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Moher Celtic 0 Shannon Olympic A 2 SHANNON Olympic advanced to the next round of the Munster Junior Cup with a battling win over Moher Celtic in a windswept Lahinch on Sunday morning.

Tulla United A 0 Lifford A 2 GOALS from Darren O’Neill and Ruairi Norrby helped Lifford A to this victory over Tulla United in the Premier League at the Cragg on Sunday. Both goals were scored in the opening half hour after which, the winners soaked up a lot of pressure from the home side who created a lot of opportunities. Tulla United A: Paul Whelan; David McInerney, Padraic O’Malley, Denis Murphy, Niall Whelan; Cillian Bane, Darragh Corry, Thomas Mc Keown, Colin Nelson, Noel Collins, Seosamh O’Loughlin.Subs: Sunny Jay for Collins; Shane Mason for C Nelson; Ger Hanrahan for O’Loughlin.Lifford A: Jan Da Silva; Eoin Murphy, Hamad Kuku, Michael J Sullivan, Dylan Blake; Ruairi Norrby, Pat Mannion, Pat Darcy, Ryan Boyle; Lunga Balman, Darren O’Neill.Subs: Scott Hennessy for O’Neill; Julius Lake for Mannion. Newmarket Celtic A 5 Hermitage A 1NEWMARKET Celtic were comfortable winners over Hermitage A in this Premier League tie  played at McDonogh Park on Sunday. The winners …

The Clare Athletics Association juvenile (U-9 to U-19) plus intermediate and U-23 cross country championships were held on the lands of the Moroney family Sixmilebridge at the weekend. The championships were hosted by Olympic Harriers in wet and windy conditions over a testing course with big fields of athletes in all races.There were some outstanding individual performances and Ennis Track captured the Clare athletics association Shield for the best overall club with 77 points from, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare on 56 points and St Mary’s on 54.In the intermediate and U-23 ladies all-in-one race, Claire Madigan (St John’s), running in the U-23 event, was very impressive when taking the title. She led from start to finish.In the intermediate ladies’ 4,000m, three girls made and early break, Becky Coughlan, Cushla Bríd Hehir (both Ennis Track) and Noreen Mackey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare). Over the two laps, these three girls were together for almost the entire race before Cushla Bríd Hehir made a decisive …

Limerick League 4   Clare League 0   CLARE’S Oscar Traynor campaign got off to the worst possible start when they were comprehensively beaten by Limerick at Jackman Park last week.A stronger home side dominated throughout but Clare did manage to produce some good quality football. However, Limerick capitalised on chances created and have put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the next stage.The sides traded early chances with Eoin Hayes (Newmarket Celtic) firing a good shot across the Limerick goal in the third minute. Limerick’s best early chance came when Conor Kavanagh headed just over from close range. Throughout the 90 minutes, the visitors struggled to cope with the pace of Shane Waters and it was he who provided the through ball, which resulted in the opening goal by John Tierney after 18 minutes. The home side dominated the remainder of the half with Alan Barry and Christy Doyle searching hard for a second.Despite strong resistance from David …

Avenue United 1   St Pat’s 0 AVENUE United added yet another title to their list of winnings when they accounted for St Pat’s in the final of the U-14 Cup at Doora on Saturday. This win marked the Ennis club’s fifth schoolboys’ cup title this season.Padraic McNamara scored the all-important goal from the penalty spot after a St Pat’s player was penalised for handling the ball with five minutes to go. St Pat’s defender Stephen Keogh was dismissed as a result.  Jack Morrissey and Shane O’Connor came close for the West Clare outfit earlier in a game in which Avenue won the greater number of corners.Both sides had chances on the day and few would have complained had the game ended in a draw.After the game, Flan Hehir from the Clare League presented the trophy to the winning captain, Tom Sharkey, while Cathal Lynch was presented with the player-of-the-match award.The team was managed by Alan Murphy and Ritchie Lynch and …

Clondegad 1-10Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-9 AT last. Sunday, October 2 is a date that will be etched deep into the memory of Clondegad GAA people for as long as they are above ground. Intermediate final losses in ’04, ’06 and ’10 can now be parked and put down to, in this case, losing three to win one.

Clare senior hurling manager elect, Davy Fitzgerald, has not looked for control of minor, U-21 and intermediate Clare teams in addition to the senior team and neither has he looked for a six-year term at the helm.

If outgoing Clare senior football manager Micheál McDermott is re-appointed for 2012, 25-year-old Tralee-based sports scientist Micheál Cahill will be brought in as part of the management team.