It was honours even for the GAA Presidents at the Ultimate Handball Showdown at Croke Park this afternoon as the GAA's 125th Anniversary celebrations drew to a close.

THE courts of Kilkenny and Carlow come alive today when the top handballers go to battle in the Envirogreen Resource Irish National Finals.

The weekend’s handball action went according to the script, as all the top seeds survived their respective DALKIA Senior Singles Championship clashes to confirm quarter-final spots.

Following a three-month break from the game, Cavan’s Paul Brady returns to competitive handball action this weekend where he takes on Antrim’s Owen McKenna in the DALKIA Senior Singles quarter-final.

Just a fortnight after he captured the Senior Singles Softball Handball title after beating Kilkenny legend Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh, Dublin's Eoin Kennedy is back searching for All-Ireland glory in the Handball centre at Croke Park tomorrow where he is paired with Egin Jensen in the Senior Doubles decider.

IRELAND’S handball ‘compromise rules’ squad head to a major tournament in the Basque town of Azkoitia in Spain today.

DUBLIN’S Eoin Kennedy was crowned Coca-Cola All-Ireland Senior Singles 60 x 30 Handball champion on Saturday night when he defeated Wexford’s Barry Goff 21-17, 21-16 in front of a capacity crowd at the Croke Park Handball Centre.