Mark Farrell & Michael Gaynor exit Leinster championships

Leinster handball championshps 40 x 20


Saturday, January 29th


At Leixlip
Junior B Doubles Michael Gaynor & Mark Farrell (Meath) lost to Justin Heffernan/Danny Linden (Wex) 15-21, 18-21

Gaynor & Farrell great escape

Gaynor & Farrell great battling display see’s of Kilkenny

LEINSTER HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 40 X 20 Results

Junior B Doubles: Eugene O’Reilly & Peter Flanagan (Meath) bt Darren Madden/Alan Guinan (Offaly) 21-1, 21-3 (played in Kilbeggan last evening)

Junior B Doubles : Michael Gaynor & Mark Farrell (Meath) bt Paul Clifford/Sean Quigley 21-18, 21-15 (played in Ballymore Eustace last evening)

Junior B Doubles: Pat McCabe/Paul O’Reilly (Meath) lost to Damien McCarthy/Neville Doyle (Kildare) 14-21, 16-21 (played in O’Raghaillaighs on Wednesday)

Eugene O’Reilly & Peter Flanagan last year’s runners-up got their Leinster Campaign off to a winning start with a facile win over Offaly’s Darren Madden & Alan Guinan played in Kilbeggan last evening.

The Crossakiel duo of Michael Gaynor & Mark Farrell played outstanding handball to defeat one of the title contenders in Kilkenny’s Paul Clifford & Sean Quigley. In a frenetic start to the game Gaynor & Farrell quickly found themselves 18-4 down in game 1 but staged a remarkable recovery to hit back taking game 1 narrowly by 21-18. In the second the Meath men were sharper and held out for a 21-15 win.

Pat McCabe & Paul O’Reilly fell to Kildare’s Damien McCarthy & Neville Doyle in straight games.

Leinster Handball Championships 40 x 20 Fixtures

Saturday, January 15th
At Kilbeggan
5.00. Junior B Doubles: Vinny & John Farrell (Meath) v Andrew Dowling/Michael Donovan (Laois)


Saturday, January 22nd
At Crinkle
5.00. Junior B Singles: Michael Gaynor (Meath) v Ger Anthony (Kilkenny)

The Annual General Meeting of the Crossakiel Handball Club will take place in the Club’s meeting rooms on Friday January 21st at 7 p.m.

Leinster Championships 2011

Eugene O'Reilly hoping to add a Leinster title this year

Eugene O'Reilly returns to Leinster action when he teams up with partner Kells club player Peter Flanagan as they take on Darren Madden/Alan Guinan (Offaly) in the 1st round of the Leinster doubles championships. Last year the duo reached both Leinster 40 x 20 & 60 x 30 doubles finals and will hope to go one better this year. Last weekend Flanagan was a member of the Kells team that won the All-Ireland Interclub Junior B 40 x 20 title with a facile win over St. Mellan's Monaghan in the final.


LEINSTER HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 40 X 20

Thursday, January 13th


At Kilbeggan (Jim Fogarty to arrange referees)
7.30. Junior B Doubles: Eugene O’Reilly & Peter Flanagan (Meath) v Darren Madden/Alan Guinan (Offaly)

At Ballymore Eustace (Ollie Deegan to arrange referees)
8.00. Junior B Doubles : Michael Gaynor & Mark Farrell (Meath) v Paul Clifford/Sean Quigley (Kilkenny)


Saturday, January 15th


At Kilbeggan (Jim Fogarty to arrange referees)
5.00. Junior B Doubles: Vinny & John Farrell (Meath) v Andrew Dowling/Michael Donovan (Laois)


All results (including walkovers) must be notified in one of the following methods:-
i/ texted or phoned to 086-3651088
ii/ Emailed to leinsterhandball@gmail.com
iii/ or sent by voicemail to 086-3651088 on the night of the game. Failure to notify me may result in an unsuitable fixture for the next round.
Players who are unable to fulfil a fixture must contact
(a) their opponent(s)
(b) the venue secretary
(c) Leinster Secretary before the game.
A player who allows his opponent to travel and does not fulfil his fixture will be barred from the next championships

Michael Gaynor impresses for Meath

Michael Gaynor had a teriffic start to the 2011 Leinster Handball Championships 2011

