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Clare U-15s selection get better of Premier County

Clare 4-11   Tipperary 1-12 After a keenly contested match a Clare football selection prevailed by eight points over Tipperary. There were many good performances and a strong team effort by Clare in Banhsa.Clare started slowly and were behind by four points after eight minutes but they levelled when Brian Monahan hit 1-1 from a free and a penalty. This set Clare up and points followed with another goal coming in the 25th minute from Keith Sexton. Tipperary replied with a goal before the break, where Clare led 2-6 to 1-6.With eight changes in personnel at half-time, Clare had points from Cian O’Dea and Liam Madigan to stay in front. Two well-taken goals from corner-forward Brian Guilfoyle sealed the result. Defensively, Clare were very solid and contested well at midfield with a Tipperary outfit that worked hard all evening.  This result comes on the back of other good performances, with wins against Limerick and Kerry North over the past month. The …

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Cratloe on top in game of missed chances

Cratloe  0-8   Clondegad  1-3 In a game of missed chances at Gurteen on Sunday evening, competition favourites Cratloe came out on top to progress to the semi-final stage of the U-21A Football Championship.Both sides were guilty of missed chances and this was particularly true of the winners in the opening half.Lining out without players of the calibre of Shane Brennan (injured) and Tony Kelly (absent due to Clare minor hurling commitments) was a huge blow to Clondegad.Cratloe led by three points at half-time and increased this to four early in the second half. A pointed free by Paudge McMahon closed the gap before the Clare U-21 captain scored the game’s only goal to tie up the game.This sparked off a strong response from Cratloe and with Conor Ryan dominating at midfield, they created the chances that led to vital points from Paudge Collins, Cathal McInerney and Joe McGath.Clondegad tried hard to get back on terms but McMahon lacked support up …

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Changes help Ennistymon overcome Wolfe Tones

Ennistymon 1-12   Wolfe Tones 2-5 Reigning champions Ennistymon overcame a shaky first-half display to eventually dispose of Wolfe Tones and advance to the U-21A football semi-final. Wolfe Tones led 1-5 to 0-3 at half-time with Daniel Gallery scoring the first of his two goals.Ennistymon made a couple of changes and those alterations helped them to establish control in the second half. Substitute Brian Houlihan struck for the winners’ goal while Cathal Malone, Ciarán Devitt, Joey Rouine and Seán O’Driscoll were amongst the Ennistymon players to get on the score sheet. Daniel Gallery struck for his second goal for Wolfe Tones, who were out-powered by Ennistymon in the second half. Clare minor hurler Aaron Cunningham didn’t line out with Wolfe Tones, while his county colleagues Tony Kelly and Gearóid O’Connell didn’t play for Clondegad in their narrow defeat to Cratloe in that quarter-final. Ennistymon will now play Miltown in the U-21 semi-final. Ennistymon: Noel Sexton; Michael O’Dwyer, Enda Ralph, Oisin Vaughan; …

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Crusheen get better of Rovers

Crusheen 3-6   Fergus Rovers 1-4 Crusheen continued their upward curve when they had an impressive win over Fergus Rovers in the Senior B Ladies’ Football Championship in Lissycasey last Friday. Fergus Rovers opened the scoring with a point from Áine Kelly and a goal from Ciara O’Malley. Crusheen responded with two points from frees scored by Emma Kearney and Michelle O’Donnell. Áine Kelly scored another free for Rovers and Kearney converted a similar score for Crusheen. This left Rovers 1- 2 to 0-3 ahead at half-time. Due to two players sustaining serious injuries early in the second half, the game was stopped for 30 minutes. When play resumed, O’Donnell added another point from a free for Crusheen before Elaine O’Mahony rattled the Rovers’ net with a goal from a penalty. Rovers battled hard but Crusheen proved two strong. Kearney added a further 1-1 to her tally while Áine Kelly scored a point for Rovers, O’Mahony responded with another goal for …

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Narrow victory for champions over Liscannor

