This article is from page 60 of the 2011-08-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 60 JPG
WITH THE 60×30 handball provincial championships now concluded, Clare’s three Munster Singles Champions were in All-Ireland semi-final action over the weekend and all three were victorious. The legendary John Kirby had a straight-forward 21-5, 21-11 win over Paddy Walsh (Sigo)in his Ruby Masters semi-final in Ballina while in Golden Masters B Singles, Pat Donellan had a 21-10, 21-11 victory against Galway’s Willie Corcoran at Williamstown. Ashling Fitzgerald travelled to Roscommon to play Stephanie Coleman of Mayo in Junior Singles and came away with an impressive 21-8, 21-15 success.
All three are also Munster Doubles champions and are again in All-Ireland semi-final this Saturday. John Kirby teams up with Jimmy Walsh to take on Mayo pair Tom Derrig and John Kenny in Castlebar (5.00) while there are two games down for decision in Tuamgraney. Starting at 2.00pm, Pat Donellan and his partner Stephen McInerney face Galway opposition in the form of Willie Corcoran and Mike Shaughnessy. Ashling Fitzgerald is again up against Mayo when she partners Edel O’Grady to take on Stephanie Coleman and Mary Duffy.
This weekend also sees the 60×30 All-Ireland Juvenile Semi-Finals take place and on the Munster v. Connaught side of the draw, there is a full list of games down for this Saturday in both Ballina (Tipp) and Hospital (both 12.00). Clare will be represented on Saturday by Fergal Coughlan, who plays his Boys under 14 Singles semi final against either Sligo or Mayo in Ballina.