Month: November 2020

November 18, 2020

Women’s Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 1 2004-2005

Women’s Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

WCA National League A 2004

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Glengarry	8	7	0	1	37	10	14
Oban Lorne	8	4	0	4	28	27	8
Edinburgh University	8	4	0	4	7	19	8
Glasgow Mid Argyll	8	4	0	4	18	15	8
Kingussie	8	1	0	7	9	28	2

Women’s Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 1 2004-2005 [Reference: 3

WCA National Div 1 2005

	P	W	D	L	P	A	Pts
Glasgow Mid Argyll ++	10	6	2	0	47	7	16
Glengarry	10	7	1	2	35	8	15
*Tir Chonaill Harps*	10	5	1	4	7	23	11
Edinburgh University	10	4	2	4	15	15	10
Oban Lorne	10	3	0	7	1	26	6

Women’s Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 1 2005 {Reference: 4]

Report

Glengarry won the Women’s Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 1 in 2004 with 14 points from 8 games and Glasgow Mid Argyll in 2005 with 16 points from 10 games. Ireland’s Tir Chonaill Harps, from Donegal, came third in 2005 on 11 points.

Shinty.com Logo [Reference: 2]

About Scottish Shinty

Shinty (also known as Camanachd) is the Scottish version of Hurling and Camogie, played mostly in the Gaelic-speaking Scottish Highlands. It has both Men’s and Women’s Leagues and Cups, and also University and Underage Competitions. It is 12-a-side, played with a stick and ball like in Hurling, but with no point-over-the-bar, just goals.

References

Images

[1] Camanachd Association (2019) wca-logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/wca-logo.jpg [Accessed 18 November 2020]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

Internet Archive

[3] Shinty.com (2004) – Wayback Machine [2006/04/05] Women’s Shinty: 2004 Season fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060405160018/http://www.shinty.com/ladies/fixtures2004.htm [Accessed 10 October 2017]

[4] Shinty.com (2005) – Wayback Machine [2006/05/12] Women’s Shinty: 2005 Season League [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060512010046/http://www.shinty.com/ladies/leagues.htm [Accessed 10 October 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laura Shadbolt

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November 18, 2020

Kirkwall Ba’ Game (Orkney Uppies and Doonies)

About

The Orkney Ba’ game is played on Christmas Day and New Years’ Day each year in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, in the North sea off Scotland. It is a Medieval Football game played with a Ba’ (Ball made of cork and covered with leather). two opposing sides, the Uppies and Doonies (those born to the North of the Cathedral are Doonies and those born to the South of the Cathedral are Uppies).

The Uppie goal is to touch the Ba’ against a wall in the South end of the town. The Doonies have to get the ball into the water of Krkwall Bay to the North of the town. There are no official rules or limit to the number of players on each side although “inappropriate behaviour” is kept in check.

Usually a tight scrum develops around the Ba’ but when the scrum breaks chaos erupts as the team with possession tries to get to their goal as fast as they can. A game can last up to five hours, although there is only one goal scored and the game is up.

Orkney Ba’ Game in Progress [Reference: 2]

Winners

Year	Winners	Winning Player
2017	Uppies	Gregor Dowell

Orkney Ba’ Game Winners [Reference: 3

Reference

Websites

[1] Orkneyjar / Sigurd Towrie (2018) The Kirkwall Ba’ [Internet] Available from: http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Images

[2] Orkneyjar (2018) ba1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame/ba1.jpg [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Media

[3] You Tube (2019) Kirkwall Boys Ba Christmas Day 2017 (part 3 of 3) . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjx9mt-OTGE [Accessed 8 September 2020]

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Richard Mulcahy and Derek Walsh.

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November 18, 2020

WHC World Handball Championships Women’s Finals Calgary 2015

2015 World Handball Championships Calgary Logo [References: 1]

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

World Handball Championships Women’s Finals Calgary 2015 [Reference: 2]

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.

