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Dublin 1-9   Clare 0-12 CLARE ended the round-robin stage of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship series with a draw against Dublin in Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon.  

Moy 3-12   Killimer 0-3 MOY bridged a 26-year gap to their last title win when they defeated Killimer in the Division 7 league final.On a dry afternoon in Quilty, a strong breeze cut across the field as a big turnout from both parishes cheered on their teams.

  IN the US, Tony Graffanino and Bob Howry are household names but when they came to Clare last week, recognition was one problem the former Major League baseball stars didn’t have to deal with. They were at Lees Road, where they gave a coaching camp in association with West Clare Dolphins. The club’s chairman, Ger Troy, was at Lees Road and explained how the game has developed here. “It started up about three years ago, a couple of kids wanted to try it so myself, Andrew Marsh and Tom Halpin decided to give it a go. We set up a kids’ team and an adult team and it’s been going since.”They hope to have their own playing pitch soon. “We play our adult games on the GAA field in Killimer and we play the kids’ games in Kilrush, sometimes, in the secondary school field. We have to travel a lot, to Cavan, Galway, Dublin, different places like that, for …

Gort 1-24   Tommie Larkins 2-13 A MAGNIFICENT seven points from Gort forward Greg Lally, normally a defender, ensured Gort’s unbeaten run in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship and condemned Tommie Larkins to the role of disappointed onlookers for the remainder of the county cup race.

AN early second-half penalty, scored by Cathal McConigley, proved pivotal in securing victory for Ennistymon in last Sunday’s Division 5 Football League final played at the Éire Óg grounds. That in addition to points from Michael Houlihan and Alan Horan helped the winners into a 2-8 to 0-3 lead with just five minutes gone in the second half.

The return of former chairman Frank Healy to a position on the executive of the Clare Junior Soccer League hasn’t met with universal approval, as two of the incoming executive are refusing to take their places on the 2012/2013 committee.

In the only contest at last week’s annual general meeting of the Clare Junior Soccer league, chairman Donie Garrihy comfortably retained his position when he had a 37 to seven win over challenger Mickey Guilfoyle.

WEST Clare Gaels were comprehensive winners of their senior championship tie played on Sunday in Quilty. They had it much their own way in the first half, leading 2-8 to 0-2 at the interval.