Champions 1997-2018

Year	Venue	Winners	Country
1997	Winnipeg	Anna Engele	USA
2000	Chicago	Priscilla Schumate	USA
2003	Ireland	Fiona Shannon	Ireland
2006	Edmonton	Fiona Shannon	Ireland
2009	Portland	Fiona Shannon	Ireland
2012	Ireland	Aisling Reilly	Ireland
2015	Calgary	Aisling Reilly	Ireland
2018	Minneapolis	Martina McMahon	Ireland

Report

Fiona Shannon won three World Handball Council 4-Wall Handball Women’s Open Singles Championships from 2003 to 2009 for Ireland, followed by Aisling Reilly who won twice in a row 2012 and 2015 and then Martina McMahon made it 6 in a row for Ireland in Minneapolis in 2018. The WHC World Handball Championships have been held since 1964 and continuously every three years since 1984 with Women first competing in 1986.

References

Images

[1] US Handball (2020) WHClogo [Internet] Available from: https://www.ushandball.org/images/photos/WHClogo.jpeg [Accessed 15 May 2018]

Websites

[2] World Handball Council (2016) 4 Wall World Champions 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.worldhandballcouncil.org/4-wall-world-champions-1 [Accessed 5 May 2021]

[3] R2 Sports (2015) 2018 World Handball Championships [Internet] Available from: https://www.r2sports.com/website/event-results.asp?TID=22540 [Accessed 14 August 2020]

[4] R2 Sports (2015) 2015 World Handball Championships [Internet] Available from: https://www.r2sports.com/website/event-results.asp?TID=12602 [Accessed 14 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 May 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Women’s Finals

Division Type	Division Name	Winners	Runners-Up
	Women’s Small Ball
WO	Open	Aisling Reilly	Catriona Casey
WOD	Open	Martina McMahon / Aisling Reilly	Aishling O’Keeffe / Catriona Casey
	Female Big Ball 1 Wall
FB1O	Open	Danielle Daskalakis	Sandy Ng
FB1B	B	Ana Belen Giner	Monica Moya
FB1C	C	Cassandra Rodriguez	Natasha Coughlan
FB130	30+	Theresa Haley	Kerry White
FB140	40+	Maria Rivera	Avoureen Coleman
FB145	45+	Karen McConney	Bernice Torres
FB1OD	Open	Danielle Daskalakis / Sandy Ng	Karen McConney / Lorraine Havern
FB1BD	B	Ana Belen Giner / Maria Jose Giner	Lian Chin / Tina Johnson
FB1CD	C	Michelle Warren / Avoureen Coleman	Aine ni Dhroighneain / Bobbi Ui Ainli
	Women’s Small Ball
WA	A	Ciana Ni Churraoin	Clodagh McManamon
WB	B	Sinead Hanley	Kristina Rude
WC	C	Laura Keaver	Natasha Coughlan
W40	40+	Diane Valles	Stefanie Weaver
W55	Veteran Golden 55+	Donna Mosely	Patti Green-Kent
WBD	B	Leona Ryder / Clodagh McManamon	Leslie Amminson / Meadhbh Ni Dhalaigh
WCD	C	Linda Connolly / Siobhan Tully	Laura Keaver / Kristina Rude
W40D	40+	Stefanie Weaver / Donna Mosely	Diane Vallee / Johanne Chevalier

Report

Aisling Reilly, from Antrim took home the two top prizes in the World Handball Championships in Calgary 2015. In the Women’s Small Ball Open Category she defeated Catriona Casey in the Final, and she also won the Doubles Small Ball Open Category with Martina McMahon from Limerick.

The World Handball Championships in Calgary had competitions in Men’s, Women’s, Boys, Girls from 11 and Under to 80 Plus in both Singles and Doubles for Small Ball, Big Ball 1 Wall, and 1 Wall competitions.

About World Handball

Handball is described on the GAA Handball website as the only real GAA World Sport. The World Handball Council says Handball was first played in Ireland, and it is very popular throughout the United States of America and Canada, with the World Handball Players the top Pro Competition, and variations such as Inner City Handball. It is also played in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America, Australia and Japan.

References

Images

[1] R2 Sports (2015) main-logo-transparent_151_large [Internet] Available from: https://www.r2sports.com/tourney/imageGallery/gallery/sponsorLogo/main-logo-transparent_151_large.gif %5BAccessed 15 May 2018]

Websites

[2] R2 Sports (2015) Results: World Handball Championships 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/viewResults.asp?TID=12602  [Accessed 15 May 2018]

[3] GAA Handball (2020) Player Profile: Aisling Reilly [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/fanzone/players/ladies/aisling-reilly [accessed 14 August 2020]

[4] GAA Handball (2020) Player Profile: Martina McMahon [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/fanzone/players/men/ricky-mccann [accessed 14 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 18 November 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.