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Last Updated: 18 November 2020

November 18, 2020

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Women’s Singles End-of-Season Rankings 2018-19

European 1-Wall Tour Logo [References: 1]

Top 10 and Irish Ranked Players After Italian Open 2019

Rank	Name	Country	Movement	Total Points
	Top 10
1	Siegersma, Harmke	Ned	+1	433.3
2	Scheffer, Miranda	Ned	+1	425
3	Gimenez, Mar	Esp	-2	383.3
4	Diez Victoria	Esp	0	241.6
5	Monfils, Anne	Ned	0	228.3
6	Clement, Sarah	Bel	+1	226.6
7	Zenistra, Marrit	Ned	-1	200
8	Van Der Schoot, Hendrieke	Ned	0	161.6
9	Potiez, Apolline	Bel	0	151.6
10	Broesrsma, Annelien	Ned	0	108.3
	Irish Ranked Outside Top 10
19	Havern, Lorraine	Irl	0	41.6
19	Prentice, Siobhan	Irl	0	41.6
24	McCoy, Michelle	Irl	+2	32
50	Mahon, Ciara	Irl	-1	8.3
50	Ni Mhathuna, Ciara	Irl	-1	8.3
52	Havern, Mary	Irl	-1	7.6
54	Dunne, Niamh	Irl	-1	6.6
57	Hanley, Barbara	Irl	0	3.3
57	Gallagher, Pauline	Irl	0	3.3
79	Connolly, Katleen	Irl	-7	0.6
79	Kelly, Catherine	Irl	-1	0.6
89	Choisdealbha, Bairbre	Irl	-1	0
90	Ni Dhuill, Cailiosa	Irl	-3	0
90	McElduff, Maeve	Irl	-3	0
90	Owens, Noleen	Irl	-3	0
90	Bhiadha	Irl	-3	0
90	McCarthy, Aoife	Irl	-3	0

European Wallball Pro Tour Euro1Wall Women’s Rankings End of Season 2018-19 [Reference: 2]

Report

Ireland’s Lorraine Havern and Siobhan Prentice finished in joint 19th on the European 1-Wall Tour in 2018-19. Dutch Handballers took up six of the top 10 places.

About Wallball

Handball was included as one of the four original Gaelic Games in the GAA charter of 1884. It is the only one to have become a genuine sport, with the game being played at a high level in USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, Basque Country, Belgium, Netherlands and the UK.

Wallball is a version of the sport which attempts to unite the various versions of the sport played worldwide and the European Wallball Tour is a Pro Tour with events in Belgium, Spain, Netherlands and UK.

Logos

[1] European Pro Wallball (2020) Logo3-300×111 [Internet] Available from: https://prowallball.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Logo3-300×111.png [Accessed 18 November 2020]

Websites

[2] European Pro Wallball (2017) Women’s Rankings – rankings as they stand after the 2017 Dutch Open [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/womens-rankings/ [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

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Last Updated: 18 November 2020

November 17, 2020

GAA Poc Fada Hurling All-Ireland Championships 2008

Poc Fada Logo [References: 1]

Results

Place	Name	Pocs	Metres
1	Brendan Cummins	54
2	Ruairi Convery	56
3	Brendan McNamara	57	90
4	James Skehill	57	35
5	Damien Fitzhenry	57	24
6	Shane O’Connor	58
7	Adrian Power	60
8	John Garrett	61	52
9	Davy Fitzgerald	61	48
10	David McManus	61	30
11	Fintan O’Brien	62
12	Dan McAuliffe	64

GAA Poc Fada All-Ireland Hurling Championships Results 2008 [Ref; 2]

Report

Brendan Cummins won his third GAA Poc Fada All-Ireland Championship in-a-row, and his fourth in five years, in 2008, beating Ruairi convery by two Pocs. The Championship was held on Annaverna Mountain, Cooley in Co. Louth on Saturday, August 2, 2008.

