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ENNIS and Scariff go into this Sunday’s Munster Junior Cup ties in the knowledge that victory for both will see them clash in the next round. The prospect of an all-Clare clash is certainly adding interest to this week’s games, both of which will kick off at 2pm.Ennis have home advantage for their game with Charleville but the Clare club has a number of injury concerns ahead of this fixture. Half-backs David and Bryan Murphy both missed last week’s league game due to injury and there is only a slim chance that Bryan will be available this week. He has a knee injury. David is ruled out due to a rib injury, which may keep him out for the rest of the season.Scariff travel to play Muskerry in their cup tie and the Cork club will start as favourites.The Clare sides are due to meet in the league next week. Castleisland 13   Ennis 10 DESPITE dominating for much of their …

THE second annual Moy National School 5km and 10km Fun Run in aid of the school development fund attracted over 110 competitors on New Year’s Day.Julius Cesar F Castro, Willie Devitt and Thomas Garrahy, all Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, went through the 1km mark in 3.10. Eoin Looney, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, along with Patrick O’Rourke, led the next chasing group with Sharon Rynne, James Sexton and Tom Mackey working hard as they made their way up Cloneyogan Hill.Julius Cesar F Castro made a decisive break at 4km before facing into Faha Hill and went through the 5km mark in 18.22. He crossed the finish line in 35.19 with Willie Devitt second in 36.36 and Thomas Garrahy third in 39.16.Sharon Rynne, fresh from her victory in Shannon the previous day, started the 2012 season on a winning note when finishing fourth overall in a time of 42.30. She was followed by Mags Malone and Maura Falsey, both Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare. Eoin Looney, …

CLARE clubs will be well represented at the Munster Senior, Junior and Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will take place on Sunday at the Indoor Arena in Nenagh at 10.30am, along with the senior men’s long jump and walks for men and ladies.Athletes from Ennis Track Club, Kilmihil, St Mary’s, Marian, St John’s, Tulla, St Cronan’s and Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare will take part in the championships.Sunday will be busy for the athletes with the masters men and ladies events. The programme will consist of 60m, 200m, 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m, long jump, high jump, shot putt, as well as the men’s and ladies’ 4x200m relay.Emer Hillery, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare and Imogen Cotter, Ennis Track will be competing in the junior ladies, with Noreen Mackey and Sharon Rynne, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, contesting the senior ladies’ 1,500m and 3,000m.Jason Fahy, Olympic Harriers; Rory Chesser and Micheal Keane, Ennis Track, will compete in the 1,500m and 3,000m senior men’s events, while Keith …

Almost 100 competitors took part in the Last Lap 10km and 5km run, which was held in wet conditions around the roads of Shannon Town Centre.Three athletes made an early break, Nenagh’s Garry Scully, James McIntyre and James Liddane, Olympic Harriers, and they went through the 1km mark in 3.10. Karl Fitzmaurice, Shannon, led the next chasing group, along with Thomas Walsh, Olympic Harriers; Jason McIntyre, Shannon; Paul Horan, Newmarket-on-Fergus and James Sexton, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare.Scully took over at the front and pushed ahead at the 3km point in 9.44. Liddane and McIntyre were 20 seconds off the leader, with Thomas Walsh in fourth place.Scully went through the 5km mark in 16.16 and over the second half of the race he drove on and extended the lead, coming home a very comfortable winner in 32.37. James McIntyre was two minutes behind in 34.34, closely followed by James Liddane in third place in 34.45. He was followed by the leading master …

It was third time lucky for father and son, Gerry and Sean Meehan, Kiskeam, County Cork, at the Millstreet coursing meeting last Saturday when their Oilean Smile won the Oaks Trial Stake final (32).Beaten earlier in the Mitchelstown and Doon finals, the daughter of Bexhill Eoin-Beautiful Smile won the Millstreet final by four lengths when beating Early Move (Bexhill Eoin- Ballymore Trick), owned by the DC syndicate from Kildare. Oilean Smile is trained by Sixmilebridge native, Gerry Meehan for his son, Sean. In the Millstreet quarter-finals they beat Woodpark Diva, owned by Johnny Quinn, Woodpark, Newmarket-on-Fergus, by five lengths and had three lengths on Starofthelaune in the semi-final.At the same meeting, where Tony Reddan was judge, Cool Storm won his second cup of the season for his Castleisland owners. He had already won the cup at the Tradaree meeting.The race is now on in earnest for the final places in the Classics Club Champion Stakes at the national meeting. Kyle …

Kilmurry-Ibrickane, Ballyea and Clondegad held their trophy and medal presentations over the festive period.

Newmarket-on-Fergus trainer John Brassil was on the mark at last week’s Limerick Christmas Racing Festival when his 8-1 shot The Bosses Nephew ran out a good winner of Thursday’s Family Funday at LRC Veterans Handicap Chase.Third in a point-to-point earlier this season, the son of Flemensfirth jumped superbly all through and, having hit the front three out, the 10-year-old powered away under up-and-coming jockey, Eddie O’Connell, to beat runner-up, Doctor Woodfield by five lengths.Brassil, who has enjoyed a long and successful association with The Bosses Nephew’s Castletownroche, County Cork owner, Edward Farrell, reported, “I had this horse in an open lightweight at Dromahane on New Year’s Eve but I said we’d come here instead as he loves this place and never runs a bad race here. Eddie (O’Connell) gave him a great ride; we’ll have to look for something similar somewhere for him now.”The Limerick festival was a huge success, with good crowds turning up each day at the Greenmount …

The Clare Soccer League’s schedule was disrupted again when all but one of the fixtures for bank holiday Monday were cancelled.In the only game played, Ennis Town Rock travelled to Lisdoonvarna and scored a comfortable win over the home side, Burren United. Burren Utd 1  Ennis Town Rock  4 Debutant David Reidy scored twice as Ennis Town Rock emerged as comfortable winners over Burren United in this tie played at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday.The Ennis teenager scored twice in the opening half, at the end of which the visitors were 2-0 in front.Early second-half goals from Ritchie Neylon and Stephen Hickey doubled their advantage and put them in a commanding position.The home side pulled one back through Enda Coughlan after a free-kick rebounded off the crossbar. Burren United: Ian McInerney; Barry O’Grady, Stephen Moloney, Enda Coughlan, Michael Keating, Alex Garcia, Evan Talty, Chris Mozeck, Noel Downes, Pat Nagle, Martin McDonagh.Subs: John McDonagh, Donal HowleyEnnis Town Rock: Stephen Loftus; Barry Woods, Ronan …