Sports

THE first annual Lions Club Shannon 10km road race and 10km fun walk will take place this Saturday in Shannon, with a starting time of 12 noon from Shannon Leisure Centre.Entries will be taken in the Shannon Leisure Centre or participants can register with RunIreland.com.The event is in aid of Shannon Lions Club, which supports charitable and community organisations in Shannon, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Sixmilebridge, Kilmurry, Cratloe and Bunratty. The organisers have mapped out a very attractive route.Local athlete James McIntyre, who runs with Olympic Harriers, will be among the leading contenders, along with Michael Shannon, Kilnaboy; Brian Murphy and Brian McGinley, Ennis Track and James Liddane, Olympic Harriers. Contesting the masters’ titles will be Mike Cunningham, Bilboa; Terry Hennessy, St Cronan’s; Eugene Moynihan, Marian; Tom Mackey and James Kenny, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare and Jim Carrigan and Pat Hogan, Ennis Track.The ladies’ race should also be well contested with Clare athlete, Veronica Colleran, Ennis Track Club, along with Marian Burke, St Mary’s; …

AS another very successful year for Clare Community Games draws to a close, officials are busy preparing for annual general meetings across the county, the hosting of the annual All-Stars awards night, the Keep Clare clean project, the area awards function and the county annual meeting.Arrangements are nearing completion for the annual All-Star awards night, which will take place on Friday, October 21 at the West County Hotel.During the night, 73 children from the different events promoted by the organisation will receive awards.Tickets are available from treasurer Rose Meakins at 086 8147799. This year’s award winners come from 19 areas from around the county.This year’s Clare award winners are:Art: Natasha Coughlan (Quin-Clooney) and Paraic O’Gorman (Kilmihil).Model making: Lauren McConway (Quin-Clooney) and Paul Hamilton (Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry).Athletics, track: Gearóid McMahon (Newmarket) and Tony Odubote (Ennis St John’s).Athletics, field: Deirbhile Ryan (Clonlara) and Grace Maloney (Tulla).Marathon: Laura Power (Doora-Barefield) and Daryl McNamara (Ennis St John’s).Badminton: Sophie Marron (Ennis St John’s) and Eoin Flynn (Ennis …

THE Irish Water Safety National Lifesaving Championships, hosted by Clare Water Safety, were held at the White Strand, Miltown Malbay, last weekend. Over 140 competitors from Clare, Louth, Donegal, Wexford, Waterford, Wicklow, Galway and Mayo competed in extremely challenging conditions, with the tail end of Hurricane Katia raging.

Inagh-Kilnamona 0-22Tubber 1-12 A CONTRIBUTION of 0-21 from their full-forward trio paved the way for Inagh-Kilnamona’s win over Tubber in their vital tie at Cusack Park on Sunday evening. The result confirmed the winners’ place in the last eight.

Scariff 1-12Whitegate 0-10 A MORE experienced and physically stronger Scariff outfit defeated neighbours, Whitegate at Cusack Park on Saturday evening. The result consigns Whitegate to the relegation play-off, while Scariff will go on to play for the senior B trophy.

Newmarket-on-Fergus 2-17Clooney-Quin 1-9 ALTHOUGH the scoreline looks very emphatic, it was only in the last eight minutes that Newmarket placed considerable distances between themselves and Clooney-Quin.

Kilmaley 1-20Ballyea  1-14 When Francie Neylon goaled to put Ballyea four points clear two minutes into the second half at Cusack Park on Sunday, a major shock looked to be on the cards.  

Clarecastle 1-12 O’Callaghan’s Mills 2-18 What will frustrate Clarecastle as they prepare for the Senior B Championship is the fact that they finished ahead of Tulla on scoring difference but still exited the championship. As has been well established at this stage, if two teams finish level they are divided by the result of their game.