About Poc Fada

Poc Fada is the Irish equivalent of Golf, and the two sports have the same origins in the times of the Gaelic Celtic myths and legends. According to early Irish literature, Setanta used his Hurley to hit a ball from his home in Co. Louth, while travelling, all the way to the feast of the Ulster king in Armagh, and Poc Fada is the modern equivalent, whereby a player uses their Hurley to hit a ball up the side of a mountain and down the other side in as few Pocs, or hits as possible. The All-Ireland Championships are held in the Cooley Mountains in Co. Louth every August.

References

Images

[1] GAA Poc Fada Twitter Account (2018) GAA Poc Fada Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/975524662636613632/-7z4rlL3_400x400.jpg [Accessed 9 June 2018]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (2008) “Cummins wins third Poc Fada title” Nenagh Guardian. Saturday, August 9, 2008. Pg. 8. [Past copies of the Nenagh Guardian are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom Dunne, Kilkenny

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November 17, 2020

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships 2017

GAA Handball Logo [References: 1]

Open (Mullingar, Westmeath)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Breacach (Tyrone)	87	Mallow (Cork)	60
02.12.17	Kells (Meath)		bye
	Final
02.12.17	Kells (Meath)	70	Breachach (Tyrone)	49

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Open 2017 [References: 2]

Junior (Leixlip, Kildare)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Kilworth (Cork)	W	Saval (Down)	L
02.12.17	Tinryland (Carlow)	71	St. Brigids (Roscommon)	52
	Final
02.12.17	Tinryland (Carlow)	74	Kilworth (Cork)	61

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Junior 2017 [References: 2]

Junior B (Curraghboy, Roscommon)

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
02.12.17	Ballydesmond (Cork)	90	Breacach (Tyrone)	50
02.12.17	Ballymore Eustace (Kildare)	60	Newport (Mayo)	28
	Final
02.12.17	Balllymore Eustace (Kildare)	60	Ballydesmond (Cork)	22

GAA Handball 40×20 Inter-Club Championships Junior B 2017 [References: 2]

Report

Kells of Co. Meath won the GAA Handball All-Ireland Inter-Club Championships Open in 2017, Tinryland of Carlow the Junior, and Ballymore Eustace of Kildare the Junior B.

About Handball

Handball was first played in Ireland according to the World Handball Council website and the GAA Handball website describes it as the GAA’s only real World Sport. It is organised along the same lines as the rest of the Gaelic Games which come under the authority of the GAA – with County, Provincial and All-Ireland Championships, in both Men’s and Women’s, Team and Individual, Boys and Girls and also in Softball and Hardball versions. Some players compete in the European Pro Wallball Tour (Wallball is a unified version of Handball in Europe, bringing together the Handball of Ireland, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Catalonia, Basque Country, Belgium, Wallonia, Flanders and Netherlands. Others play on the US circuit or in Canada and Australia. It is also played in Japan and Latin America.

References

Logos

[1] GAA Handball (2017) GAA Handball Logo Square [Internet] Available from: https://cache.gaahandball.ie/images/made/images/remote/http_gaahandball-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1470913550-GAA-Handball-Logo-Square_394_394_85_c1.jpg [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA Handball (2017) Results – 40×20 Inter-club Championships Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/results [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

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November 17, 2020

Poc Fada Golf

About

Poc Fada is the Irish version of Golf, whereby a player uses a hurl or hurley to hit a sliotar of ball up the side of a mountain and down the other side in as few pucks or goes as possible. It is mentioned in the legend of Setanta, whereby the hero uses his hurl or hurley to hit the ball over the Cooley Mountains in Co. Louth on his way to a feast of the King of Ulster in Armagh.

Poc Fada Golf is the brainchild of Julian Gaisford-St. Lawrence, whose family built Howth Castle, and uses the same principle but on a golf course, with bigger holes. It is aimed more at families as a day out, and it doesn’t take as long as Golf to complete a round. Each hole has a par as in Golf.

It is in the tradition of other GAA Compromise or International rules sports, such as International Rules Football (Gaelic Football & Australian Football), Hurling-Shinty (Ireland v Scotland), Handball-Pelota (Ireland v Basque Country), Rounders-Baseball (Irish teams v American teams) and Hurlacrosse (Hurling teams v Lacrosse teams).

