with a fixture against Carlow’s Daniel Fenton. O’Reilly who reached the 2008 Leinster final will be eager to get to the Leinster final and that aim will start in Leixlip on Saturday evening next. Last Thursday Reilly & Peter Flanagan secured a win over Wexford’s Mick Donovan & Ronan Greene in the 1st round of the Leinster Jun B doubles.

Winning start for Eugene O'Reilly & Peter Flanagan in Leinster Handball 40 x 20 Championships

Eugene O'Reilly & Peter Flanagan Meath's Junior B Doubles 2010
Leinster 40x20 Championship
Junior B Doubles 1st Round
Thursday 14th January, Ballymore Eustace, Co.Kildare

Eugene O'Reilly/Peter Flanagan (Meath) dft Mick Donovan/Ronan Green (Wexford) 21-8, 21-10.

The Crossakiel/Kells partnership of Eugene O’Reilly and Peter Flanagan started off this year’s Leinster 40x20 doubles championship with a good win in Ballymore Eustace against Wexford pairing Mick Donovan and Ronan Green from the Barntown Handball Club, located just outside Wexford town.

The Wexford pair scored the first ace of the game to go 1-0 up, but Meath then took control and once they regained the serve they then went into the lead and dominated the first game thanks to some fine serving from Flanagan. The first game finished 21-8 in favour of Meath duo.

The second game started off slow for the Meath pair, going 5-0 down but they regained their composure and reeled in the scores to level at 5-5. From then on, this game was a much tighter affair with neither side seemingly able to find any rhythm, but then the Meath lads started to show their class. With the scores tied at 10-10 Wexford went in to serve, but with a well placed defensive shot deep into the left corner from O’Reilly and then a nice kill from him to the front right the Meath men regained the serve without dropping a single ace. This passage of play seemed to spur them on and they closed out the second game 21-10 to take the match.

Crossakiel's 1st One Wall National Champion

Crossakiel's 1st One Wall National Champion
Historic achievement for Crossakiel and Eugene O'Reilly