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Bryan on a high following championships in Shanghai

SHANNON’S Chris Bryan turned in a fantastic performance to finish in eighth place at the 5km open-water event at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai last week.It was a great result for the 21-year-old who was just 11 seconds behind gold medallist Thomas Lurz in a time of 56 minutes 28 seconds.He had already come through a difficult 10km race, in which he didn’t perform as he had hoped. “The conditions out there were tough and I hadn’t much experience of them. During the race, there was 32˚C heat. The 10km was the first event and I found it hard enough. I swam it wrong, I was a bit weary and I hung on near the back of the group but there was a fast pace the whole time and it meant a lot of work at the back. When groups split, I was left at the wrong end of it, so I was a bit disappointed with the 10km. …

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Minogue calls time for management team

Speaking after Tuesday’s defeat, manager John Minogue readily accepted that “the better team won”, before confirming that his management team’s term had ended.“We have finished up tonight. We have done five years and that is quite a lot. I suppose we thought last year was our last but we decided to give it one more go. We have done our time and its time for a new voice. “Obviously the guys who have been successful with the minors for the last few years are there. There’s a new group coming through and I think somebody else needs to come along and take this over. It’s hard to keep the energy going after five years and we are gone after tonight,” the St Flannan’s teacher confirmed.Asked if this decision means he would be a candidate for the vacant senior manager’s post, Minogue responded, “we only made one decision tonight”.Commenting on Tuesday’s match, he noted, “Limerick were by far the stronger and …

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Rory takes charge of quarter- final clash

Éire Óg and Clare GAA referee Rory Hickey will take charge of his first All-Ireland senior football quarter-final on Sunday.He has been appointed to handle the meeting of Cork and Mayo at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon at 4pm.This will be Rory’s fifth match to referee in this year’s championship. His most recent was the Armagh v Wicklow replay at Aughrimand while he earlier took charge of the Connacht semi-final between Galway and Mayo and the Munster semi-final between Kerry and Limerick.Earlier in the season, Rory was the standby referee for the Sligo v Leitrim Connacht championship clash and when the appointed official Joe Curley suffered an injury in the early minutes, the Ennis man had to step in.On the domestic front, Rory is a busy dual referee and, in addition, he fits in playing at junior level for his club in hurling and football.Surprisingly omitted from the list of referees for last year’s senior championship, he has been in …

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Newmarket through to Champion Cup semi-final

Newmarket 2-16   Crusheen   3-10 Newmarket will play Kilmaley in the semi-final of The Clare Champion Cup (senior hurling league) after they secured top spot by beating Crusheen in this play-off at Clarecastle on Sunday evening.Crusheen are still in the title race and they have another chance to get to the semi-final when they play Inagh-Kilnamona this Sunday, with the winners qualifying as runners-up in Division 1.Both sides were short some regulars for Sunday’s clash, which aroused a lot of interest given that they are due to meet in the next round of the championship in a few week’s time.Crusheen appeared to have been hardest hit in terms of absentees, with a number of first-choice players unavailable due to inter-county commitments and injuries.A blistering start to the second half-which saw Newmarket extend their half time lead of eight points to 13 proved decisive in this tie. Helped by a goal from full-forward Anthony Kilmartin, the winners were 1-10 to 0-5 in …

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First South of Ireland title for Stephen Walsh

NOEL Pyne’s remarkable association with the South of Ireland Amateur Golf Championship continued at Lahinch this week.Although not in the original draw for this, the 110th South, the popular Ennis man, a former captain and president at Lahinch, received a call-up on Friday last and walked onto the first tee for his opening round at 1.50pm on Saturday afternoon. His call-up for this year’s event means that he has now played in the past 49 championships, a truly remarkable record and one that is unlikely to be ever equalled not to mention surpassed.The Pyne interest in this year’s championship wasn’t confined to Noel’s participation as his brother, Richard, is this year’s club captain.In Noel’s early years taking part in the South, he was also a leading hurler with Eire Óg and Clare.The competition format changed this year with 156 players participating in two qualifying rounds on Saturday and Sunday from which the leading 64 went through for match play from …

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Experience the key for Miltown

Miltown  1-10   Crusheen  0-7 Experience proved a key factor as Miltown, despite being down to 14 players for 20 minutes, held on to defeat Crusheen in this senior championship game last week at Kilnamona.Crusheen played against the wind and took an early lead with a Nora Murphy point before referee Michael Talty awarded a penalty at the other end and Sinead Sexton blasted it past Noelle McGuane to put Miltown up by two points.A great spell of pressure from Crusheen saw them add two points from frees by Michelle O’Donnell and Emma Kearney before Tina Meaney scored a well-taken point from play to level the game. Karen Galvin set up Sexton  who put Miltown back in front before Crusheen’s Elaine O’Mahony levelled. Miltown’s Niamh Coyne edged them ahead again after 20 minutes in a period of play that saw Miltown Malbay lose two to the sin-bin, Sinead Griffin for 10 minutes before the break and Helen Burke until eight minutes …

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Making their mark in Australian Rules

A working holiday abroad has given three young Clare men the chance to experience playing Australian Rules football.Gerard Murphy, 24, from Lissycasey has played as a forward and back at senior level for his home club. Patrick Looney, 21, a forward and Gearóid Meade, 23, a back, have both played senior level for their club Cooraclare. Looney was a county minor representative and Meade represented the Banner at U-21 level.After their arrival in Australia, a friend of Gearóid Meade’s uncle told him there was employment available in a grain terminal in the small town of Beulah in the state of Victoria. Working in remote or regional areas would also give an opportunity to extend a working visa by a year. The Irish grapevine went into action and a group of young lads headed to a place they had never heard of previously.Beulah, a small town of 200 people, is 100 kilometres from the nearest regional city. The main industry is …

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Akers wins gold in Tullamore

The National Juvenile Track and Field Championships (day 3), U-14 to U-19, were held in Tullamore on Saturday. Alice Akers (Marian) produced another fine performance in the U-16 girls’ hammer when taking the gold medal with 52.28m. Following in her sister Rachel’s footsteps, she threw well over the six rounds.

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