Cork 1-20   Clare 1-11 VALIANT and playing with plenty of spirit, Clare never seriously threatened to beat Cork in Sunday’s Munster Senior Football semi-final in Cusack Park.

CLARE captain Gary Brennan left Cusack Park on Sunday evening clearly affected by the rib injury he picked up at the end of the NFL campaign.

Cork 0-18   Clare 0-9 In the opening half hour, there was only one team in the Munster Junior Football Championship semi-final at Cusack Park and Cork would not have been flattered had they been more that 0-10 to 0-1 in front at the break.

SUNSHINE was the order of the day as the finals of The Clare Champion-sponsored Cumann na mBunscoil hurling, camogie and girls’ football championships were staged at Cusack Park this week.

ENNIS teenager Patrick Donovan, who boxes out of Our Lady of Lourdes Club in Limerick, qualified to box for Ireland in the European Championships, when he was victorious at the National Stadium at the weekend.

THE Munster Juvenile U-14 to U-19 Track and Field Championships were held in wet conditions over two days at Templemore and Clare athletes came away with 21 gold, 19 silver and 11 bronze medals.

Clare GAA executive has been called on to support local contractors and workers whenever possible.

Any Clare Soccer committee member found to be guilty of “leaking private league business to the media or public” will be suspended for five years from the executive if a motion to next Monday’s Clare Soccer League AGM is carried.