An outstanding performance from Robbie McCarthy saw the Westmeath man seal a hat-trick of senior All-Ireland titles in emphatic fashion at Kingscourt, Cavan on Saturday.

Paul Brady cemented his legacy as the greatest handball player the sport has seen with an unprecedented fifth successive world title last night in Calgary, Canada – and he revealed afterwards he was signing off from the Worlds after his finest hour.

Two of the leading lights of the official Irish squad are on track to meet in the World Handball Championships in Calgary, Canada, the draws for which were released yesterday.

Ballydesmond handball star Catriona Casey will be on a revenge mission when she serves off in her third All-Ireland senior singles final today — and she is determined not to slip up this time round. 

Eoin Kennedy’s legacy as one of the greatest handballers in the history of the sport has long been secured but the manner of his extraordinary win over Robbie McCarthy last Saturday may nudge him up a spot or two in the all-time rankings.

Westmeath’s defending champion, Robbie McCarthy, has retained his All-Ireland Softball (60x30) Men’s Open Senior Singles title, defeating second-ranked Eoin Kennedy (St. Brigid’s, Blanchardstown), in two games at Abbeylara in Co. Longford.

HOLDERS Stradbally suffered their first defeat in the Waterford SFC at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday evening going down 0-8 to 0-4 to a Nire side brilliantly led by county hurling stars Liam Lawlor and Shane ‘Brick’ Walsh.

Eoin Kennedy's bid for an eighth successive M Donnelly All-Ireland Senior Singles Handball title was derailed by Westmeath's Robbie McCarthy yesterday.

MORE THAN 1,000 handball enthusiasts gathered in Breaffy House Sports Arena in Castlebar, to witness breathtaking contests in all grades but sadly it was the travelling international stars who dominated.

THE oldest form of GAA Handball, the traditional game of Hardball, saw a first on Saturday evening in Roscommon as Westmeath’s Robbie McCarthy continued his impressive 2011 run of form when he added a first All-Ireland Senior Championship crown (Hardball) to the Irish 40x20 Nationals win in Wexford last month.

RESIDENTS in the Croke Park area are contemplating the possibility of taking a class action against the GAA as a result of the ongoing dispute over the handball and community centre beside the Dublin stadium.

FORMER Kildare senior footballer, Willie McCreery, is rapidly making a name for himself as a trainer.

Alan King has not yet unleashed his better horses but Aohna proved the stable are coming into form by winning at Huntingdon.

Former Leinster and Munster centre/wing Kieran Lewis has signed for AIB League Division Two club Lansdowne.

CORN UÍ MHUIRÍ specialists Coláiste Chríost Rí and former winners St Fachtna’s of Skibbereen lived to fight another day following a dramatic drawn quarter-final encounter at the CIT grounds in Cork yesterday.

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

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.

Terenure College 6 UL Bohemians 25, Lakelands Park

Flanker Kevin Gallagher lurched over for the clinching try as Terenure College came from behind to snatch a four-point victory at Lakelands.

Terenure College 22 Dolphin 16

Terenure College 12 Malone 7

Terenure College ended their four-match losing streak in the AIB League as they got the better of Buccaneers at Lakelands Park.

Ballymena 29 Terenure College 10

Terenure College 13 Shannon 27

What a finish by Kinsale four handicapper Gerry Crean, winner of Robbie McCarthy’s president’s prize with 42 points.

THERE were a number of Irish winners in the One Wall events at the World Handball championships at the O’Loughlins GAA complex in Kilkenny yesterday.

OVER 1,000 competitors from eight countries are gathering in Kilkenny for the 2003 World handball championships which begin this Friday.

Charlie Mulqueen, Rosses Point

UNLIKE so many competitors in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point, John “Junior” Morris is an out-and-out amateur golfer.