Sports

A discussion on payment to managers arose at last week’s board meeting  “I can’t figure out why the GAA didn’t take the bull by the horns and say ‘lads this is what we are going to do, end of story’.

Mayo         2-11Clare         0-8LONG before the ball was even thrown in to start Clare’s second NFL Ladies’ Division 2 league game of 2012, both counties had experienced a frustrating afternoon.  

ENNISTYMON’S victory in the Minor A Football Championship in 2011 was celebrated at a function in the Falls Hotel on Friday night.

The Clare Cumann na mBunscol indoor hurling and camogie competitions concluded last week, when the finals were played at Cratloe.

IN 1961, Rice College Ennis, then known as Ennis CBS, achieved their only Dr Rodgers Cup success when winning the provincial title at the expense of Cork school, Coláiste Iognaid Rís (Sullivan’s Quay) in a game played at Kilmallock.

As the Munster adult 40×20 championships reach their climax, Clare handballers have qualified for provincial finals in no less than nine grades, including all-Clare finals in minor doubles and U-21 doubles, while there are a number of Munster semi-final and final ties in a number of grades to be played over a very busy coming week.

THE Clare Community Games finals in art and model making, which were held at the Christian Brothers School, Ennis, last Saturday, attracted a very big entry of up to 400 competitors, from 23 areas.

CLARE camogie public relations officer, Bríd McNamara has been selected as the national association’s PRO of the Year. She will be honoured at a function in Croke Park at the beginning of March.