Munster handball title for Jack O’Shea

FRESH from picking up the Kerry Sports Star Award for Handball Glenbeigh’s Jack O’Shea has now been crowned Munster 40x20 Junior A Singles champion. Jack beat Cork’s Ryan Harkin 21-12, 21-10 to take the title in a game that he was delighted to win.

“I am very happy to win another Munster title and this time in my home alley. It was a tight game at the start but thankfully I was able to pull away. I will now look forward to the All Ireland semi-finals that will take place in Glenbeigh on March 3. I know that once again I will get great support from my home club and from all over Kerry.”

In the Munster Juvenile Championship Under 17 Boys Singles Tommy Quirke from Glenbeigh beat Oisin Hallaghan from Waterford 21-12, 21-11. But in the Boys Under 14 Doubles Owen McCarthy and Padraig Heffernan lost to Charlie Treen and Conor Hallagan from Waterford 15-8, 15-7.

Dominic Lynch’s All Ireland 40x20 Senior Singles last sixteen clash against Clare’s Diarmuid Nash has been rescheduled for this Saturday.

In other fixtures in the Munster 40x20 Junior A Doubles quarter final Jack O’Shea and Rory O’Connor from Glenbeigh will play Paul Hedderman and Tomas Donegan from Limerick on Saturday at 5pm in Glenbeigh.