Historic win for McCarthy

ROBBIE McCARTHY created another piece of history on Saturday evening in Mullingar when he became the first Westmeath handballer to secure the All-Ireland senior softball championship crown.

“I lost out in the past two years in the final of this and all my efforts were geared towards winning this title in 2011,” he said.

“I have trained for 12 months and have received outstanding support from the county GAA board and that has paid off with my fitness. I’ll just enjoy this for now. I just can’t believe it has all paid off.”