Sports

With just one week to go to the opening games in the 2011 Clare U-21 Hurling Championship (A, B and C divisions) clubs will finalise their preparations this weekend.

Waterford         5-4     Clare             3-7The U-14 ladies football team travelled to Waterford in the opening round of the Munster Championship. Clare dominated for the majority of the game only to let it slip from their grasp in the last five minutes.

Scariff   22    Douglas   7SCARIFF were victorious on Sunday over a physical Douglas side in Craven’s Field in the third-division league.

IT was another busy week on the community games front with the projects and talent competitions and chess championships decided.

DROMOLAND’S Dave Foley won the Mid-West Spring Alliance.

Sporting Ennistymon   3    Mountshannon Celtic   4MOUNTSHANNON Celtic secured a valuable win in their race for promotion from Division 1 when they overcame Sporting Ennistymon at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday.

Kildysart Celtic   0    Inch Crusaders   0INCH Crusaders and Kildysart Celtic played out a scoreless draw in their second-division tie at Cahercon on Sunday.

Hermitage B   1    West Clare United   4West Clare United went four goals clear in their match, following strikes from David Tubridy, Jason and Jamie Russell and Matthew Moloney. Hermitage pulled one back through substitute Michael Singleton.