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Kilrush beaten in Munster final

In the Schools Junior C Munster final, Kilrush Community College, looking for their second title since 1993, were beaten by Loreto of Clonmel last Friday. Played at Neville Park, Rathkeale, the game was won in the first half when a very sharp Loreto side had racked up 3-5 before the girls from West Clare got on the board after 25 minutes. Kilrush opened nervously, conceding several frees and Clonmel had two goals inside the first five minutes. Kilrush launched several forays into the Loreto danger zone with captain Aoife O’Gorman, Ronya Baumann, Áine Ryan and Jenny Browne leading the way but Kilrush failed to capitalise, letting the Tipp side pull away. They pushed the gap to 3-5 before Kilrush decided enough was enough and finished the half with a strong passage of play. The resulting two frees were converted by Áine Browne, leaving a 12-point gap, 3-5 to 0-2, when Kerry referee Sean Joy blew for the break.  To underpin …

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Junior Cup games cancelled

THE inclement weather of recent weeks has disrupted many sporting fixtures and this was the case again last weekend when the Munster Junior Rugby Cup games were amongst the fixtures cancelled.Division 1 side, St Senan’s were due to have home advantage against Richmond, while Ennis were to entertain Scariff for the second week in succession, having beaten them on the previous Sunday in the league.Continuous heavy rain in the 24 hours preceding the fixtures resulted in the ties being cancelled.It is understood these games have been refixed for February 19. This Saturday, Scariff will have Richmond as visitors in the Webb Cup at 2.30pm.It will be back to league action on Sunday week when St Senan’s will entertain Tralee in Division 1, while Scariff will take on Kinsale in Division 2. In Division 3, Kilrush will travel to play Shandon. On Saturday week, St Senan’s will host visitors, St Mary’s, in a Webb Cup fixture.  

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Clare crews in Galway rally

THIS year’s Safety Direct Galway International Rally will take place this weekend and rally headquarters will be at the Clayton Hotel in Ballybrit.The Galway International Rally has a proud history, which includes being the first ever round of the Irish Tarmac Championship in 1978. The rally is still the traditional season opener, drawing top competitors and huge crowds of spectators to Galway every year.The event will run in a format that will help to significantly minimise costs for all competitors. All the stages, including a city-based “super special” will be contained in a compact one day format this Sunday. The competitive element of the event will be run over 10 competitive special stages. The route will start on Sunday morning with the Dyke Road Spectator Stage in Galway City which was last run in 1998. There will be a centralised service area, followed by three stages, which will be repeated three times in the Headford area. There will be a …

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Juniors to the fore in Lahinch

HISTORY was made at Lahinch at the weekend when the winners of the Saturday and Sunday singles competitions were two members of the junior section. This was the first time two juniors won the Saturday and Sunday competitions in the same weekend and their success is a further boost to the club’s highly rated junior section. Fifteen-year-old, Cathal Hegarty (12) was the winner of the men’s singles Stableford competition on Saturday with 38 points. He had three to spare over John Dillon (6), with third spot filled by Paul O’Brien (3), with a similar score.In a similar competition on Sunday, 14-year-old Conall Haugh (18) was the winner with 40 points from Michael Lynch (18) with 39 points and Vincent Leigh (11) with 39 points. Clare-Galway seniors leagueTHE inclement weather of recent months has resulted in major disruption of golf competitions in most clubs. This has also been the case for the hugely successful and popular Clare-Galway Seniors Winter League.It is …

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Avenue’s U-17s march on

  Avenue United  5 Avondale United 1 Avenue United are through to the quarter-finals of the FAI U-17 Cup following this victory over a highly rated and fancied Avondale United side at the County Grounds in Doora on Saturday. The game produced some excellent football and while Avenue emerged as deserving winners, a four-goal margin is a bit unfair on the visitors who deserved to be closer.With Dylan Casey back in action having recovered from injury, Avenue went into the game determined to continue to follow the example of the club’s youths side who had recorded impressive victories in recent weeks.They took the lead after 15 minutes when Lee Quirke hit the target and they should have doubled their advantage shortly after when Segun Junaid beat his marker but just could not get the ball over the line.Avondale were back in terms at the mid-point of the first half when Conor O’Driscoll, just back from a two week trial in …

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Plenty of Spice in the Limerick Recharge Open

While not in record-breaking form on this occasion – she set a new time of 28.27 for the venue last week – Calling Spice was nonetheless the star of the show again when setting the fastest clock for second-round heats of the Vetsearch Recharge Open 525 at the Limerick Greyhound Racing Stadium last Saturday night.Trained by Graham Holland for Pat O’Donovan, Mallow, the daughter of Ballymac Mave-No Joke Spice (trap one) was led in the early stages by the Paul Hennessy-trained Colourful Champ, in trap two. However, she then stepped up a gear to go clear of the rest into the back straight and the race was as good as over at this stage. The runner-up was the Paul Hennessy-trained Airforce Newyork who, after a very slow start, made inroads by the rail and his flying finish earned him runner-up spot, six-and-a-half lengths behind Calling Spice, who had a clock of 28.31.The next best on the clock was the Rachel …

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Quin-Clooney and Cooraclare-Cree strike gold

  The Clare Community Games basketball U-11 mixed and U-13 boys’ competitions took place last Saturday in St Flannan’s College. The event was co-ordinated by Emer Considine and Gráinne Ryan, with referees Sean Stack and Damian Power. Only five teams took part in the U-11 competition but what it lacked in quantity it made up for in quality as there were some fantastic matches. In the first round, Cooraclare/Cree A team beat the Clarecastle/Ballyea side 10-4. In the semi-finals, Doora/Barefield beat Cooraclare/Cree B team 8-2, while Quin/Clooney pipped the Cooraclare/Cree A team by just two baskets, 10-6. In the play-off, the two Cooraclare teams met, with the A team just pipping the B side by one basket for the bronze medals. In the final, Quin/Clooney won the gold medals by just one point from near neighbours Doora/Barefield, 13-12. The members of the teams are listed below.1. Quin-Clooney: Cliodhna Ryan, Kirsty Begg, Alice Larkin, Juliette Cantwell, Sara Hassett, David Barbotin, Adam …

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Hurlers pack a punch

A large and enthusiastic crowd turned out for county senior hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald’s boxing fund raiser for the Clare hurlers in the Queens Hotel last Friday night.Davy was involved in a similar venture in Waterford when he was manager of the Decies and felt he might replicate the sell-out boxing show and raise funds for the Clare training and coaching programme. The players went about their tasks through the past few weeks and with the help of the coaches and fighters in the Ennis Boxing Club they honed their skills and sought to condition themselves for the ring. “A visit to the dressing room for a pre-fight appraisal left me wondering if the combatants were beginning to doubt their invincibility and if, perhaps, they were wishing that they were preparing for a league game or an All Ireland play-off,” said Ennis boxing coach, Colum Flynn.“Some looked bemused and listened intently to the pre-fight instruction from the coaches but it …

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