St Paul’s Belfast to host Golden Gloves Tournament

PLEASE NOTE THE DRAWS HAVE BEEN AMENDED for this weekend’s Golden Gloves Handball Tournament in St. Paul’s GAA Handball Club.

All players should note their relevant grade and changes made.

Charly Shanks will take up the number 1 seed slot in the Annual Golden Gloves Tournament which will go ahead as scheduled over next weekend – Friday 29th – Sunday 31st October 2010.

The Armagh player moved up to number 3 in the national mens rankings and, with Paul Brady and Eoin Kennedy not in action, he will take the favourites position as the last 16 commences next Saturday morning. Mayo’s Dessie Keegan, who returns from the USA this week having lost in the Open Doubles final alongside Eoin Kennedy, is at number 2 with Westmeath’s Robbie McCarthy at 3 and Wicklow’s Michael Gregan at 4. Ricky McCann, a winner of the event on 3 occasions, is seeded at number 5 in the 2010 event.

The Ladies event promises to be a very intriguing one with Aisling Reilly returning from her second US Ladies Open win of the year and being number 2 in this tournament with Fiona Shannon, who is just one point ahead of Reilly in the National rankings, making a return to action on Saturday. Marianna Rushe will also compete in this year’s series and is seeded at 3 with Down’s rising star, Lorraine Havern, at number 4.

There are also a number of intriguing Junior grades to look forward to with the action set to paint a picture in many ways ahead of the forthcoming Irish Junior 40×20 Nationals.

Full draws have now been released and these are available www.handball.ie