THE Clare Cricket Club will have teams playing Division 1 and Division 2 Munster League cricket in the coming season. They will prepare for the year ahead with a four-day training camp in Ibiza, from this Thursday to Sunday, which will include two games on the local club’s artificial pitch.

Clare 7-8   Westmeath 0-8 Clare deservedly retained their National Football League Division 2 status following this decisive victory over Westmeath on Sunday in Kilbeggan.

Clare 2-7   Limerick 0-7 A STORMING second-half performance helped the Clare U-16 team to victory in the Munster Camogie Shield final on Friday evening against Limerick.

Rose Meakins was named honorary patron at the executive meeting of Clare Community Games last week in recognition of her outstanding service the organisation.

THE Clare Camogie Association participated in the 2013 Pan Celtic Festival, which took place in Carlow from last week. Inagh-Kilnamona Camogie Club competed in the U-16A grade. Grouped with Douglas from Cork, Toomevara and Newport/Ballinahinch from Tipperary and Glynn Barntown from Wexford, the Clare girls won all four games in their group, which was played on a league basis at Éire Óg GAA grounds, Carlow on Saturday.Their fourth game on Saturday against Newport/Ballinahinch, Tipperary was a tough battle. Aoife Keane playing at centre-forward and scored 1-2 from play, adding 0-2 from frees. Chloe McNamara finished off with 0-1 from play, leaving the final score at 1-5 to 0-4.

Kilmaley 0-13   Clooney-Quin 2-4 KILMALEY and Clooney-Quin produced another close contest when they clashed in a league tie last week.

The 43rd anniversary of the (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) Athletic Club, incorporating the Michael Egan Memorial four-mile road race and four-mile fun walk attracted a fine turnout of athletes and walkers to Quilty at the weekend.

THERE was success galore for Clare handballers at the weekend with five national titles claimed between the juveniles and adults.