- Eoin Kennedy
Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from
County Dublin , in theRepublic of Ireland .'Eoin Kennedy is currently an engineer and former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. He is the holder of 14 Senior handball titles. He also has won 3 Irish Nationals Open Singles and a Collegiate title representing DCU in 2001. In 1999 he won the US Nationals Open Singles and two years later won the Canadian singles final with a resounding win over the legendary Canadian player Merv Deckert in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kennedy also has three Vodafone All-Star Awards. The St. Brigid’s player also partnered Cork’s Tony Healy to beat reigning champions Paul Brady and Michael Finnegan from Cavan in the Men’s Open Doubles final in the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in August 2006.' [http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=83140]
Kennedy has won several awards for his play; these include All-Star awards in 2002 and 2004 and he was presented with the Vodafone All-Star Player of the Year Award in February, 2006. [ [http://www.stbrigidsgaa.com/Sections/Handball/EoinKennedywins3rdHandballAllstar/ St Brigids GAA | Eoin Kennedy wins 3rd Handball Allstar ] ] In 2005, he won the All-Ireland Senior Doubles 40 x 20, and 60 x 30 Championships with Egin Jensen, making them the first pair representing
Dublin GAA to win the Senior Doubles title since it was won by the Rowe brothers back in1948 . Kennedy also won the 2005 hardball singles.2006 Season
Kennedy was sponsored by Vogue Bathrooms for his 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Kennedy defeated Michael 'Duxie' Walsh 21-20 to 21-16 to line up an All-Ireland Senior Singles Final showdown with Meath's Tom Sheridan. The Final was set to take place on Sept 2nd 2006. Eoin won his second consecutive All-Ireland Softball (60x30) with a valiant performance against
Tom Sheridan atCroke Park onSeptember 3 , 2006. It took a full three games for Kennedy to beat the 2003 All-Ireland champion Sheridan, he beat Sheridan in the end with a scoreline of 21-5. [ [http://www.stbrigidsgaa.com/Sections/Handball/NewsEvents/Title,1330,en.html St Brigids GAA | News & Events ] ] This means that Kennedy has enjoyed a very successful period having picked up the World Open doubles championship in August 2006.Eoin Kennedy and Egin Jensen of
Na Fianna claimed their first ever All-Ireland hardball senior doubles title on Saturday,October 28 , 2006. They defeated Meath rivals Tom Sheridan and Walter O’Connor (both Kells) in the final in Mullingar.2007
Eoin contended the M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles Handball final for the second year in a row. He played as reigning champion against Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh of Kilkenny and won by 21-20 and 21-6 in the second game. [ [http://www.hoganstand.com/Dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=82768 Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling ] ] Eoin completed the treble in the senior softball doubles along with his partner Egin Jensen. [ [http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=83474 Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling ] ]
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External links
* [http://www.stbrigidsgaa.com/Sections/Handball/ Eoin Kennedy Handball Information]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/handball/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=64138 Dublin Representitives at World Championship]
* [http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=7197&viewstory=yes Kennedy and Jensen triumph]
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