The course was opened in 2015 at Deer Park Golf, in Co. Fingal (North County Dublin), and is run under the stewardship of Humphrey Kelleher, the chairman of the National Poc Fada Committee.

Poc Fada Golf at Deer Park Poc Fada Golf Course [Reference: 2]

References

[1] Bailey, Ryan (2015) “Have you heard of Poc Fada Golf? It’s a sport now and Ireland’s first course has just opened” The 42.ie [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/poc-fada-golf-course-deer-park-2247353-Jul2015/ [Accessed 15 March 2020]

Images

[2] GAA Poc Fada Twitter Account (2018) GAA Poc Fada Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/975524662636613632/-7z4rlL3_400x400.jpg [Accessed 9 June 2018]

[3] YourDaysOut (2020) Deer Park Golf FootGolf and Poc Fada | Things to Do in DubliN [Internet] Available from: https://yourdaysout.com/uploads/articleimages/72/72ec62f4b80966f2e1ba46df14c6c1f9.JPG [Accessed 15 March 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Judith Burns, Jean-Paul O’Flynn and Rose McCabe.

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November 15, 2020

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2013-2019

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

CA Shinty Premiership 2013

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newtonmore (C)	18	16	1	1	71	19	33
Lovat	18	9	8	1	38	17	26
Inveraray	18	7	5	6	32	31	19
Kyles Athletic	18	6	5	7	30	29	17
Kingussie	18	8	1	9	31	34	17
Lochaber	18	6	5	7	28	34	17
Glenurquhart	18	6	4	8	25	29	16
Kinlochshiel	18	5	5	8	33	46	15
r – Fort William	18	3	6	9	18	38	12
r – Oban Camanachd	18	3	2	13	19	48	8

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2013 [Reference: 3]

CA Shinty Premiership 2014

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newtonmore (C)	14	10	2	2	37	17	22
Lovat	14	7	5	2	32	20	19
Glenurquhart	14	7	4	3	25	18	18
Kingussie	14	7	2	5	31	29	16
Kyles Athletic	14	6	4	4	25	20	16
Inveraray	14	3	4	7	18	29	10
Kinlochshiel	14	2	3	9	21	35	7
Lochaber	14	1	2	11	18	42	4

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2014 [Reference: 4

CA Shinty Premiership 2015

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newtonmore (C)	18	17	0	1	63	14	34
Kyles Athletic	18	11	2	5	56	29	24
Glenurquhart	18	9	4	5	39	34	22
Lochaber	18	7	3	8	34	44	17
Lovat	18	6	4	8	38	38	16
Oban Camanachd	18	6	4	8	26	30	16
Kinlochshiel	18	6	4	8	30	44	16
Fort William	18	6	3	9	27	41	15
Kingussie	18	5	3	10	25	35	13
Inveraray (R)	18	2	3	13	20	49	7

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2015 [Reference: 5]

CA Shinty Premiership 2016

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newtonmore (C)	18	16	2	0	74	15	34
Kyles Athletic	18	10	5	3	52	23	25
Oban Camanachd	18	11	3	4	35	25	25
Kinlochshiel	18	10	3	5	40	26	23
Kingussie	18	6	3	9	27	35	15
Glenurquhart	18	6	3	9	26	41	15
Lovat	18	7	1	10	29	45	15
Lochaber	18	4	6	8	27	42	14
Skye (R)	18	2	8	8	19	38	12
Fort William (R)	18	0	2	16	15	54	2

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2016 [Reference: 6

CA Shinty Premiership 2017

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Kinlochshiel (C)	18	13	4	1	49	17	30
Kyles Athletic	18	13	2	3	56	28	28
Lovat	18	12	1	5	37	31	25
Newtonmore	18	10	4	4	43	20	24
Kingussie	18	9	3	6	32	27	21
Oban Camanachd +	18	8	1	8	44	30	18
Glenurquhart	18	3	4	11	28	49	10
Lochaber	18	4	2	12	22	52	10
Kilmallie + (R)	18	3	1	13	19	48	8
Glasgow Mid Argyll (R)	18	2	2	14	21	49	6

