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Ballymacelligott Handball Club News 2nd September 2008

Ladies 60x30 Senior Singles:

Ballymac’s two Senior women in the big court-Ashley Prendeville and Maria Daly had contrasting results in their 60x30 senior singles semi finals. Maria lost to Bernie Hennessy [Limerick] by 21-14, 21-2, while Ashley defeated Marianna Rushe [Roscommon] 21-16, 20-21, 21-13.

Maria went 6-0 behind in the first game before she started to find her feet; over the next thirteen aces it turned into a battle royal between the Kerry and Limerick girl. Daly levelled with Hennessy at 13-13 and seemed to be getting to grips with her opponent, but Bernie pulled away to 17-13 before eventually closing the game out at 21-14. The second game saw Hennessy completetly dominate proceedings, to run out well ahead at the finish to book her final spot in Croke Park. Bernie-who hails from Hospital handball club, is probably the top player in the ladies 60x30 game over the last twenty years. Hennessy showed all her attributes on the day; a cacophony of serves allied to off the air kill and pass shots in equal measure. On the day Maria was beaten by the better player; she will learn from this as she has bounced back from setbacks before and will do so again.

The Ashley Prendeville V Marianna Rushe match turned out to be a see-saw marathon game between these long standing rivals. The first game saw both women play cagey stuff as they went ace for ace over the first quarter; at 12-6 down Ashley produced a few lob tosses to bring it back to 15-15. At this juncture the Kerry girl started to find her range with long range kills to run out 21-14 ahead. Prendeville kicked off in style in the second game running into a 4-0 lead; Rushe responded to go toe to toe with her rival at 11-11. Ashley moved ahead at 20-18 but the nerveless Roscommon girl pulled it from the fire to claim it by 21-20. Rushe sped into a 5-0 lead in the tie break-Prendeville rallied and brought it back to 5-6. Both girls were drained at this stage but were still producing some great handball; at 13-13 Ashley seemed to find her second wind and she crept away to claim a hard fought victory in a classic encounter

Results:

Ladies 60x30 Senior Singles Semi Finals:

Ashley Prendiville dftd Marianna Rushe 21-16, 20-21, 21-13

Bernie Hennessy dftd Maria Daly 21-14, 21-2

Munster 60x30 Championships

Junior B Doubles: Pat Murphy/Eddie Shanahan [Limerick] dftd Danny Riordan/Denis Buckley [Kerry] 21-3, 21-6

Jun B Singles Q/Finals: John Joe Quirke [Kerry] dftd Pat Murphy [Limerick] 21-11, 21-16: Kevin Dempsey [Tipperary] dftd Danny Riordan [Kerry] 21-3, 21-6t

Junior Doubles Q/Final: John McQuaide/Pat Flaherty [Tiperary] dftd Clive Counihan/Denis Walsh [Kerry] 21-6, 21-16

Munster 60x30 Juvenile Championships:

U14 Singles: Padraig Quish dftd Eoin Keane 15-2, 15-3

U14 Doubles: Cormac O Shea/Bill Lyons dftd Christopher Cunningham/Cormac Lynch 15-4, 8-15, 15-14

Fixtures:

Ladies 60x30 Senior Singles All Ireland Final:

Saturday September 6^th: Croke Park @ 3pm

Ashley Prendiville (Ballymac) V Bernie Hennessy [Limerick]

Munster 60x30 Juvenile Championship Semi Finals:

Friday September 5^th: Ballina [Tipp] @ 7pm

Tipperary V Kerry

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