Irish Collegiate Handball Association

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The Irish Collegiate Handball Association (ICHA) is the national governing body for third-level handball in Ireland.[1] 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.

## United States Collegiate National Handball Championship

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Each year, the ICHA organises a trip to the United States Collegiate National Handball Championships. This tournament generally takes place 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

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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.

## References

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1. ^ "3rd Level". GAA Handball. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

## External links

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* ICHA on Facebook
* Official site (archived 2010)

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Gaelic handball

Competitions|

* All-Ireland Senior Softball Singles
* All-Ireland Senior 4-Wall Singles
* All-Ireland Senior 4-Wall Doubles
* Irish Wallball Nationals
* Irish 4-Wall Nationals
* All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles

Organisations|

* GAA Handball
* Irish Collegiate Handball Association

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Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Provinces and counties as defined within Gaelic games

Provincial councils|

* Connacht
* Leinster
* Munster
* Ulster
* Britain

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

Britain|

* Gloucestershire
* Hertfordshire
* Lancashire
* London
* Scotland
* Warwickshire
* Yorkshire

Other counties|

* Asian
* Australasia
* Canada
* Europe
* New York
* United States

Non-county bodies|

* Annual Congress
* Deutscher Bund Gälischer Sportarten
* Féile na nGael
* Higher Education
* Irish Collegiate Handball Association
* Games Administration Committee
* Scór

Associated bodies|

* GAA Handball
* Camogie Association
* Ladies' Gaelic Football Association

Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association

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Gaelic games at universities and third-level colleges

Governing bodies|

* Higher Education GAA
* Handball

Gaelic football|

* Sigerson Cup
* Trench Cup
* Hodges Figgis Trophy
* Great Britain

Hurling|

* Fitzgibbon Cup
* Ryan Cup
* Fergal Maher Cup
* Great Britain

Camogie|

* Ashbourne Cup

Ladies' Gaelic football|

* O'Connor Cup
* Great Britain

Clubs|

* DCU
* DIT
* NUI Galway
* IT Tralee
* UCC
* UCD
* Waterford IT

Representative team|

* Combined Universities GAA

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