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2017 [Reference: 7

CA Shinty Premiership 2018

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newtownmore (C)	18	15	1	2	62	16	31
Kyles Athletic +	18	10	4	3	50	21	25
Kinlochshiel	18	10	5	3	48	28	25
Lovat	18	11	3	4	44	26	25
Oban	18	8	5	5	46	29	23
Kingussie	18	7	4	7	34	31	18
Lochaber	18	5	2	11	41	77	12
Caberfeidh	18	4	2	12	37	64	10
Skye (R)	18	3	2	13	27	65	8
Glenurquhart + (R)	18	0	4	13	15	47	5

Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2018 [Reference: 8

CA Shinty Premiership 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kingussie (C)	18	13	3	2	52	24	29
Lovat	18	10	5	3	47	22	25
Newtonmore +	17	9	2	6	48	29	21
Oban Camanachd ++	18	11	2	4	46	22	26
Kyles Athletic ++	17	11	1	4	41	26	25
Kinlochshiel	18	8	2	8	39	40	18
Caberfeidh	18	6	0	12	49	66	12
Kilmallie +	18	4	1	12	21	40	10
Inveraray (R)	18	3	1	14	20	53	7
Lochaber – (R)	18	3	1	13	24	65	5

Reference: [1]

Points System: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / * Points Adjustments

Legend: (C) – Champions / (R) – Relegated / + – Points Adjustments

Report

In 2013 the Camanachd Association Shinty Premier League underwent a rebranding as the Premiership, and Newtownmore won the title from 2013-2016, scoring 33 points in 2013, 22 in 2014 from a reduced schedule of 14 matches, and 34 in 2015 and 2016, the last season undefeated. In the seasns where there were 18 matches per team, they never finished less than 7 points ahead of their nearest challengers. Kinlochshiel ended their streak in 2017, finishing on 30 points, two ahead of Kyles Athletic, placed second for the third year in a row. Newtownmore won the title back in 2018, by six points from Kyles Athletic, again runners-up. Kingussie won back the Title they thought must have been theirs for keeps in 2019 with 29 poins, four ahead of Lovat.

About Shinty

Shinty is Gaelic Scotland’s traditional version of Hurling. It is one of the forgotten Gaelic, Celtic or Atlantic Games like Basque Pelota and Welsh Baseball, played mostly in Gaelic parts of Scotland like the Highlands and Islands.

The game is very similar to Hurling, with a curved stick used to hit a ball through a goal, except there is no point-over-the-bar and less play in the air. The game is 12-a-side as opposed to Hurling’s 15-a-side.

References

Images

[1] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

Websites

[4] Shinty.com (2014) 2014 Marine Harvest Premiership [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/leagues/premier-division/2014-15/ [Accessed 1 September 2016

[5] Shinty.com (2015) 2015 Marine Harvest Premiership [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/leagues/premier-division/2015-16/ [Accessed 31 August 2016

[6] Shinty.com (2016) Marine Harvest Premiership [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-live/the-premiership/ [Accessed 18 December 2016]

[7] Shinty.com (2017) The Marine Harvest Premiership [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/mens/fixtures-and-results/2017/marine-harvest-premiership [Accessed 12 November 2017]

[8] Shinty.com | Fixtures Live (2018) The Marine Harvest Premiership 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/comp/56787/table/Camanachd-Association-Marine-Harvest-Premiership-2018 [Accessed 29 December 2018]

[9] Camanachd Association | Fixtures Live (2019) Shinty Premiership 2019 | Table [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivID%3d59105 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

Internet Archive

[3] Wayback Machine – Shinty.com (2013) The Orion Group Premiership [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131225010016/http://www.shinty.com/leagues/premier-division/ [Accessed 10 October 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Emerson Callender.

