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O’Connor ready for new point-to-point season

POINT-to-point fans will be out in force at Rathcannon, County Limerick on Sunday, where the first meeting of the 2011/12 season is set to take place.The fixture is run under the auspices of the Limerick Foxhounds and will signal the start of an almost nine-month campaign between the flags, which will come to a conclusion over the Whit Bank Holiday weekend next June.The Turf Club has introduced a raft of changes to the rules for the new season, which are designed to improve the standard all around and one of those includes the introduction of a camera to aid the judges at the conclusion of a race.This has been a contentious issue in the past, with the final result determined by the naked eye, courtesy of a group of people standing on a trailer at the finish line. It is now envisaged that a camera will be available at the majority of meetings to aid the officials on duty and …

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Triggs a winner like Roy

NAMED after soccer legend Roy Keane’s famous Labrador, Triggs of Inagh obliged for her Inagh connections in the feature race, the final of the Food Packages A7 525 Stake, at Galway on Saturday night. As the runners went to traps, Kay Lynch’s Moya Mae headed the market at 6/4 and although she was well enough away, she had no answer to the early toe of Triggs of Inagh, owned by Aisling Arthur, on the run towards the opening bend.Exiting the back, Moya Mae was within a length of the Triggs of Inagh but the daughter of Droopy’s Scolari and Cathy of Inagh stayed on well to prevail by a length and a quarter from the fast-finishing Killuran Lady, owned by Gary Cooney from Killuran, Bradford and trained by his father, Donal in 29.62.The top graded event on the card was the A1 graded eighth contest over 525 yards in which the run to the bend was always going to be …

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Senan’s narrowly defeated by Bruff

Bruff    16 St Senan’s   15 ST Senan’s travelled to Bruff for their Transfield Cup encounter with some new additions to last year’s squad. The Clare side was hoping to cause an upset against a strong Bruff side and for much of the game it looked like this might happen.Playing with the benefit of the wind, it was Senan’s who started the stronger and they continually forced the home side backwards but could not break through their strong defensive line to develop clear-cut scoring opportunities.St Senan’s missed a penalty early on before opening their account with a well-worked try by Fergal Lawlor in the 21st minute. The difficult wind dragged the conversion attempt wide.Senan’s were not able to extend this lead, despite mounting some very strong attacks, before Bruff made a rare visit to Senan’s half of the pitch on 28 minutes and won a contentious penalty in front of the posts, allowing them to reduce the deficit to 3-5.It was …

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13 parishes to compete in annual races

THE 15th annual running of West Clare National Schools’ cross-country races will be held this year in St Pat’s Soccer Club grounds in Kilmihil next Monday, starting at 11.30am sharp.This event has been a huge success over the past 12 years. Over 450 national school children took part last year, despite the absence of some of the schools.Cooraclare are the holders of Perpetual Cup but the 2007, 2008 and 2009 champions, Kilrush will be looking to regain the crown.As in previous years, all the national schools in any parish will combine to form teams representing that parish. There are 13 parishes involved: Killballyowen, Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Doonbeg, Kilmurry Ibrickane, Cooraclare, Kilmihil, Kilrush, Killimer/Knockerra, Kilmurry McMahon, Cranny/Coolmeen, Kildysart and Lissycasey/Ballynacally.

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Charities to benefit from Shannon event

THE first annual Lions Club Shannon 10km road race and 10km fun walk will take place this Saturday in Shannon, with a starting time of 12 noon from Shannon Leisure Centre.Entries will be taken in the Shannon Leisure Centre or participants can register with RunIreland.com.The event is in aid of Shannon Lions Club, which supports charitable and community organisations in Shannon, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Sixmilebridge, Kilmurry, Cratloe and Bunratty. The organisers have mapped out a very attractive route.Local athlete James McIntyre, who runs with Olympic Harriers, will be among the leading contenders, along with Michael Shannon, Kilnaboy; Brian Murphy and Brian McGinley, Ennis Track and James Liddane, Olympic Harriers. Contesting the masters’ titles will be Mike Cunningham, Bilboa; Terry Hennessy, St Cronan’s; Eugene Moynihan, Marian; Tom Mackey and James Kenny, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare and Jim Carrigan and Pat Hogan, Ennis Track.The ladies’ race should also be well contested with Clare athlete, Veronica Colleran, Ennis Track Club, along with Marian Burke, St Mary’s; …

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Clare Community Games All-Stars named

AS another very successful year for Clare Community Games draws to a close, officials are busy preparing for annual general meetings across the county, the hosting of the annual All-Stars awards night, the Keep Clare clean project, the area awards function and the county annual meeting.Arrangements are nearing completion for the annual All-Star awards night, which will take place on Friday, October 21 at the West County Hotel.During the night, 73 children from the different events promoted by the organisation will receive awards.Tickets are available from treasurer Rose Meakins at 086 8147799. This year’s award winners come from 19 areas from around the county.This year’s Clare award winners are:Art: Natasha Coughlan (Quin-Clooney) and Paraic O’Gorman (Kilmihil).Model making: Lauren McConway (Quin-Clooney) and Paul Hamilton (Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry).Athletics, track: Gearóid McMahon (Newmarket) and Tony Odubote (Ennis St John’s).Athletics, field: Deirbhile Ryan (Clonlara) and Grace Maloney (Tulla).Marathon: Laura Power (Doora-Barefield) and Daryl McNamara (Ennis St John’s).Badminton: Sophie Marron (Ennis St John’s) and Eoin Flynn (Ennis …

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Clare men retain President’s Cup

THE Irish Water Safety National Lifesaving Championships, hosted by Clare Water Safety, were held at the White Strand, Miltown Malbay, last weekend. Over 140 competitors from Clare, Louth, Donegal, Wexford, Waterford, Wicklow, Galway and Mayo competed in extremely challenging conditions, with the tail end of Hurricane Katia raging.

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Full-forwards point the way for amalgamation

Inagh-Kilnamona 0-22Tubber 1-12 A CONTRIBUTION of 0-21 from their full-forward trio paved the way for Inagh-Kilnamona’s win over Tubber in their vital tie at Cusack Park on Sunday evening. The result confirmed the winners’ place in the last eight.

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