GAA Handball News
April 06, 2010Friday 30th April 2010 - Sunday 2nd May 2010
at Ulster Venues.
Senior Showdown...
Saturday 10th April
in Kingscourt
commencing 4pm
GAA Handball All Ireland 40x20 Minor SIngles, Ladies Senior Doubles and Mens Senior Singles Championship Finals 2010...
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for All Ireland Senior Final details
Cumann na mBunscoil 2010 The 2010 Cumann na mBunscoil National Handball day will take place this year as part of a new rotation system around the provinces. This season will see the event staged in Connacht on Saturday 24th April in Castlebar Mitchell's GAA Club where they have 2 40x20 courts for hosting both the Boys and Girls events on the one day. The action will get underway at 11.00am with the 11 & Under sections, will break for lunch and follow afterwards with the 13 & Under grades.
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Sponsors...
GAA Handball would like to thank our Main Sponsors and we look forward to their continued support in 2010...
· O'Neills Sports
· M Donnelly
· Envirogreen BS
· Ladbrokes
· Dalkia
GAA Handball will be announcing new Sponsors in the year ahead on this GAA Handball Newsletter service...
GAA Handball All Ireland 40x20 Championship Final Fixtures 2010...
CLICK HERE FOR full fixtures list
Coming soon...
Roscommon's Marianna Rushe will contest the Ladies Senior Doubles final on Saturday 10th April in Kingscourt and is one of 4 ladies provincial senior champions still in the race for the 2010 Ladies Senior Singles crown, won on 2009 by Fiona Shannon. Antrim's Aisling Reilly, Kildare's Anna Spence and Kerry's Maria Daly and the remaining trio who will contest the semi-finals of that event on Saturday 17th April 2010.
Reigning All Ireland senior doubles champions, Mayo (Dessie Keegan & Joe McCann) will continue the defence of their crown when they take on Limerick (Seamus O'Carroll & CJ Fitzpatrick) on Saturday 17th April in Moycullen. Cavan (Paul Brady & Michael Finnegan) will face either Meath or Armagh in the second semi-final in Abbeylara.
The Senior Doubles decider is scheduled for St. Coman's, Roscommon, on Saturday 24th April at 4pm with the Minor Doubles and Ladies Senior Singles finals.
Greetings!
Welcome to the second edition of the GAA Handball Newsletter.
March 2010 has been an extremely busy month in the national handball scene and the month of April will see a host of major events and games take place.
Annual Congress took place in Thurles on 28th March and saw Meath's Walter O'Connor win the vote as President-elect and the former world handball champion will take up his presidency at GAA Handball Congress in March 2011.
This week will see the build-up to the eagerly awaited All Ireland Senior 40x20 singles final as Cavan's Paul Brady will bid for a record-equalling 6th successive triumph. The Ladies Senior doubles and boys minor singles honours will also be decided at Kingscourt on Saturday 10th April as part of an exciting programme, commencing at 4pm.
All Ireland Juvenile Championship finals are also scheduled for Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th April while every weekend in April will see 40x20 national championship titles decided around the country.
Meanwhile, the month will conclude with the GAA Handball 40x20 Irish Nationals taking place at Ulster venues from Friday 30th April - Sunday 2nd May 2010.
In addition to other key events around Ireland, there will be further progress made in relation to the new-look Strategic Plan for handball, entitled 'GAA Handball's Strategic Vision, 2010-2012', the roll-out of the national development plan and the issue and distribution of promotional literature, publications, coaching pack and 'Top Ace' magazine.
The official website will see further progress in 2010 and will become a more interactive and visually exciting platform for all GAA Handball news from club, county, province, nationally and internationally.
So make sure you do not miss out on receiving this new-look source of information. Register by keying in your details on the official website - www.gaahandball.ie.
Also, if your club, county board or events committee would like to have something included in this GAA Handball Newsletter then please forward by email to [email protected].
Please forward this newsletter to all your handball contacts and get them to register for this excellent free service....
GAA Handball are also now on facebook, which you can access by clicking on the link below and joining as a fan.
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Is mise le meas,
Chris Curran
National Manager
GAA Handball Senior decider in Kingscourt
All Ulster affair - Cavan v Armagh
Cavan's Paul Brady is just one win away from a record-equalling sixth successive All Ireland Senior singles title win and will face final debutante, Armagh's Charly Shanks, in his bid to complete the feat.
The duo will cross swords for the second time in 2010, following their Ulster final showdown at the beginning of March, when they meet at Kingscourt on Saturday 10th April as part of an absorbing championship programme.
CLICK HERE for further news and information...
Kennedy falls to Chapman in WPH decider...
defeats No 2 & 3 seeds en route to final
Dublin's Eoin Kennedy, following his All Ireland senior semi-final defeat to Cavan's Paul Brady, made it to the final of the WPH Ektelon Handball Fireball Classic in Tucson, Arizona, over the weekend.
click here for more...
2010 All Ireland Juvenile Finals
16 titles to be decided at 3 venues
The GAA Handball All Ireland Juvenile 40x20 Championship finals for 2010 are scheduled to take place in Abbeylara (Longford), Cappagh (Limerick) and Tuamgraney (Clare) over the course of the weekend Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th April 2010...
CLICK HERE for details of the finals... Le buíochas / thanks...
Thank you for taking the time to look over GAA Handball's newsletter.
We hope you find this new platform beneficial and forward on to your friends so we can build the communication process at all levels of our game nationally.
Top Ace Magazine has now been completed and will be distributed through County Boards by mid-April and will be available to also purchase directly from Croke Park.
And Remember...
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One Wall Nationals 2010...
Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th July
Details will be coming soon in relation to one of the great social handball weekends of the year...
GAA Handball Shop
Keep an eye out for the launch of the new GAA Handball Online Shop. From April 2010, GAA Handball will be providing all equipment to the Irish Handballing public. We will be launching GAA Handball branded gear, handball gloves, eyeguards and our official handballs from MacSports. We will also be launching various GAA Handball merchandise throughout 2010.
Special bulk buying rates will be available and further special clubs for registered handball clubs. For those who can't purchase online they will be able to access printed order forms directly from their clubs.
Further details will be announced at the GAA Handball Irish 40x20 Nationals Weekend: 30th April - 2nd May 2010... Tweet
