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Éire Óg 1-13Wolfe Tones 1-10 Éire Óg maintained their place at the top of the Division 1B table but were made fight all the way for their latest victory when they entertained Wolfe Tones on Saturday evening.

Newmarket 1-14Clooney-Quin 1-7 APART from the beautiful weather conditions, there was little to cheer about at Fr Murphy Park in Newmarket on Thursday evening as the home side continued their march towards the play-offs in this season’s Clare Champion Cup with a merited win over Clooney-Quin.

BURREN Tug of War Club were the overall winners in both the novice and the lightweights in the Munster Tug of War League.Round eight, the final round, was held on Sunday in Aghern hosted by the Harps Club.Here, the Burren shone out to take the novice section in the 640kg against Araglen by 2-0, to take the Harps Perpetual Cup.In the senior section, Burren just got piped in the semi-finals by Ballyhooly by 2-1. Considering that Burren are only a 600kg team, they did very well up against heavier and more experience teams of senior class. Glenhill went on to beat Ballyhooly in the final 2-0, to take the Harps Perpetual Cup.Overall, Burren won this senior section of the league as they had more points over the eight rounds, 33 to 26 for Glenhill. They now go forward to compete in the Munster Championships this Sunday in 630kg at the Inishannon Vintage & Steam Rally in Cork.  

ACCORDING to rule, GAA players at minor level are entitled to seven days free of club championship action, ahead of inter-county championship games in the same code.

SHANNON will represent Clare in the North Munster final of the Pierce Purcell Shield after they emerged victorious from the weekend’s competition at Kilkee. In the final, they will face Charleville, who were winners at Adare at the weekend and the game will take place next week.In their first outing, Shannon accounted for the defending All-Ireland champions Woodstock on a 3-2 scoreline, a result which saw them progress to the semi-final on Sunday morning.Other winners on Saturday were Ennis who accounted for Lahinch by 3 ½ to 1 ½, Spanish Point who beat Doonbeg 4-1 and Kilkee, who beat Dromoland Castle by 3 ½ to 1 ½. Following their win over Lahinch, Ennis went on to beat Kilrush by 4-1 on Saturday afternoonIn Sunday morning’s semi-finals, Spanish Point were 4-1 winners over Ennis, while Shannon were 3-2 winners over Kilkee. In the final, Shannon had a 3-2 win over Spanish Point.The Shannon team manager is Mike O’Connor and their panel …

Clare Community Games had many successes at the national finals in Athlone at the weekend. A total of 143 children from 25 areas in Clare took part in a wide variety of sporting and cultural events. These included art, model making, talent, handwriting, table quiz, cross country, projects, indoor soccer, chess, choir and handball.

Newmarket-on-Fergus trainer Karen Hannon will harbour fond memories of last Saturday evening’s North Kerry Hunt point-to-point fixture at Ballybunion, having saddled her first winner with 4-1 Tisonlyme in the first division of the concluding older horses’ maiden.

Connolly Celtic 2Bridge Utd A 1 THE season ended on a high note for Connolly Celtic when they defeated Bridge Untied A at the county grounds on Wednesday evening last.