Cavan's Paul Brady returned to competitive handball action with a bang on Saturday in the DALKIA Senior Singles Championship.
The Breffni man defeated Antrim's Owen McKenna with ease in his first real cut-throat outing of 2008.
Brady cruised through the first game, showing spells of the form he can produce, to take the opener 21-9.
McKenna continued to rally with the former Cavan footballer, but was unable to contend with the sheer athleticism and power of the Mullahoran man and went down 21-8.
It was a bad day of the office for Antrim handballers, as McKenna's fellow Belfast men, Seamus Ó Tuama and Sean Devine also made their exits from the championship.
Young Westmeath star, Robert McCarthy continued his good form, booking a quarter-final spot at the expense of Ó Tuama, while Devine pushed Armagh's Charly Shanks to a decider, which finished 21-12.
Gort na Mona's Ricky McCann put a stop to the poor fortunes of the Saffron men with a comfortable win over Mayo's Vinny Moran.
