Irish Collegiate Handball Association

The Irish Collegiate Handball Association (ICHA; Irish: Comhairle Ard-Oideachais Liathróid Láimhe) is the national governing body for third-level handball in Ireland. It is composed of students and former students. Twenty-one handball clubs are affiliated at present. The ICHA organises 3 intervarsity handball championships each year in 60x30, 40x20 Team and 40x20 Singles, with events held at various locations throughout the year. The defending champions as of 2013 are:

60x30
- Men's: Ciaran Neary (DCU)
- Ladies': Ciara Mahon (TCD)
- Team: WIT
Team 40x20: WIT
40x20 Singles
- Men's Open: Martin Mulkerrins (UCD)
- Ladies' Open: Catriona Casey (UL)

World Collegiate Handball Championship

Each year, the ICHA organises a trip to the World Collegiate Handball Championships. This tournament takes place in the U.S.A, generally in the third week in February, and are organised by the USHA (United States Handball Association). As a registered student in an Irish college, in order to be eligible for this tournament you must also be a registered member of the ICHA. The maximum number of years a player can attend this competition is four.

Previous competitors

Paul Brady wins the 2006 Simple Green U.S. .Open of Handball. Right to left: Naty Alvarado, Sr., Naty Alvarado, Jr., Paul Brady, tournament director Bruce FaBrizio

Tony Healy attempts a backwall shot in the semi-finals of the 2006 Simple Green U.S. Open of Handball

On October 19–22, 2006, World Pro Handball produced a live webcast of the Simple Green U.S. Open of Handball, in which former Irish Collegiate player Paul Brady defeated Naty Alvarado, Jr. in a tiebreaker to win US$20,000 in prize money.

Other former Collegiate players, such as Tony Healy and Eoin Kennedy, have been successful playing on the US Pro-Stop tour.

External links

Official site

Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association

GAA Provinces and Counties

Provincial councils	Connacht Council Leinster Council Munster Council Ulster Council British Council

Counties of Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo

Counties of Leinster	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Counties of Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford

Counties of Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone

Counties of Britain	Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire

Other counties	Asian Australasia Canadian Europe New York North American (USA excluding New York)

Non-county bodies	Annual Congress Féile na nGael Higher Education Games Administration Committee Scór

Associated bodies	GAA Handball Camogie Association Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Irish Collegiate Handball Association

Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic handball

Competitions

Organisations

Ireland

Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo

Leinster	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford

Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone

Outside Ireland

Great Britain	London Warwickshire

Rest of the world	Africa Asia Europe North America (New York) South America Oceania

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