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Ennis Town Rock 4 Avenue Utd (holders) 3 This Clare Cup quarter-final at Lees Road on Sunday morning had everything the big crowd could have wished for with seven goals, three penalties and two red cards.When the final whistle sounded, the titleholders were out of this year’s race, having lost out to Ennis rivals, Ennis Town Rock 4-3.Four goals clear at one stage in the second half, they looked to be on the way to a runaway win but to the credit of the holders, they staged a strong fight back. However, time was not on their side and Ennis Town Rock held on for a merited win.Indeed the winners could have had a greater winning margin had they managed to convert two penalties. In all they were awarded three spot kicks, David Reidy took the first which was saved. Stephen Hickey took the second and scored before failing to find the target with the team’s third penalty of the …

Battle continues for league title Corofin Harps 1 Rhine Rovers 0 A one goal win for Corofin Harps over Rhine Roves on Wednesday evening last ensured that the race for the First Division title will go down to the wire.

THE Maura Burke Memorial Fund has been established in conjunction with Cancer Care West to commemorate the memory of Maura from Kilcolgan who died in 2006 after losing a bravely fought battle with cancer.

A strong Clare contingent travelled to the inaugural Visit Nenagh Cycling Classic last Sunday and emerged with some encouraging results.

Champion jockey Derek O’Connor made a winning return from injury when steering John Kiely’s Kilbarry Beauty to success in the bumper at Cork on Monday evening.

The Clare Community Games Cycling competitions for boys and girls U-12 and U-14 were held last Saturday last in Quin. The event was co-ordinated by county chairman, Pat Taylor.

AS the curtain falls on handball’s 40×20 season, the focus turns to the 60×30 and one-wall courts for the summer months before attention switches back to the smaller court to begin preparations for this October’s eagerly-awaited world championships which will be hosted in Dublin.

  The replay of the U-21A Hurling Championship semi-final between Sixmilebridge and Kilmaley has been fixed for this Friday evening at Cusack Park at 6pm but a doubt remains about the game, as Sixmilebridge have indicated they are not happy with the decision.They point to the fact that team member Seadna Morey is a member of the Clare senior panel for Sunday’s league semi-final date with Kilkenny and argue that it’s unfair to expect him to play the club replay on Friday evening, less than 48 hours before the league fixture.Because of the upcoming Munster Minor Hurling Championship first round between Clare and Waterford (Wednesday, May 2) and the involvement of the Clare minor footballers in the Munster semi-final (Wednesday, May 16), the fixtures committee pressed ahead with fixing the replay for this Friday.The CCC (fixtures committee) met with representatives of both clubs on Monday night before deciding the replay will go ahead this Friday.The final involving Ballyea and the …