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Kilmaley 3-4Feakle 1-1 CONDITIONS were ideal for the minor A shield final and both teams produced some exciting camogie at the Éire Óg grounds last weekend.
Read More »Primary schools put on a show
The Clare Champion sponsored Cumann na mBunscoil primary schools football finals (boys and girls) were staged this Tuesday and Wednesday at Cusack Park and Clarecastle and, once again, provided great entertainment.
Read More »Munster semi-final loss for West Clare Colleges
Rochestown (Cork) 2-11 West Clare Colleges 1-2 Led by outstanding midfielder Shane Kingston, Rochestown eased into the Munster U-15A colleges semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick last Thursday.
Read More »Doonbeg tussle for underage board chair?
Nominations closed on Wednesday for positions on the executive of Bórd na n-Óg Peil. The AGM will be held on Tuesday, November 29 at 8pm in the West County Hotel, Ennis.
Read More »Lahinch moves up to sixth place in Golf Digest
According to the Golf Digest Volvo top 100-ranked Irish golf courses, Lahinch has moved up one spot to number six.
Read More »Lifford upset favourites Avenue in cup final
Avenue United A 2Lifford A 3 LIFFORD caused a big upset when they defeated the favourites and their great Ennis rivals, Avenue United in the final of the Premier League Cup at Doora on Sunday.
Read More »Below par effort from Ennis
Ennis 12 St Mary’s 16 A below-par performance by Ennis resulted in a four-point defeat in front of their home support on Sunday.Visitors St Mary’s started strongly and landed a penalty in the opening minutes. They followed with a try under the posts, which was converted as they took a 10-0 lead.Midway through the first half, the home side took a grip on proceedings and dominated from here to the break, landing two penalties from Bryan Murphy. During this period of dominance, Ennis made a number of line breaks but failed to capitalise and went to the break trailing 6-10.On the resumption, St Mary’s again got on top and extended their lead with two penalty efforts from Sean Lyons.Again, Ennis got on top and they had plenty of possession but, as in the first half, they failed to capitalise as they lacked support when they made a number of line breaks. The Murphy brothers, Bryan and David, converted penalties to …
Read More »Clare athletes win four individual titles in Clonmel
CLARE athletes produced magnificent individual performances at the Munster Uneven Ages U-9 to U-19 and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships, which were held in Powerstown Race Course, Clonmel.
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