Irish Ranked Players
| Name | Country | Rank | Move | Points |
| Conor McElduff | IRL | 1 | 0 | 466.6 |
| Paudi Quish | IRL | 6 | +1 | 176.6 |
| James Prentice | IRL | 19 | +6 | 73 |
| Colm Grace | IRL | 39 | -3 | 40 |
| Jamie Kelly | IRL | 45 | +1 | 26.6 |
| Terry McElvaney | IRL | 47 | NE | 25 |
| Anthony O’Sullivan | IRL | 52 | 0 | 23.3 |
| Jack Coughlan | IRL | 57 | +1 | 20 |
| Connell McCavitt | IRL | 60 | -2 | 16.6 |
| Daniel Kavanagh | IRL | 64 | 0 | 15 |
| Dara Cloake | IRL | 67 | +2 | 14.3 |
| John Bosco Hurley | IRL | 68 | +2 | 14 |
| Eamon McCrory | IRL | 69 | +2 | 13.3 |
| Dean Corrigan | IRL | 77 | +3 | 10 |
| Ben Devlin | IRL | 77 | +3 | 10 |
| Michael Hedigan | IRL | 90 | +4 | 9 |
| James Doyle | IRL | 93 | +4 | 8.3 |
| Seamus Connelly | IRL | 103 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Brian Kennedy | IRL | 103 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Barri McCoy | IRL | 113 | 0 | 5 |
| Colm Turley | IRL | 113 | 0 | 5 |
| Eimhin O’Diolluin | IRL | 113 | NE | 5 |
| Richie McNally | IRL | 129 | -5 | 3.6 |
| Lawrence Murphy | IRL | 134 | NE | 3 |
| Dan Breen | IRL | 144 | -34 | 2 |
| Pat Hopkins | IRL | 154 | NE | 1.5 |
| Colin Crehan | IRL | 157 | -4 | 1.3 |
| Jason English | IRL | 157 | -4 | 1.3 |
| Conor Noone | IRL | 157 | -4 | 1.3 |
| Fiachhra O’Duill | IRL | 165 | -5 | 1 |
| Adrian English | IRL | 165 | -5 | 1 |
| Jack Turley | IRL | 165 | -5 | 1 |
| Sean Stoll | IRL | 165 | -5 | 1 |
| Andrew Murray | IRL | 165 | -5 | 1 |
| Patrick Murphy | IRL | 165 | NE | 1 |
| Liam Bradshaw | IRL | 185 | -5 | 0.6 |
| Colm Corbett | IRL | 185 | -5 | 0.6 |
| Daniel Relihan | IRL | 185 | -5 | 0.6 |
| Daragh Daily | IRL | 207 | -1 | 0.3 |
| Niall Flynn | IRL | 228 | -125 | 0 |
| Sean Nolan | IRL | 228 | -10 | 0 |
| Darren Prentice | IRL | 228 | -10 | 0 |
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Report
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Ireland’s Conor Mcelduff regained top spot in the end-of-season Rankings for 2017-18 from Spain’s Sacha Kruithoff. Paudi Quish also finished in the top 10, while James Prentice, Colm Grace, Jamie Kelly and Anthony O’Sullivan also finished in the top 50.
The Tour featured players from Ireland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Basque Country, France, Italy, USA, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Germany and Morocco
About
Handball was included as one of the four original Gaelic Games in the GAA charter of 1884. It is the only one to have become a genuine sport, with the game being played at a high level in USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, Basque Country, Belgium, Netherlands and the UK.
Wallball is a version of the sport which attempts to unite the various versions of the sport played worldwide and the European Wallball Tour is a Pro Tour with events in Belgium, Spain, Netherlands and UK.
References
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Websites
[1] European Pro Wallball (2017) Men’s Rankings – After 2018 Belgian Open [Internet] Available from: http://www.prowallball.eu/rankings/mens-rankings/ [Accessed 16 January 2019]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Luke Kelly.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 16 January 2019
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