Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament

Thanks to Stephen Marken for the great photos from Saturday & Sunday's action at the 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament.

This year's Mick Kerr Memorial was our largest yet with more than 100 players competing throughout the tournament--More than 50 players participated in the 11 & Under Boys & Girls competitions and 50 players competed across the Men's and Ladies Open Competitions. Many of our Men's and Ladies Open players also assisted with refereeing and officiating throughout the weekend, which was very much appreciated.

In addition to the countless sponsors throughout the community who helped make this year's tournament a great success, a special note of thanks to Killshot Handball who generously awarded each of our 11 & Under Boys & Girls finalists with a new pair of gloves to get them ready for the rest of this season.

Open titles go west at prestigious Mick Kerr Memorial By Paul Fitzpatrick The first Major elite tournament of the year, the Mick Kerr Memorial, was down for decision in Co Tyrone last weekend and saw the Men's and Ladies Open Singles titles went west, one to Galway and the other to Boston. Mallow native and America-based former world champion

📣 You asked, we listened! Our highly popular 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament jerseys and half zips are now available for purchase through MFC Sports.

⏳ Don’t wait, links are only open until January 14th!

Each purchase will further support the 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament’s final donation to SVP - Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland.

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What an incredible day of handball we had in Cumann Liathróid Láimhe Breacach yesterday to cap off another great year of the Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament. Full reports and photographs to follow later in the week.

On behalf of the Kerr Family and the Breacach Handball Club, we extend a heartfelt thanks to all players and supporters who traveled from near and far, sponsors without whose support events like this would not be possible, and volunteers from across the Tyrone GAA Handball community who made this weekend such a huge success, in particular An Caisleán Glas, Sperrin Óg, Handball & Fr. Shields Camogie who hosted all Ladies Open games on Saturday and all who stepped up to referee games throughout the weekend.

As many may be aware, in past years the Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament has made a donation to SVP - Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland, with all proceeds from the sale of tournament jerseys, raffles and donations throughout the weekend going to support SVP’s incredible work in the community.

A couple of months back, young Aaron McElhone was the winner of a £1,000 MFC Sports voucher at the Teamtalkmag Tyrone Awards. Aaron decided to donate the voucher to this year's Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament for the tournament jerseys--An incredible act of generosity by the young man. With this, the 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament will be making a £1,000 donation to St. Vincent de Paul in the coming months.

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy 2026, and a successful season on-court to all of our players.

🏆 Our 11 & Under Finalists are set!

First up, our 11 & Under Girls Final is an all-Kilkenny GAA Handball affair:
Amy Doyle vs. Alisha Farrell

Our 11 & Under Boys Final is similar, an all-Tyrone GAA Handball contest:
Aodhan Conway vs. Daire Woods

🎥 All streaming live from Cumann Liathróid Láimhe Breacach on GAA Handball’s YouTube channel.

11 & Under Girls Final is up next on the cards, as the curtain raiser to the Ladies Open Final (Ciana Ni Churraoin vs. Fiona Tully).

The 11 & Under Boys Final will follow, before our last match of the tournament—The Men’s Open Final (Mark Doyle vs. winner of Semi-Final currently underway between Killian Carroll and Daniel Relihan).

🏆Sunday at the 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament

📍Cumann Liathróid Láimhe Breacach
St. Mary's Park
Beragh, Co. Tyrone BT79 0FJ

🎥All games will be streamed live on GAA Handball's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aOp42eJ4NWQ?si=NI2rSaGwF6Zzs1xv

9:00 AM: 11 & Under Boys Semi-Finals
1️⃣Charlie Duff (Tyrone) vs. Daire Woods (Tyrone)
2️⃣Aodhan Conway (Tyrone) vs. Cormac King (Monaghan)

9:45 AM: 11 & Under Girls Semi-Finals
1️⃣Shona Teague (Tyrone) vs. Amy Doyle (Kilkenny)
2️⃣Ava Considine (Clare) vs. Alisha Farrell (Kilkenny)

10:30 AM: Ladies Open Semi-Final
🔵Ciana Ni Churraoin (Galway) vs. Mollie Dagg (Kildare)

11:30 AM: Ladies Open Semi-Final
🔵Eilise McCrory (Tyrone) vs. Fiona Tully (Roscommon)

12:30 PM: Men's Open Semi-Final
🔵Diarmaid Nash (Clare) vs. Mark Doyle (Wexford)

1:30 PM: Men's Open Semi-Final
🔵Killian Carroll (Cork) vs. Daniel Relihan (Cork)

2:30 PM: 11 & Under Girls Final

3:00 PM: Ladies Open Final

4:00 PM: 11 & Under Boys Final

4:30 PM: Men's Open Final

💥This evening's Men's Open Quarter-Finals are set..

Action starts at 5 PM on the main court in Cumann Liathróid Láimhe Breacach. All Quarter-Finals will be live streamed on GAA Handball's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnqRI_RJXCA

🔵5 PM: Diarmaid Nash vs. Gary McConnell
🔵6 PM: Sean Kerr vs. Mark Doyle
🔵7 PM: Killian Carroll vs. Michael Hedigan
🔵8 PM: Daniel Relihan vs. Rory Grace

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💥Saturday at the 2026 Mick Kerr Memorial Handball Tournament💥

🎥 Men’s Open Competition (Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals) and Ladies Open Competition (First Round and Quarter-Finals) matches are streaming live on GAA Handball’s YouTube channel. Follow the action all day…

Men’s Open
📍Cumann Liathróid Láimhe Breacach

🔵 Court 1

https://www.youtube.com/live/qnqRI_RJXCA?si=xRsW6DdVMKGFnEdv

🔵 Court 2

https://www.youtube.com/live/Kk8WF8echjE?si=jD_SNxisRH-KxP3S

Ladies Open
📍An Caisleán Glas, Sperrin Óg, Handball & Fr. Shields

🔵 Court 1
https://www.youtube.com/live/X5aW0lBrC34?si=Ma2ZnBpQyj4zFCiO

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