Team C triumph in Collooney handball 40 x 29 tournament final
Team C of Joe Mc Cann, Pat Fox, Michael Browne, Aoife Quinn, Michael Murphy & Liam Naughton deft Team G of Michael Ginley, Mark Murphy, Pat O’Sullivan, Martin Golden, Cannon Cannon & Martin Brannigan by 123-104 in the final of the Collooney handball 40 x 20 team tournament. The competition has been running for the past 8 weeks. In an entertaining and close final throughout it was the overall gritty team display of Team C that eventually wore down game Team G. Despite losing the opening contest Pat Fox & Joe McCann (Team G) they can thank their team mates for pulling this one out of the fire.
Final score Team C of Joe Mc Cann, Pat Fox, Michael Browne, Aoife Quinn, Michael Murphy & Liam Naughton def Team C of Michael Ginley, Mark Murphy, Pat O’Sullivan, Martin Golden, Cannon Cannon & Martin Brannigan by 123-104
Overall results: Michael Ginley & Mark Murphy dft Pat Fox & Joe McCann 4-21, 21-13, 21-3
Michael Browne & Aoife Quinn dft Pat O'Sullivan & Martin Golden 21-11, 21-21, 11-0.
Michael Muphy & Liam Naughton Jnr dft Martin Brannigan & Connell Cannon 21-20, 21-1.
The occasion marked the first tournament to be played in the new Collooney handball 40 x 20 court since the €200,000 project was completed on August 29th last.
Pat Fox, Joe McCann, Michael Browne, Aoife Quinn, Michael Murphy & Liam Naughton have just written themselves in the club history books - Congratulations
Photo tournament winners are left to right: Michael Browne, Aoife Quinn, Pat Fox, Joe McCann, Liam Naughton, & Micahel Murphy.
Runners-up left to right: Martin Brannigan, Connell Cannon, Martin Golden, Pat O'Sullivan, Mark Murphy & Michael Ginley.