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IT’S been a busy few weeks for Clare handball and there will be more of the same this coming week with Munster finals being played across the various grades.
Having already reached the Mun- ster Under 21 Doubles final with Conor Cooney, Tulla’s Cathal Han- non has claimed the Under 21 Sin- gles title, marking Clare’s first Mun- ster Singles title of the year. It came about when he beat Shane Hayes of Clooney in an all-Clare decider at Newmarket on Friday night.
Ashling Fitzgerald and _ Edel O’Grady, both Tuamgraney, were crowned Munster Minor Ladies Doubles champions after receiving a walkover in the final.
Meanwhile, Declan Frawley of Clarecastle was defeated in the Mun- ster Intermediate Singles final after going down against an in-form Colm Jordan of Cork.
In the Silver Masters °B’ Doubles, Tuamgraney’s Teddy O’Hanlon and Tulla’s Donal Vaughan exited the Munster race when they went down against Limerick’s Jimmy Fanning and Jack Dillon.
There is Munster final action in Galbally tonight (Tuesday) as Tua- mgraney’s PJ Counihan and Jimmy
Walsh take on Michael Jordan and Jim Kennedy of Cork in the Dia- mond Masters °A’ decider.
On the local scene, the second of this year’s Clare League finals was played during the week with Tulla scoring a comprehensive win over Tuamgraney to take the Division 3 title. The winning team was Cathal Hannon, Trevor Vaughan, Sam Ed-
brooke and Aidan Lynch, plus subs used during the year.
Clooney had already claimed the Division 4B title with victory over Tuamgraney while tonight also sees both 4A semi-finals with Shan- non playing O’Callaghans Mills in Clarecastle and Tuamgraney A fac- ing Clarecastle in Tulla.
On Wednesday night the focus
switches to Clarecastle for both Di- vision 2 semis as Tuamgraney and O’Callaghans Mills clash in Court | and Clooney go up against Kilkishen in Court 4. All games are at 8pm.
In juvenile handball, the Banner’s up-and-coming stars kicked off their own Munster Championship cam- paigns over the weekend. Clare were represented from under 12 to under
17, boys and girls, at Munster semi- final stage against Cork opponents generally and Waterford at under 13 girls and under I5 boys.
It proved to be a successful week- end on the whole, with Banner victo- ries in a number of the age-grades.