West Clare Gaels 2-5   Liscannor 0-10 West Clare Gaels and Liscannor served up a fine game of football at Quilty on Saturday in round two of the senior championship. Liscannor will be disappointed not to have come away with at least a point, which they fully deserved. Missed scoring chances, a good save from Megan McGrath, a handy goal at the other end and astute defending by the champions’ defenders were some of the highlights of the match.The sides were level three times during the opening half. Niamh Larndner and Brid Troy had kicked a point each for the reigning champions while Aisling Torpey from a free and Marie Considine did likewise for last year’s senior B champions. The impressive Aine Burke, who kicked four points over the hour, put Liscannor ahead from a free but their lead was short lived. Twenty minutes into the game, Leanne Lynch’s shot from distance stole inside Emma Slattery’s upright for West Clare Gaels’ …

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Community Games Munster finals

All roads lead to the University of Limerick this Saturday for the Munster Community Games team finals. Clare will have 25 teams participating, as well as some individuals in the judo competition.The winners will go on to represent Clare and Munster at the national finals in Athlone next month.Cooraclare-Cree have three teams in the basketball finals while Ennistymon-Lahinch-Liscannor will have two teams in this discipline.Ennis St John’s will be represented by five teams including all three soccer teams. Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry will also have five teams with Doora-Barefield having three teams, Clarecastle-Ballyea and Kilkishen-O’Callaghan’s Mills-Oatfield two each while Inch-Connolly-Kilmaley, Kilmihil and Quin-Clooney will each have one team. Clare’s judo competitors this weekend will come from Ennis and Doora-Barefield. The following have qualified.Basketball U-11: Cooraclare Cree, Shane Lillis, Paidí Hehir, Colm Browne, Padraic O’Donoghue, Dean Cunningham, Sarah Looney, Aisling Morrissey, Alannah Mullins, Caolfhionn Morrisey, Shauna Morrissey.Basketball girls’ U-13: Cooraclare-Cree, Aislinn Hehir, Aoibheann Hassett O’Sullivan, Aoife Downes, Caoimhe Downes, Deirdre Ryan, Eimear Griffin, Grace …

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Duggan and Nestor win in Limerick

The Limerick City and County Sports Partnership held its first 5k Summer Series at Caherdavin on Thursday, when there was a fine turnout of Clare athletes.Loretto Duggan, (St Mary’s) won the ladies’ 5k after a great contest with Teresa Tuohy, (Bilboa AC Limerick). At the half-way point Duggan had a few metres of a lead and went on to record a fine win with a time of 19.56. Siobhán Nestor, the leading junior lady, finished in the top six with a time of 22.06.The next race will take place this Thursday from the Southill Area Centre. A week later, on Thursday, July 14, Analog Devices Raheen Business Park will be the start-up point for a 6k run starting at 7pm.ResultsJunior ladies1 Siobhán Nestor (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare)  (22.06)Senior ladies1 Loretto Duggan (St Mary’s) (19.56)2 Teresa Tuohy (Bilboa) (20.21)3 Noelle Fitzgerald (West Limerick) (20.52)4 Lorna O Neill (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare)  (21.08)5 Suzanne Moloney (Ind) (21.43)6 Siobhán Nestor (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare)  (22.06)Senior men1 …

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What a Tornado a dramatic winner

Better placed than usual down the back to make his trade mark lightning finish, the Ennis-owned What a Tornado won the 2011 Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger final in dramatic style at the Limerick Greyhound Racing Stadium last Saturday night.Before a huge crowd, the Paul Henessy-trained black gave another stunning performance to take the classic and the winner’s cheque of €25,000. It was beginner’s luck as far as Michael Hogan is concerned. A joint owner of the new champion, he is originally from Dalcassian Park, Ennis and is now living in Kildysart Road. He is a relatively new face to the doggie scene. He owns What a Tornado with Peter Mulligan, the Dublin native based in Ennis, for a good many years and a man who has managed a few betting shops in his 25 years in the business.The Michael O’ Donovan-trained Judicial Academy, third in last year’s Leger final, was the hot favourite in the lead up to the …

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