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Ennistymon basketballers just pipped

St Munchin’s Limerick 37   Ennistymon VS 34  (after extra time) Ennistymon Vocational School will take strong positives from this semi-final game at the South-West Regional Finals in Kanturk, with nine of the squad underage for the next two years. They certainly can look towards a strong showing in this competition if they can continue their progress.They opened the brighter of the two sides and had the much-taller Limerick team on the ropes in the opening minutes, with John Dillon and Joey Rouine combining for 10 early points, two three-pointers coming from Dillon. This gave them an early 10-3 lead. St Munchin’s Liam Collins connected on two three-pointers to have the Limerick side trail 15-8 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was a much more even affair and Ennistymon kept well in the game with strong rebounding from Pádraig Haugh, Roma Byrne and Aaron McNulty against the opposition. Shane McNamara and Adrian Hickey posed some problems for …

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Inaugural Mountrivers Cup event

The inaugural Mountrivers Cup, Doonbeg Links versus Doonbeg Golf Club  competition was played recently and resulted in victory for the club team on a 12½ to 8½ score. Afterwards, captain, Kevin Hayes presented the cup to the club team captain Kevin Kenny at a social gathering in Darby’s.The results are listed below.Michael Waters and Michael Liddane had a 2½ to ½ win over Martin Griffin and Kevin Hayes. Wade Murphy and Seamus Dooley suffered a 0-3 loss to Paddy O’Grady and John O’Brien. Harry Crowe and Bernard Ryan halved their match with Timmy Killeen and Declan Conway. Kevin Kenny and Eddie Dwyer were 3-0 winners over Seanie Moloney and Roy Capon. Ian Kearney and Barry Murphy had a 2-1 win over Diarmaid O’Donnell and Pat Cotter. Nigel Dillon and Frank Murnane lost to Maurice Mangan and Johnny Igoe on a 2-1 scoreline while Joe Russell and Paul Faughnan were 2 ½ to ½ winners over Seamus Griffin and Pat O’Malley.In …

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Forty years of Community Games in Tulla

TULLA Community Games was founded 40 years ago by Paddy Joe Brassil, a Tulla man who went on to become the Clare county chairman.Community Games was very active in Tulla in the early days but then Tulla did not compete for a number of years, before returning in 1984 when Kay and Pat Madden, who are still actively involved, played a prominent role.  Presently, there is a very vibrant committee, headed by Rosemary Perkins as chairperson, with Mary McSweeney as secretary.In recent years, handball and draughts have been strong in Tulla, with representatives winning All-Ireland medals over the last few years at all age levels. At the moment, there are over 50 children training for the draughts and the handball has never had so many children involved.The branch continues to look for new sports to take part in and for children from all walks of life to take part in the many events offered by Community Games.Over the past 40 …

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Connolly surprise Avenue in Lisdoonvarna

Connolly Celtic 1   Àvenue United 0 AVENUE United crashed out of this season’s Munster Junior Cup competition when they were beaten by first-division side Connolly Celtic at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday. Before referee, John Murray got things underway, Connolly were dealt a blow when their regular netminder Niall Quinn was ruled out due to a shoulder injury and his place between the posts was taken by Bernard Field, normally an outfield player.The prize for the winners is a fourth-round home tie against crack Limerick side Pike Rovers in January. Both sides settled well in the soft underfoot conditions and the first opportunity came after six minutes when a glancing Herlihy header was just wide of the Connolly goal following a good David Smith cross.The outcome of the game was decided in the 10th minute when a sweeping move down the left wing saw Jan Feck and ex-Avenue favourite, Mickey Burns combine before the latter’s good cross was met by the in-rushing …

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Management positions to be filled in Miltown

THE annual general meeting of St Joseph’s Miltown Malbay GAA Club at the clubhouse last week attracted a moderate-sized attendance.Chairperson Gerard McMahon outlined a summary of events in 2011. Detailed reports were presented by treasurer Tommy Byrne, secretary Francis Cahill and stand committee chairperson John Reidy.Tommy Byrne stepped down as treasurer after three years in the role and it is hoped to fill the position from within the executive in early 2012. John Reidy presented the financial report on the stand committee and signalled that the project is complete.The senior and junior management positions remain to be filled for 2012, with managers appointed for the majority of underage teams.The officers for 2012 are: president, Canon Seamus Mullin; vice-presidents, Aidan Carroll and Marty Marrinan; trustees, Noel Walsh, John Reidy and Marty Marrinan; chairperson, Gerard McMahon; vice-chairperson, Paddy Egan; treasurer, to be filled; assistant treasurer, Willie Healy; secretary, Francis Cahill; assistant secretary, Tomás McKenna; county board delegate/Irish officer, Noel Walsh; field manager, …

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Neglect of the Mid-West

  “THE Mid-West is being neglected when it comes to new initiatives for employment and we only have to look at Shannon Airport and the industrial areas and how they are being allowed to be run down. This is certainly not good for the region and a major co-ordinated drive is needed before it is too late.”So said Clare GAA chairman Michael O’Neill, when he addressed delegates at the annual convention of the organisation at the Auburn Lodge Hotel last Thursday night.“Finding employment for our members is proving more and more difficult,” he said. “We will all work with the relevant bodies in the county to ensure we can provide employment for our members.”“The Mid-West seems to have been neglected for whatever reason and maybe a lot of investments are geared more towards the east of the country, which is to the detriment of the West of Ireland and here in the Mid-West in particular,” he added.“Since we gathered for …

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Tulla delegate proposes radical changes

ARISING from comments by secretary Pat Fitzgerald in his report to convention in relation to fixtures issues, Tulla delegate Michael O’Halloran raised the issue at last week’s gathering.“The secretary had documented the situation that prevails presently and he outlines the difficulties and the frustrations experienced by the club in relation to fixtures. Each year, there is a master fixtures programme put together and invariably that programme is discarded and next year, in my opinion, is going to be no different. For the past 15 years, we have addressed the fixture situation. Various recommendations have been made, commitments have been given by the executive and continually these undertakings are shelved. We now arrive at a situation where there is an impasse, as far as I am concerned between the clubs and the county. Both parties need to be accommodated. Looking at the inter-county scenario, it is the ambition of the managements of all teams to progress with a view to winning …

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Decision on number of board meetings deferred

MOTIONS dealing with competition formats were, as predicted last week, deferred until the new year. These will be discussed at a special convention on January 14 when the report from the committee currently examining competitions structures and timings will be debated.Included in the 22 motions deferred are two dealing with the number of county board meetings, which should be held each year.Some debate took place on this issue last week before it was agreed to defer the proposals.Sixmilebridge are asking that there be six meetings per year, which would be attended by the club chairman/secretary, board delegate and manager of the most senior team in the club.County secretary Pat Fitzgerald said he submitted a similar motion about six years ago and went on to say why the motion was put forward. “The basis for this is to stimulate debate and discussion on the GAA in general. In many businesses, if they didn’t change for a number of years, we know …

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