Articles for the Month of December 2013

John O’Keeffe Cup

The yearly John O’Keeffe memorial cup took place on Sunday 1st Dec at Mallow Handball club. This prestige’s event to commemorate one of our founding fathers was entering its 4th successive year and is a coveted prize amongst the seasoned members of the club and one in which the winner has certain bragging rights for the year. This year again saw a strong line up from the senior section of the club with some younger members also being blooded for the event.

Eamonn Murphy Cup

The Eamonn Murphy Cup a one-off tournament took place on Saturday the 30th of November to remember one of our founding fathers. The tournament commissioned by the late Eamonn’s extended family was to incorporate a mix of youth and experience.
Some of our younger members got there first taste of their future handballing careers playing with and against our most senior of players including world and All Ireland champions.