Conor McElduff

Conor McElduff's summer plans were shattered as an injury upset the schedule he had lined out for himself.

European Wallball Number One Conor McElduff has stormed back for his leg injury in style with a string of success which he hopes to cap this weekend with victory in the prestigious Mount Talbot men's open tournament and make May a month to remember.

It is a packed weekend in handball on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are few counties in Ireland, if any, that has such vibrant handball activity as Tyrone with the home schedule covering all grades and codes of the game.

A DISAPPOINTING aspect of the inaugural All-Ireland Wall Ball Singles' Championships, hosted by the Mount Talbot Club in Roscommon, was the number of withdrawals, for a variety of reasons, from the competitions.

THE handball year was dominated by the World Championships in Calgary, Canada, and by Paul Brady, who has set a record that is unlikely to ever be broken, unless he changes his own mind and extends it himself.

A WEEK in Holland may well have changed the handball life of Conor McElduff as it launched him to victory in the Dutch Open Wallball Championship, a tournament on the recently-established Edtl European Pro Tour.

NEXT month, the action at the World Handball Championships in Canada will be fast and furious but it will be no more so than what the galleries will experience in Loughmacrory this weekend as 200-plus players battle for the various titles on offer at the Lough One-Wall Showdown on the banks of Lough Neagh.

GET ready for the shootouts of all shootouts at Breaffy House in Castlebar this weekend as dozens of players bid for a ticket to the World Handball Championships in Canada next month...