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NEWMERKET recorded a comfortable victory over Shannon Gaels in the Armada Hotel Senior B Championship final in Kilmihil on Sunday evening.

Clare 10-3   Meath 1-7 THE Clare U-16 team scored a comprehensive win over Meath in Birr last Saturday to qualify for the C All-Ireland final on Saturday, August 25. Clare will play Leitrim in the final. They scored a 6-17 to 2-12 win over Down in their semi-final.  

THE first game of the 2012/13 season for a Lough Derg FC (Ballina/Killaloe) team was played on Wednesday last.

There were six wins for Clare owners over the three days of racing at the Limerick Greyhound Racing Stadium last weekend.

THERE was no shortage of drama at the Curragh on Sunday where Aidan O’Brien claimed a record 12th Phoenix Stakes with 10/1 outsider Pedro The Great.

Clare 1-16Tipperary 1-14 AS last evening’s Munster U-21 Hurling Championship final went into injury time with Clare trailing by a point, Clare fans in the attendance of 8,379 were bracing themselves for another disappointment.

JOINT manager Gerry O’Connor admitted to being speechless. Standing in the middle of Cusack Park as he watched Conor McGrath accept the Munster cup, the Éire Óg clubman was the recipient of congratulations from fans, who cheered wildly as McGrath raised the trophy aloft.O’Connor had no doubt that it was fantastic to win it. “We knew we were going to get an unbelievable battle from Tipperary. We knew what they were capable of and they didn’t disappoint us.“I am so glad that our lads realised all week that they were going to get a battle like this. It was a savage, tense game of hurling,” he added.He agreed that both sides had experienced similar ups and downs during the course of the final. “We came out in the first half and we had a lot of wides. They had wide after wide in the second half. Their goal was a huge turning point for them,” he said.“I am not really …

TONY Kelly played some magnificent hurling for Clare on Wednesday evening. The Ballyea man, who  is expecting his Leaving Cert results next Wednesday, pointed four sublime scores from play, two critical frees and an equally crucial 65’.