Today John O’Mahony TD visited Claregalway to meet members of Claregalway Handball Club. Through the endeavors of Deputy O’Mahony €95,000 has been allocated to Claregalway Handball from the Sports Capital Programme and the committee extended sincere thanks to the TD who will shortly be opening an office in Claregalway, for his efforts on their behalf. Members of Claregalway Handball Club… Read more »
The Ladies Club hosted the U14 Division 3 Féile on Saturday May 2nd in Knockdoemore. On a wet and windy day there was some great football played by all the girls. Five clubs attended with Ballinasloe coming out as winners and will now represent Galway at the National Féile in July. Well done to Our U14 Gold team… Read more »
The Claregalway Handball club is growing from strength to strength, with a very successful outing in the Connacht Championships. Enda Collins and James Cummins were winners in the boys U11 doubles. Aoibhin Fox and Andrea Trill won the girls U12 doubles with Emma Cummins and Christina Hanley winning the girls U16 doubles. Rianne Heery and… Read more »
The World Handball Championships took place from October 11th–21st in Citywest, Dublin. The event was a huge event with over 2,000 competitors from 27 different countries. Our local club was well represented with 24 players entering. The event comprised of two codes of handball, the 40×20 4 wall and also the hugely popular One Wall… Read more »
2012 is proving a very busy year for Claregalway Handball Club. The summer would normally be the quietest time for the club and members, however in only our 3rd year into the Club’s “rebirth”, some players have just come back from competing in the One Wall Nationals in City West and our boys U15 and… Read more »
A well organized and very enjoyable day of both 40×20 and One Wall Handball took place last weekend at a challenge initiated between the handball clubs of Claregalway and Salthill. The challenges took place in the recently refurbished court in Carnmore Community Centre located on the outskirts of Galway City. Both Salthill Handball and Claregalway… Read more »
Seeing that pile of rubble beside the bridge in Claregalway last Sunday reminded me of a time in the mid-seventies, when a small group of men from the parish got together and built a wall. On its own, the wall would not have had any significance. It was hardly twelve feet high and no more than… Read more »
Claregalway Handball Alley was demolished on Friday 3rd September last as part of the works being carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to help reduce the chances of further flooding of the N17 and Claregalway as was experienced last November. The Alley was demolished to make way for a further eye to… Read more »
