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WITH this year’s Munster 60×30 championships now well under way, Clare players have experienced mixed fortunes in the latest Munster first-round matches, while the next fortnight sees numerous fixtures of interest including the start of Mun- ster juvenile championships _ this weekend.
At Under 21 grade, Cathal Han- non scored an impressive win over David Hickey of Waterford, putting him through to a Munster semi-final clash against Cork’s Thomas O’ Neill which the Clareman duly won.
After narrowly losing out in the first game (19-21), Hannon powered back to take the next two games 21-17 and 21-10, becoming the first Clareman into a Munster 60×30 fi- nal this year. Hannon now takes on Waterford’s David Walsh in the final this Thursday and is due in action again Monday night when he part- ners Shane Hayes for their Under 21 Doubles semi final.
Thursday night last saw a Munster Championship quarter-final dou- ble-header at Tuamgraney as Fergal Coughlan (Clooney) opened his Jun- ior B Singles account with an impres- sive 21-16, 21-7 win over Limerick’s
Patrick Frawley.
Coughlan was in semi-final action in Hospital las tnight against Wa- terford and the final is fixed for this Thursday, on the same bill as the U- 21 Singles final.
Tommorrow night (Wednesday) will see Shannon’s John Cawley take on John Herlihy of Cork in the Sil- ver Masters A Singles semi-final at Hospital (8.00pm). Also on Wednes- day, Clarecastle brothers Declan and Liam Frawley are in action in their Junior Doubles quarter-final against
Kerry or Limerick at Broadford at 8.00pm with the winners due in a semi-final two nights later.
Next Tuesday night, Shane Walsh and Fergal Coughlan travel to Ballina for a Junior B Doubles quarter-final against Kevin Kennedy and Declan NS Aeyn
On the underage front, Clare’s 2008 60×30 challenge gets under way this Friday at Munster semi-final stage.
Clare players at the various age groups (under 12-under 17, boys and girls) will meet the winners of Cork
v Waterford quarter-finals at Limer- ick venues this Friday at 7.00pm.
Meanwhile, Ballina Handball Club has tasted much success recently with Ger Coonan winning both Munster Intermediate Singles and Doubles titles. Indeed, Coonan and his part- ner Martin ‘Mags’ McInerney (also Ballina) are in the All-Ireland dou- bles final after a 17-21, 21-10, 21-10 semi-final win over Mayo.
Fergal Collins also reached the Munster Minor Singles final after victory over Limerick’s CJ Fitz- patrick but went down narrowly in the final after a tie-breaker to Fitz- patrick’s Doubles partner, Seamus O’Carroll. After a very comprehen- sive 21-2, 21-10 semi-final win over Mayo’s Stephen Cooney, O’Carroll is now red-hot favourite to claim both Minor Singles and Doubles All-Ire- land titles.
Finally, the Clarecastle Handball AGM takes place next Monday, Sep- tember 7 at the Sports Complex in Clarecastle. All are welcome to at- tend in order to see what the club has to offer.