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Burren Gaels 3-12 Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1-0 A fine team performance by a young, evenly balanced Burren Gaels outfit saw them deservedly claim the Division 3 League title at Ennistymon on Monday evening.

THE winner of the 2000 Guineas and most recently the Derby at Epsom, Aidan O’Brien’s Camelot, is set to go off hot favourite in Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh.

IN 2009, the idea of a rugby league team in Clare came about while Brian Farrell was working as a development officer with Rugby League Ireland (RLI). Brendan Guilfoyle of RLI asked Brian if there was any interest in a rugby league team in the area.

THERE was a large entry and many charities benefited from the seventh annual Clare 10km mini-marathon, which was staged around the streets of Ennis last Saturday, starting and finishing at the Lees Road Sports Complex.

  O’Callaghan’s Mills-Bodyke 2-8    Cratloe 2-7 In a most entertaining U-14A Hurling Championship final at Sixmilebridge on Friday evening, the O’Callaghan’s Mills-Bodyke amalgamation emerged with a one-point win over Cratloe.Both sides were chasing their first success at this level, with the Bodyke-O’Callaghan’s Mills combination in their first year in competition.Cratloe got the better start when Billy Connors had a goal after just 20 seconds. Jack Danaher followed with a point and Cratloe led 1-1 to 0-0 after five minutes. It would be another 16 minutes before Cratloe would get their next score; in the meantime, the East Clare combination had 1-2 from Ian Murray.Connors, Michael Danaher and Jack McInerney hit back with Cratloe points but a further brace from Murray left the sides deadlocked at the break at 1-4 each.  Ben McLoughlin scored two excellent points for the eventual winners in the first and sixth minutes of the second half. Gary Cooney goaled in the 10th minute to help the …

CAPTAINS’ prizes were played for at Dromoland, East Clare, Ennis and Gort in the past week, while the Clare Teachers’ Society also had their captain’s day at Ennis, which brought to an end a very successful year for the society.

THE Limerick Greyhound Racing Stadium received a timely boost with the announcement that it is to host Ireland’s second richest event next March.

CLARE manager Davy Fitzgerald was full of praise for his charges and Waterford after Sunday’s game. “I am not going to give out to the lads. They gave everything they had. I was laughing today at certain stuff which made us favourites. So many of those guys have been in All-Ireland semi-finals and finals and they didn’t get the credit they deserved. They are great players. I wish them the best in the Munster final.”Fitzgerald went on, “Trust me, our lads will be back again. There is a lot of fight in them. They didn’t give up. We had a chance or two at the end and we missed two or three easy frees and that’s tough. I don’t begrudge Waterford their win. We gave it everything we had and it was an exciting game out there.”Asked about John Mullane’s celebrations in front of the Clare manager at the final whistle, the Sixmilebridge man declined to make anything out of …