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Armstrong grabs second provincial title of season


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Tuesday February 14 2012

IT WAS a mixed weekend for Wexford in Leinster 40 x 20 championship action as Mick Armstrong from Davidstown was the sole survivor.

In so doing he collected Wexford's second Leinster title of 2012 by capturing the honours in the Silver Masters 'B' singles when he hammered Paul Dowling from Kilkenny 21-1, 21-5.

Gavin Buggy and Paul Lambert were beaten in the final of the Senior singles 21-10, 21-10 to Garden county duo Michael Gregan and Johnny Willoughby.

Darren O'toole was a frustrated figure as his small alley dreams went up in smoke for another season as Meath man Peter Flanagan defeated the Coolgreany man 21-14, 21-14.

Justin Heffernan's good run in the Over-35 'B' singles were quenched by Kilkenny man Stephen Barcoe 21-9, 21-2.

Tony Breen failed to re-produce his good form of the semi-finals as he was well beaten by Paul Mullins from Offaly in the final of the Emerald Masters 'A' singles, 21-12, 21-8.

Only three games were down for decision last week in the Wexford Farmers' Co-op GAA Handball 40 x 20 county championships as the semifinal stage is now set up in every division.

Michael Busher secured the final spot in the last four of the Junior singles with a commanding 21-11, 21-11 win for the Bridgetown man over Dinny Lyndon from Oulart.

In the two quarter-finals of the Junior 'D' doubles, Templeudigan and Ballyhogue were the winners as Seán O'neill and Dermot Flynn won through 21-11, 21-11 for Templeudigan over Ballymitty pair Mylie Byrne and Seán O'neill, while Eamonn Bowe and James Greene Jnr. from Davidstown were 21-5, 21-19 winners over James Lyndon and Seamus Dempsey from Oulart.

This week sees the beginning of the semi-final action. The Senior semi-finals are down for decision this Wednesday, February 15, at 7.15 p.m. in St. Joseph's where Barry Goff (Castlebridge) and Peter Hughes (Ballyhogue) get the action under way.

They will be closely followed by the second semi-final involving champion Gavin Buggy up against Paul Lambert from St. Joseph's. Judging by this season's result in the Senior grade, there may well be a couple of surprises in store for the large crowd expected.

JUVENILE RESULTS

Under-10 singles: Richard Lawlor (St. Joseph's) beat Dean O'neill (Ballymitty); Jack Donovan (Barntown) beat Laurence Brennan (Templeudigan); Mark Doyle (St. Joseph's) beat Darren Carley (St. Joseph's); Josh Kavanagh (St. Joseph's) beat Cian Byrne (Bridgetown).

Under-11 singles: Richard Browne (St. Joseph's) beat Ciarán Cullen (St. Joseph's); Emmet Nolan (St. Mary's) beat Jack Murphy (St. Joseph's); Glen Murphy (St. Joseph's) beat Charlie Carthy (St. Mary's); Josh Mcmahon (St. Joseph's) beat Paudi O Sé (Templeudigan); Cian Kehoe (St. Joseph's) beat Eoin Murphy (Ballyhogue); Jake Kelly (Templeudigan) beat Ian Donohoe (Ballyhogue); Colm Kiely (St. Joseph's) beat Conor Kehoe (St. Joseph's).

Under-12 singles: James Crean (St. Joseph's) beat Jake Clancy (St. Joseph's); Cormac Cooney (St. Joseph's) beat Craig Murray (Coolgreany); Colm Parnell (Ballyhogue) beat Ben Barnes (St. Mary's); Ciarán Connolly (Templeudigan) beat Ed O'byrne (Ballyhogue); Michael Kearney (St. Joseph's) beat Pat Dobbs (St. Joseph's); Cian Wickham (Ballyhogue) beat Michael Curran (St. Joseph's); Ciarán Power (Coolgreany) beat Seán Arthur (St. Joseph's).

Girls' Under-12 singles: Courtney Doyle (St. Joseph's) beat Chloe Ennis (St. Joseph's); Cliodhna O'connell (Coolgreany) beat Chloe Ennis (St. Joseph's); Emma Sweeney (St. Joseph's) beat Hazel Duggan (St. Joseph's); Siobhán Elmes (Templeudigan) beat Ellen Murphy (St. Joseph's); Eva Creane (St. Joseph's) beat Lettie Whelan (St. Martin's); Emer Phelan (St. Joseph's) beat Lauren Flanagan (Coolgreany); Carley Furlong (St. Joseph's) beat Ella O'connor (St. Martin's).

Under-14 singles: Kenneth Riordan (Ballyhogue) beat Ciarán Busher (Bridgetown); Gavin Connolly (Templeudigan) beat Cathal Devereux (St. Joseph's).

Under-15 singles: Keith Armstrong (Davidstown) beat Stephen Elmes (Templeudigan).

Under-16 singles: James Kelly (Templeudigan) beat Aaron Wright-power (Bridgetown); Nicky Lawlor (St. Joseph's) beat Seán Sinnott (Oulart); Liam Shannon (Bridgetown) beat Ryan Bates (Bridgetown).