Sports

Inch Crusaders  0   Hermitage A  0 (Inch win 4-1 on penalties)Inch Crusaders caused a big upset in the first round of the Munster Junior Cup at Lees Road on Sunday with victory over Hermitage A from the Premier Division.

Tulla United A   1   Lifford A   4Ten-man Tulla went down at home to Lifford A, despite giving the winners some anxious moments.

Corofin Harps  5   Burren United  3Burren Utd took the lead in this clash through Michael Keating, but they they conceded four, with Diarmuid Daly, Gordon Hogan, and John Keane (2) scoring. Their fifth came courtesy of an own goal, while the other two Burren United goals came from Davy Burke and Evan Talty.

Coole FC  6   Bunratty B  1Coole had a comprehensive home win over Bunratty on Sunday.

Ennis Karate got a big boost this week when 19-year-old Conall Tunney was drafted into the Irish senior men’s team that fought in the Four Nations or ‘grand slam’ tournament in Dublin City University at the weekend. The call-up to the eight-man panel came on the back of the good form that Tunney has shown in a number of competitions.

Liscannor 0-8Cooraclare 0-6 Although Liscannor defended with more bite and discipline than Cooraclare, it was Alan Clohessy’s superb free taking that proved most influential in helping the ’02 and ’08 finalists into the October 10 county football final. The Liscannor wing-forward nailed five crucial frees, two of which were from distances of 45 yards or more. While Liscannor kicked 12 wides, none of them were from Clohessy frees.

One of the most obvious ways of improving Clare’s underage football record is to concentrate on coaching and development work in the county’s secondary schools. St Flannan’s College in Ennis is the only Clare school who compete in Corn Uí Mhuirí, the Munster A colleges senior football tournament.

The 30 participants in the fundraising White Collar Boxing event hit the canvas this week at Ennis Boxing Club as their first training session got underway.