Wexford Intervarsity 2015
On the 20th of November 13 Handballers from DCU made their way to St. Josephs Sports Complex, Wexford to compete in this year’s One Wall and 40×20 Doubles Intervarsity. It was the first year this Intervarsity was a 40×20 Doubles competition and One Wall singles competition.
It was hard luck to the clubs former PRO, Aishling O’Keeffe, in the Women’s Open One Wall final played on Saturday evening. After a great win over Niamh Dunne (UL) in the semi-final, she was up against Ciara Mahon (TCD) in what proved to be an exciting final. Aishling showed great fight in both games but lost out 15-8, 15-10. It was Niamh Farrell who took home a gold medal for DCU in the Women’s B One Wall competition. After getting the better of Natasha Coughlan in the semi-final, in a tough final, she defeated UL’s Deirdre Purcell, 19-13.
Aishling and Niamh joined forces to compete in the Women’s Open 40×20 Doubles competition. The pair overcame TCD’s Ciara Mahon and Lisa McKenna in a tiebreaker semi-final 8-21, 21-15, 11-6. They then faced Ciana Ní Churraoin and Niamh Dunne of UL. But lost out on the title.
DCU showed great strength in the Men’s C One Wall Competition with new comer Neil Hannigan facing Kyle Duff in the semi-final. In a great display of one wall handball, Kyle won himself a place in the final. He narrowly lost out to Jack Roach (DIT) on a scoreline of 22-16. Kyle also played in the Men’s C 40×20 Doubles competition with Eimear Delaney. The pair had a good win over Carlow IT to secure themselves a place in the final. They lost out on gold to the strong UL pairing, Alexander Sheehan and Clodagh Nash, 21-1, 21-2.
All players did the college proud with DCU showing great fight in all games. Particularly new comers Emer Maguire, Neil Hannigan, Cormac Ó Maoldúin and Wayne Kinsella. A great weekend was had by all with thanks to committee members for organising registration and accommodation for the weekend. Also a huge thank you to all players who competed; John Walsh, Aishling O’Keeffe, Eimear Delaney, Cormac Ó Maoldúin, Neil Hannigan, Kyle Duff, Ryan Treanor, Jamie Joyce, Cian Ó Dálaigh, Corey Fay, Emer Maguire, Niamh Farrell and Wayne Kinsella.
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