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Rochestown (Cork) 2-11 West Clare Colleges 1-2 Led by outstanding midfielder Shane Kingston, Rochestown eased into the Munster U-15A colleges semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick last Thursday.

Nominations closed on Wednesday for positions on the executive of Bórd na n-Óg Peil. The AGM will be held on Tuesday, November 29 at 8pm in the West County Hotel, Ennis.

According to the Golf Digest Volvo top 100-ranked Irish golf courses, Lahinch has moved up one spot to number six.

Avenue United A 2Lifford A 3 LIFFORD caused a big upset when they defeated the favourites and their great Ennis rivals, Avenue United in the final of the Premier League Cup at Doora on Sunday.

Ennis 12 St Mary’s 16 A below-par performance by Ennis resulted in a four-point defeat in front of their home support on Sunday.Visitors St Mary’s started strongly and landed a penalty in the opening minutes. They followed with a try under the posts, which was converted as they took a 10-0 lead.Midway through the first half, the home side took a grip on proceedings and dominated from here to the break, landing two penalties from Bryan Murphy. During this period of dominance, Ennis made a number of line breaks but failed to capitalise and went to the break trailing 6-10.On the resumption, St Mary’s again got on top and extended their lead with two penalty efforts from Sean Lyons.Again, Ennis got on top and they had plenty of possession but, as in the first half, they failed to capitalise as they lacked support when they made a number of line breaks. The Murphy brothers, Bryan and David, converted penalties to …

CLARE athletes produced magnificent individual performances at the Munster Uneven Ages U-9 to U-19 and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships, which were held in Powerstown Race Course, Clonmel.

Tullabrack, Cooraclare owner Cathal Meaney will have happy memories of the Tradaree coursing meeting as he came away from it last Sunday as winner of one of the major stakes. His Job Done upset the odds to win the all-age bitch stake and it was a proud occasion for him and the Meaney family when presented with John Murray Memorial Cup. Trained by Pat Curtin of Ballgodoon Stud, Monard, Job Done deprived Tradaree Club president Sean Meehan, whose Oilean Mystic was beaten in the final.

Ennis lady navigator Gráinne McEnery with Kerry driver Mike Quinn (Ford Escort) secured the 2011 Top Part West Coast Rally Championship  by finishing second overall at last Sunday’s Banna Resort Kerry Mini Stages Rally.