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Clare will begin its defence of the Munster minor hurling title on May 2 next year when they play Waterford in a repeat of the 2011 decider.

Dromid Pearses 2-12  Meelick 0-9 Kerry junior football champions, Dromid Pearses justified favouritism when they defeated their Clare counterparts Meelick in the Munster quarter-final at Meelick on Sunday.

Cratloe 2-12St Breckan’s 0-7 CRATLOE were crowned Division 3 Football League champions at Hennessy Park in Miltown on Saturday when they scored a comfortable win over St Breckan’s.

Newmarket 5-6Sixmilebridge 3-3 Newmarket-on-Fergus added the minor A championship title to the senior crown on Sunday afternoon with victory over neighbours, Sixmilebridge in Éire Óg. Sixmilebridge opened the scoring with a pointed free inside the first minute.

At the November meeting of Clare Camogie Board on Monday night, a senior management team comprising Flan McInerney, Sixmilebridge; Trisha O’Grady, Newmarket and Peter Casey, Lisdoonvarna, was ratified for the 2012 season.

The appointment of a director of juvenile football by June 2012 is just one of the recommendations included in the report circulated to the clubs of the county this week following the recent football forum hosted by the GAA’s underage football board. The carrying out of an audit to establish the number of coaches within clubs and the level of coaching received by February next is another of the ideas put forward.

David O’Brien has stepped down as Clare ladies senior football manager after two years at the helm. He spent the previous two years as part of the management team headed by Deirdre Murphy.

Clarecastle 3-9Meelick 1-5 Second-half goals from Niamh Daly and Elaine Lyons proved crucial as Clarecastle, who reformed their ladies’ football club earlier this year, claimed the Junior B Shield Championship title when they overcame Meelick at Newmarket on Sunday.