Féile Handball glory for Lahorna

Lahorna Handball clubs Féile 40x20 team of Hannah Grace, Leanne Gould, Christine Percy, Lucy Gould & Katie Mulcahy made history by being the first ever Lahorna team to win the Division 1 40x20 Féile title in Cork last weekend.

This was no easy task for the Lahorna girls as Garryhill, Cullohill & Kilkishen were also eager to bring home the Division 1 40x20 Cup from Fermoy.

The competition ran in a round robin format, first to 21 aces or the highest score wins after 15 minutes. In the first game, they came up against Kilkishen (Clare) who became their opponents again in the final. Hannah and Lucy drew their first game 19-19, Leanne and Christine defeated the second Kilkishen pair 21-4 to give Lahorna their first win of the day. 

Up next in round 2 was Cullohill (Laois). This time Hannah and Katie lined out in the first game winning 21-3 and Leanne and Christine won the second game 21-2 which gave us a convincing win.

The girls final group game was against the Carlow club Garryhill. Hannah and Katie again were first into the court and had a tough battle but came out on top 16-15. Christine and Lucy put in a stellar performance to book our place in the final 21-4. 

The final was a tense affair from start to finish where our girls found themselves battling it out with Kilkishen yet again. Hannah and Lucy saved their best performance ‘til last, rattling the same Clare opponents that they met in the first round by winning 21-8. Christine and Leanne teamed up for the final game of the day against the second Kilkishen pair who they too also met in the first round and after a hard fought close affair the Lahorna pair came out on top winning 16-15 which secured our Lahorna girls the Féile Division 1 crown for 2019 37-23.

 

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