Swinford Handball Club held the final of the Paddy Bollingbroke Tournament over the last week. This year saw doubles teams from Kiltimagh and Swinford joining together to play, which was a wonderful sight in the outdoor alley in Swinford. The culmination of these games took place with a plate final and a cup final at stake.
The Cup Final took place on Thursday last which saw father and son duo Chris and Patrick Gavaghan taking on the Tesco team of George Miller and Fergal Harte. This was a trilling encounter as the first game saw Chris and Pat being defeated heavily. Pat has not played for some time but showed some of his old scoring ability during the game. Chris and pat got back into the game and were neck and neck ending on a scoreline of 21-19.
This game could have gone either way bringing the final to a tiebreaker. However, Fergal played some brilliant shots although he has only returned to play handball over the last number of weeks, so well done Fergal and we hope that we see loads of shots from this brilliant young player in the future. George is a master at the game as was evident by some of the excellent aces he scored for his team. Congratulations to George and Fergal on winning the 2013 Paddy Bollingbroke Tournament.
Paul Gallagher and Seamus Casserly. The Cup Final took place on Thursday last which saw father and son duo Chris and Patrick Gavaghan taking on the Tesco team of George Miller and Fergal Harte. This was a trilling encounter as the first game saw Chris and Pat being defeated heavily. Pat has not played for some time but showed some of his old scoring ability during the game. Chris and pat got back into the game and were neck and neck ending on a scoreline of 21-19.
This game could have gone either way bringing the final to a tiebreaker. However, Fergal played some brilliant shots although he has only returned to play handball over the last number of weeks, so well done Fergal and we hope that we see loads of shots from this brilliant young player in the future. George is a master at the game as was evident by some of the excellent aces he scored for his team. Congratulations to George and Fergal on winning the 2013 Paddy Bollingbroke Tournament.
The Plate final was played between Adrian Feerick and Jason Mc Nulty against Paul Gallagher and Seamus Casserly with the latter being victorious on the day. It was great to see Jason and Paul back playing for Swinford as both had taken some time out over the last year so well done to both teams for a brilliant display of handball.