Leinster Handball Championships 40 x 20 2011

Michael Gaynor’s impressive showing for Meath

Crossakiel club player Michael Gaynor had an impressive outing in the 1st round of the Leinster Handball Championships 40 x 20 with an exciting but narrow victory over Carlow’s Oliver Ryan played in Kilbeggan last evening. Gaynor had to pull out all the big shots before getting the better of the Carlow man in an enthralling contest. Crossakiel’s Junior player Steven Quinn gave a very good account when going down to Offaly’s Noel Murphy by 21-12, 21-14 in Delvin also last evening. There was no luck for the Farrell brothers Mark & John however as both fell to Wexford & Dublin opponents respectively. On Wednesday evening in the O’Raighallaighs Club in Drogheda it is the turn of doubles pairing Pat McCabe & James Higgins to go into action as they take on Kildare’s Damien McCarthy & Neville Doyle in this 1st round encounter.
Junior B Singles: Michael Gaynor (Meath) dft Oliver Ryan (Carlow) 21-18, 21-20

Junior B Singles: John Farrell (Meath) lost to Darren O’Toole (Wexford) 21-10, 21-12
Junior B Singles : Mark Farrell (Meath) lost to Ricky Keane (Dublin) 21-17, 21-12

Junior Singles: Steven Quinn (Meath) lost to Noel Murphy (Offaly) 21-12, 21-14


Wednesday, January 12th

At O’Raighalliaghs Club Drogheda
7.30. Junior B Doubles: Pat McCabe/James Higgins (Meath) v Damien McCarthy/Neville Doyle (Kildare)

Leinster championships 40 x 20 List 3

Saturday, January 8th

At Kilbeggan (Jim Fogarty to arrange referees)
6.30. JBS Oliver Ryan (Carlow) v Michael Gaynor (Meath)

At Ballymore Eustace (Ollie Deegan to arrange referees)
5.00. JBS Darren O’Toole (Wexford) v John Farrell (Meath)
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At Delvin (Robert McCarthy to arrange referees)
6.00. JS Noel Murphy (Offaly) v Stephen Quinn (Meath)


Wednesday, January 12th

At O’Raighalliaghs (John Kelly to arrange referees)
7.30. JBD Pat McCabe/James Higgins (Meath) v Damien McCarthy/Neville Doyle (Kd)


County Secretaries are asked to book courts immediately and to ensure that they are open on time for the games listed.

All results (including walkovers) must be notified in one of the following methods:-
i/ texted or phoned to 086-3651088
ii/ Emailed to leinsterhandball@eircom.net
iii/ or sent by voicemail to 086-3651088 on the night of the game. Failure to notify me may result in an unsuitable fixture for the next round.
Players who are unable to fulfil a fixture must contact
(a) their opponent(s)
(b) the venue secretary
(c) Leinster Secretary before the game.
A player who allows his opponent to travel and does not fulfil his fixture will be barred from the next two Leinster Championships.

Leinster Handball Championships 2011

Crossakiel players had mixted fortunes in the 1st rd of the 2011 Leinster championships.

Michael Gaynor had a good 21-9, 21-12 win over Laois's Larry Brennan. Mark Farrell went down to Dublin's Ricky Keane 21-17, 21-9 last night in Ballymore Eustace.

John Farrell recd a walkover.

Reilly retains Christmas Juvenile competition

Gary Reilly winner Christmas Juvenile competition with Johnny Reilly runner-up

Today's competition was the young Crossakiel players’ first opportunity to taste real competitive action in the 40x20 code and all are showing a great adaptation to the game. Gary Reilly was to the fore on the day winning the final 15-5, 15-10, and in doing so retaining the title he won in the club’s 2009 Christmas competition. His opponent time time around was Johnny Reilly, who was likely feeling the effects after having just played a grueling 3 game match in the semi-final, over the fiercely determined Cormac Gilsenan, on a scoreline of 10-15, 15-7, 15-8. In the first semi-final of the day, Gary Reilly had overcome Conor Rice, 15-9, 15-4. Rice had earlier over come Jack Tunney 15-11, 15-5 and Gilsenan had accounted for Killian McCaffery 15-10, 15-2. This was a great opportunity for the players to put the many hours of training into practice and to get their 40x20 seasons back on track after the disruptions brought about by the recent inclement weather conditions. The Meath County championships will be scheduled towards the end of January, giving all our players a month to get their preparations completed. Once again congratulations to Gary Reilly on winning the 2010 Christmas juvenile boys event.