Sports

Crusheen-Tubber  6-9Tulla 5-2 A STRONG performance that featured lots of skill led Crusheen-Tubber to the county U-14C hurling title on Monday evening in Cusack Park.

East Clare and Gort were amongst 17 golf clubs that qualified for the 2011 Solheim Cup Club Challenge Connaught final at Galway Golf Club last Thursday.

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ENNIS RFC was recently announced as the Mini Club of the Year in Munster. The club was presented with the award at the Munster branch awards and the award brought a very successful year to a close.

Youths League Final

Next Sunday, the rally action moves to Adare for the annual Circuit of Munster Rally, round three of the 2011 West Coast Rally Championship.

Cork 1-23  Clare 0-11 PREDICTABLE yes but still crushingly dispiriting in equal measure. The mammoth gap between Clare and the higher echelons of Gaelic football was coldly exemplified in Pairc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.The players who lined out are not exclusively culpable in this latest Clare football debacle.Granted, most of them were outclassed by better footballers but Cork do have access to a much higher level of preparation. Two examples highlight this. The physique of the Cork players underline the quality and longevity of the gym and fitness work they have undergone over several seasons. Clare were physically blown out of it, losing the ball in contact dozens of times and totally unable to match Cork’s legitimate aggression and athleticism.Cork have almost 50 players on their senior panel, comprising an A, B and C team for training purposes. None are available to the Cork junior team, which last Sunday beat Clare by 14 points. Of course, Cork have almost 300 …