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

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

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: 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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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 15 November 2020

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