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AT first glance, the classic 1941 Western film, They Died With Their Boots On, doesn’t have anything in common with Clonlara’s Junior B hurlers.

KERRY senior football manager Jack O’Connor will be one of the keynote speakers at a Clare Sports Partnership-organised seminar next Wednesday.

THE glory days of the late ’90s were remembered recently when a delegation from Doora-Barefield Ladies’ Football Club visited Croke Park in support of club stalwart, Treas Molloy, who had been selected as the Munster Tesco Club Person of the Year for 2011.

NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE Clare 2-22   Laois 2-13 CLARE recorded their third win from three outings in the 2012 National Hurling League and, in truth, they always looked the better side as they accounted for Laois at O’Moore Park in Portlaoise on Sunday. However, there is sure to be some concern that they conceded 2-13 in addition to missing a number of good scoring opportunities at the other end.  

Thomas Crosse and Mikey Flanagan are locked in a padded room.With just one week to go before their fights, it could be argued that such a room is the best place for them.You see, there is a perception, unenlightened perhaps, that anyone who enters a mixed martial arts (MMA) contest must be mad.Not so, Crosse and Flanagan. The small room with wrestling mats and loud music in the home of their Brazilian jiujitsu (BJJ) trainer John Eustace offers the pair a place to give their grappling a final polish before stepping into the cage on Saturday night.After finishing a gruelling session they chat about the upcoming fights and parts of their game they still want to fine tune in their last week of training.The two fighters, both aged 23, who have known each other since secondary school, travelled a long road to get here.They’ve been training hard since mid-November when they were offered the chance to fight on the MMA …

Rory Donnelly is enjoying the promotion drive but he has picked up a hamstring injury, writes Peter O’Connell

Job done. The end result was all that counted in Cusack Park last Sunday and Clare secured their fourth win of the 2010 NFL without undue fuss. They blitzed Leitrim in the opening 11 minutes and led 1-5 to 0-0 when Rory Donnelly kicked their fifth point. The Cooraclare man had already notched Clare’s opening score as the home county started superbly with the wind behind them. Donnelly was fouled for the first of David Tubridy’s three first-half pointed frees, while centre-forward Shane McGrath buried the game’s only goal in the sixth minute. The Thomas Davis player benefited from Alan Clohessy picking up a break from a Leitrim kick-out. McGrath cut through the centre of the Leitrim defence before stroking home a classy goal. Leitrim’s James Glancy pointed the first of his four first half points in the 13th minute when he kicked a free given away by Shane McNeilis. Four minutes later, Leitrim spurned a great chance to make …

DROMOLAND’S David Foley is the Munster Professional Golfer of the Year after finishing in first place in the order of merit over eight events.