CORK’S Tony Healy cemented his place as top seed when defeating Dublin’s Eoin Kennedy to take his third consecutive senior men’s crown at the Envirogreen Resource Nationals in Kilkenny yesterday.

WORLD and US Open singles and doubles champion Paul Brady and Tony Healy of Cork will lead the Irish handball team in the forthcoming Waterford Crystal World Handball Championships in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from August 4-13.