Cumann na mBunscol Uladh Handball Championships

At the Cumann na mBunscol Uladh Handball Championships at the Rossa / St. Paul’s complex in Belfast, it was Tyrone pair Cormac Munroe and Lorcan McBride (pictured), St Columbkille’s PS, Carrickmore that lifted the first silverware of the day with victory in the final over Micheal O’Shea and Mark Coooper from Tannaghmore P.S. in Armagh.

The U11 girls’ doubles went the same way as Eimear Kerr and Elizabeth McGarvey from Drumduff P.S. in Tyrone defeated Antrim’s Good Shepherd’s pair of Aoife Cunningham and Georgia Conlon.

In the boys’ singles, Cailean Myles from Scoil Mhuire Monaghan BNS won the first of Monaghan’s three titles on the day as he closed out a tight match with Marc McKenna from Good Shepherd in Belfast.

The U11s girls’ was won by Dearbhla Colemam from Tannaghmore P.S. in Armagh in a close contest with Michela McCartan from St Oliver Plunkett’s PS, Beragh.

In the afternoon’s U13 action, Monaghan lifted the Boys’ Singles, with Ryan Mooney from Scoil Mhuire BNS, and the Boys’ Doubles with Aaron Mohan and James McKenna Edenmore NS who overcame the Cavan pair of Kieran Kaye and Darragh Dolan.

Cavan’s Nicole Dolan from Milltown defeated Donegal’s Aimee McGonagle while the final title of the day went the way of Armagh as Tannaghmore girls Grainne Scullion and Maeve Mc Conaghy went undefeated on the day. Fiona Shannon, the 2009 World Champion, was on hand throughout the day refereeing and presenting medals to the winners.