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WHC World Handball Championships Men’s Finals Calgary 2015

World Handball Championships Calgary 2015 [Reference: 1]

Men’s Finals

Division Type	Division Name	Winners	Runners-Up
	Small Ball
MO	Open	Paul Brady	Killian Carroll
MOD	Open	Diarmuid Nash / Robert McCarthy	Joseph McCann / Rikki O’Gara
	Big Ball 1 Wall
M1WBO	Open / A	Timothy Gonzalez	Tywan Cook
MB1BD	B	Eloy Vela / Donis Alberto-	Anthony Delgado / Matthew Kudrick
M1WBB	B	Daniel Tristao	Anthony Delgado
M1WBC	C	Jonathan Berger	Ciaran Neary
M1WB35	35+	Tony Roberts	James Doyle
M1WB40	40+	Michael Walsh	Eddie “Shooter” Ramos
M1WB50	50+ Golden	Robert McCarthy	Paul Williams
M1WB60	60+	Robert Winter	Eugene Kennedy
MB1OD	Open	Tywan Cook / William Polanco	Andres Calle / Timothy Gonzalez
M1WB70	70+ Diamond	Vic Di Luzio	Steven Kraft
MB1CD	C	Darren Flynn / Niall Flynn	Jean-Paul Baggio / Luke Stradwick
MB1GMD	Golden Master 50+	Enrique Rugel / Pedro Rivera	Brett Miller / Mike McRae
MB1SMD	Super Master 50+	Dwight Worley / Pedro Rivera	David Gouge / Robert Winter
	Men’s Singles 1 Wall
M1WO	Open	Sean Lenning	Victor Loplerre
M1WB	B	Steven Woo	Nick Roman
M1W50	Golden 50+	Robert McCarthy	Paul Williams
M1W60	Super 60+	Joe Santill	Joe Cox
M1W70	Diamond 70+	Sam Goodman	Michael Driscoll
	Men’s Doubles 1 Wall
M1OD	Open	Joseph Kaplan / William Polanco	Andres Calle / Timothy Gonzalez
	Men’s Singles Small Ball
MA	A	Gary McConnell	Gabhian McCrystall
MB	B	Ryan Harkin	Jack O’Shea
MC	C	Ciaran Buckley	Rory O’Connor
MCHA	Challenger 23U	Martin Mulkerrins	Colin Crehan
M35	Seniors 35+	Dominick Lynch	Colm Jordan
M40	Master 40+	Michael Walsh	Marcos Chavez
M40B	Master B 40+	Paul Hedderman	Kris Johns
M45	Veteran Masters 45+	Michael Wells	Eddy Scheruga
MVB45	Veteran Masters B 45+	Robert Doyle	William Holden
M50	Golden Master 50+	Danny Bell	Egin Jensen
M50B	Golden Master B 50+	Conor McDonnell	George Millar
M55	Veteran Golden 55+	Gary Scogin	Mike Flannery
MVG55B	Veteran Gold Masters B 55+	Patrick Donnellan	Phil Kleineschay
M60	Super Master 60+	John Rossiter	Michael Hollander
M60B	Super Master B 60+	Terry Britt	Jack Prather
M65	Veteran Super 65+	Edward Campbell	Eugene Kennedy
MVS65B	Veteran Super Masters B 65+	Joel Crowley	David Coulter
M70	Diamond Master 70+	Vic Di Luzio	Brian Goto
M75	Veteran Diamond 75+	Harry Scott	Mike Lundy
M80	Platinum 80+	Kevan Del Grande	Curt Creed
	Men’s Doubles Small Ball
MAD	A	Ryan Harkin / Tadhg Carroll	Gary McConnell / Shane O’Neill
MBD	B	Michael Morgan / Vincent Maling	Paddy Donovan / Tomas Donegan
MCD	C	Michael Donovan / Tomas Lennon	Noel Holohan / Dan Breen
M35D	35+	Dominick Lynch / Gavin Ruggy	David Moloney / Michael Walsh
MMD	Masters 40+	John Ryan / Paul Hedderman	Mark McCartan / Michael Sheridan
M45DC	Silver Masters 45+	John Stoffal / Michael Wells	Paddy Donovan / Tomas Donegan
MGMD	Golden Masters 50+	Christy McGovern / Egin Jensen	Luis Clarke / Oscar Clarke
MBGMD	Golden Masters B 50=	Oscar Clarke / Luis Clarke	Guillermo Pallares / Raul Armendariz
M55D	Emerald Masters 55+	Dan Murphy / Mark Broverman	Lloyd Garcia / Gary Scogin
MBVGMD	Veteran Golden Masters B 55+	Luis Clarke / Enrique Escobar	Michael Kloos / Brian Coonce
MSUAD	Super Masters A 60+	Merv Deckert / Greg Sizemore	John Friedrich / Bob Lohmueller
MSUBD	Super Masters B 60+	Terry Britt / Lance Meyer	Chuck Gause / Steve Hamrick
MVSD	Veteran Super 65+	Ned Buggy / Eugene Kennedy	Frank Cikan / Dan Scilley
MSGD	Super Golden 70+	Jim Smith / Bill Morse	Thomas Olson / Dennis Tallman
M75D	75+	Edward Grossenbacher / Vince San Angelo	John Stout / Michael Driscoll
M80D	80+	Charlie Wicker / Kevan Del Grande	Ben Marguglio / Lew Buckingham

