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Ireland claim top spot on Worlds medals list: There is no question that GAA Handball Ireland celebrated a spectacular World Handball Championships at the Citywest Arena, breaking numerous records in terms of the infrastructure, competitors, number of countries, number of matches played, numbers of spectators and Irish players also did their talking on the courts [...]
The 2012 World Handball Championships has certainly seen rave reviews in terms of the concept and magnitude of the event and this has unquestionably paved the way for a very exciting future for the sport worldwide. At the Championships, hosted at The Citywest Arena, Dublin, there were also a number of very important meetings with [...]
Twenty counties win 40×20 Gold 20 Ireland counties enjoy World Championship gold successes in Four Wall A total of twenty counties secured at least one gold medal from the record breaking 40×20 world handball championships in the Citywest Hotel. CLICK To view the World Open 40×20 Final as on RTE Tipperary, Cork, Kildare, Clare, Dublin, [...]
To: All our Volunteers from Worlds 2012 A chara, I would like to take this opportunity to offer a very sincere ”Thank You” for the outstanding support and contribution of our 100s of Volunteers, in the organising and running of the 2012 GAA World Handball Championships, in association with Fáilte Ireland. There is no doubt that this [...]
Ireland dominate within Junior ranks at Worlds 2012 There was tremendous excitement at every underage final during the 2012 world handball championships in Dublin as Ireland dominated nearly every department from under-11 to under-19 in both the 40×20 and one-wall codes. Not surprisingly, names such as Killian Carroll, Martin Mulkerrins, Niall O’Connor, Colin Crehan, Conal [...]