Sports

The Munster Juvenile U-14 to U-19 Track and Field Championships were held at the Cork IT track with blustery conditions on day one and beautiful sunshine on day two. Clare athletes came away with 17 gold medals, 11 silver and 10 bronze.

Cork 1-19   Clare 0-11 Although Cork defeated Clare by 11 points at Doneraile in the opening round of the TG4 Munster Senior Championship on Friday evening, this was a much-improved Clare performance compared to last year’s encounter.

Doora-Barefield 1-5   West Clare Gaels 0-2 In the Division 1 U-12 Ladies’ Football final replay played in a wet and windy Kilmihil on Saturday night, the girls from Doora-Barefield had the better of West Clare Gaels. Saturday’s match was a replay following a 3-5 apiece draw the previous Tuesday evening in Kilrush.

The €5,000 Con Kirby Memorial event concluded at the Limerick Greyhound Racing Stadium on Saturday night with the spoils going to the Pat Guilfoyle trained and 6/4 favourite Laughill Billy (Premier Fantsy-Laughill Lass).

Aidan O’Brien’s wonderful season continued when his hot favourite Camelot overcame adverse weather conditions to land the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh on Saturday evening

Sixmilebridge 4-12   Inis Cealtra 0-13O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge was the venue for the start of the Minor Championship 2012 when Inis Cealtra were the visitors. Inis Cealtra are a combination of Scariff, Ogonnelloe and Whitegate.

With cycling racing on an upward swing again in Clare, the Dolmen club are reviving the county championships. The handicapped race for county honours will be run off next Wednesday over a testing 60k lap, starting in Barefield, heading out to Clooney and Tulla and back home via Knockjames and the Gort Road.

Sixteen matches were played in the senior A, B and intermediate hurling championships, with titleholders Crusheen held to a draw by Broadford. Disappointingly, the standard of play was poor, as were the attendances. There is a break now until the weekend of August 11 and 12, while the junior A and B championships will get underway on July 7 and 8. Sports Editor Seamus Hayes reports Crusheen 0-15   Broadford 1-12 INJURY-time points from Cathal Chaplin and Padraig Hickey (free) earned Broadford a share of the spoils with titleholders Crusheen in the opening game in the 2012 Clare Senior Hurling Championship at Cusack Park on Friday evening.