Sunday 21 December 2014

Collooney handball Club celebrate an historic year


The legendary Mick Kelly & Paddy Walsh cut the tape to open the new impressive 40 x 20 handball court
Paddy Walsh & Shane Bruen All-Ireland handball champions in 2014


The impressive Collooney handball 40 x 20 court


Collooney handball club have entered a team in the Ocean FM Sports quiz. Team members are Michael McGee, Aoife McDonagh & Gerry Coleman. The team will take on the Sligo All-Stars Basketball team on Saturday January 3rd at 6 p.m. in the meeting rooms in the handball club.

The Collooney handball club next Bingo evening in the Collooney hall will take place on Thursday 8th January at 9 p.m. for a prize fund of €2,800.  All proceeds go towards the development of the new 40 x 20 handball court that was officially opened on August 29th last.

The Collooney handball committee would like to take this opportunity to wish all their loyal supporters a very happy and peaceful Christmas and for a prosperous new year



Carey & McGarry to step down
The A.G.M. of the Collooney handball Club will take place in the meeting rooms in the Club on Tuesday 13th January 2015 at 7 p.m.  Development Chairman Hugh McGarry has confirmed he will be stepping down as Chairman. McGarry, 4 years in the position  was the leading and driving force behind the overall project to build the impressive 40 x 20 court costing in the region of €200,000 to build.  McGarry, previously held the position of Connacht handball Chairman for 3 years.  Brendan Carey the Club Chairman has also stated his intentions of stepping down after serving over 40 years as Chairman.


Collooney handball Club celebrate an historic year

Founded in 1928 it has been a very busy and memorable year for the club both in and outside the court. The club are online since the start of the year with their own clubsite http://collooneyhandballclub.blogspot.ie/ run by Michael McGee the Club's P.R.O. On August 29th last the impressive 40 x 20 complex was opened at a cost of €200,000.  The members have worked tirelessy on the project since 2008 namely Hugh McGarry, Paddy Walsh, Stanley Harte, Peter Davey, Mick Kelly, Peter Chambers, Connell Cannon, Shane Bruen, Michael McGee, Brendan Carey, Seamus Duffy, Aoife McDonagh & Denise Mullen. 

In September club members Paddy Walsh claimed his 30th All-Ireland handball title (at just 74 years of age) with a hard earned tie break win over Dublin's Mick O'Brien in the All-Ireland final of the Over-70's singles,  while Shane Bruen won both Masters B 60 x 30 All-Ireland titles.

The first tournament to be played in the new 40 x 20 was recently completed and resulted in a win for Team G over Team C. It was an historic victory for Joe Mc Cann, Pat Fox, Michael Browne, Aoife Quinn, Michael Murphy & Liam Naughton who defeated Team C 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.

"As a Club we can look back on a most memorable and dramatic year and with a great deal of satisfaction and pride. As a club we dreamed an impossible dream. The team were steadfast throughout in their goals and their commitment was unrelenting, and never wavered. They just wouldn't take no for an answer even in the teeth of a biting recession. With the efforts of the above committee the club now have a state of the art 40 x 20 handball complex that matches that of any handball court in the country. It is only a matter of time that All-Ireland finals will be hosted in the new court.  Already World handball Champion Cavan's Paul Brady who will be going for an unprecedented fifth world handball title in 15 years next August in Calgary Canada has expressed his desire to play in the new court."


Photos:

1. pic 14 Cutting the tape for the 40 x 20 opening are the legendary Mick Kelly & Paddy Walsh.
2. All-Ireland handball champions from the Club Paddy Walsh & Shane Bruen
3. Photo of the impressive 40 x 20 handball facility in the Collooney handball club.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a very happy Christmas and to all your families our supporters, sponsors fellow players & officials. Enjoy the Christmas festivities you all deserve it.


Michael McGee
Collooney handball club P.R.O.

http://collooneyhandballclub.blogspot.ie/

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