World Handball Championships Men’s Finals Calgary 2015 [Reference: 2]

Report

Diarmuid Nash and Robert McCarthy were the biggest Irish winners in the World Handball Championships in Calgary 2015. They won the Open Doubles in the Small Ball Category, the top doubles category in the Championships, which include 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

References

Images

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: Diarmuid Nash [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/fanzone/players/men/diarmuid-nash [accessed 14 August 2020]

[3] GAA Handball (2020) Player Profile: Robert McCarthy [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaahandball.ie/fanzone/players/men/robbie-mccarthy [accessed 14 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly.

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Last Updated: 15 November 2020

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European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings End-of-Season 2017-18

European Pro Wallball Tour Logo [Reference: 1]

Top 10 & Irish Ranked Players

Name	Country	Rank	Move	Points
Top 10
Gimenez, Mar	ESP	1	0	508
Scheffer, Miranda	NED	2	0	433
Siegersma, Harmke	NED	3	0	425
Diez Victoria	ESP	4	+1	281
Havern, Lorraine	IRL	5	-1	200
Giner, Ana	ESP	5	+1	200
Monfils, Anne	NED	7	0	175
Broesrsma, Annelien	NED	8	0	170
Hanley, Sinnead	IRL	9	0	143
Clement, Sarah	NED	10	+1	131
Irish Ranked Outside Top 10
Ni Dhuill, Cailiosa	IRL	36	0	20
Prentice, Siobhan	IRL	41	0	18.3
McElduff, Maeve	IRL	42	0	16.6
Mahon, Ciara	IRL	42	0	16.6
Ni Mhathuna, Ciara	IRL	42	0	16.6
Owens, Noleen	IRL	46	+2	13.3
Bhiadha	IRL	50	+2	10
Havern, Mary	IRL	56	+1	9
Gallagher, Pauline	IRL	60	+1	6.6
McCarthy, Aoife	IRL	63	+1	5
Hanley, Barbara	IRL	63	+1	5
McCoy, Michelle	IRL	69	+2	3
Kelly, Catherine	IRL	76	+2	1

European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings End-of-Season 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Report

Ireland’s Lorraine Havern (5th) and Sinnead Hanley (9th) finished in the Top 10 in the European Pro Wallball Tour Women’s Singles Rankings at the end of the 2017-18 season.

About Wallball

References

Websites

[2] European Pro Wallball (2017) Women’s Rankings – Rankings as they stand at the end of the 2017/2018 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/womens-rankings/ [Accessed 19 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jillian Glynn.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 15 November 2020

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