Sports

Corofin 2-14Doonbeg 1-6 IN bridging a 14-year gap to their last success in this competition, Corofin moved to joint top in the U-21B Football Championship roll of honour last Saturday. They now share the lead, with five wins each, with their North Clare neighbours, Kilfenora.

There was mixed luck for Clare teams in the opening round of the Dr Harty Cup, Munster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship, this week.

Shannon Gaels 1-8Kilrush 0-11 THE Senior B final ended in a welter of excitement in Cooraclare last Sunday, with Shannon Gaels’ Seán Reynolds pointing the equaliser from 40 yards, two minutes into injury time.

Kilmurry Ibrickane 1-7Cratloe 0-9 KILMURRY Ibrickane squeezed into their sixth senior county final since 2002, just about holding off Cratloe in rain-drenched Lissycasey last Saturday evening.

St Joseph’s 2-7Wolfe Tones 0-7 A GOAL in each half from 17-year-old Alan O’Neill put St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield into the Clare Senior Football Championship final at the expense of Wolfe Tones, at Cusack Park on Sunday.

Banner Ladies 3-13 Cappawhite (Tipperary) 3-11(after extra time) It took extra time before the Clare ladies senior football champions finally shook off Cappawhite in last Saturday’s Munster senior B semi-final in Tipperary town.

KILMALEY and Newmarket will contest the final of the Clare Senior Camogie Championship following their semi-finals wins over Clooney-Quin and Kilkishen.

Feakle 4-6Kilkishen 4-1 AN eight-goal feast, in a lively entertaining game, culminated in success for Feakle over Kilkishen in the junior camogie semi-final