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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.

IT was expected that Sixmilebridge would be better prepared for their senior hurling championship quarter-final replay with O’Callaghan’s Mills last weekend, having taken their opponents for granted a week earlier.

The Banner Ladies senior seven-a-side team captured the national intermediate All-Ireland title last Saturday when they won the annual tournament hosted by Naomh Mearnóg and St Sylvester GAA clubs in Portmarnock. The Banner girls played and won seven matches in total beating Cappawhite from Tipperary 6-3 to 1-3 in the final.

Coolmeen 2-9Naomh Eoin-OCurry’s 1-6A brace of superbly finished goals from Jamie Brooks helped Coolmeen to pick up their second successive U-21C championship in Kilrush last Saturday. Centre-forward Kevin Corry, who also scored two points, was instrumental in setting up both goals. The winners led 0-6 to 0-3 at the interval. Naomh Eoin-O’Curry’s, all of whom are U-21 again next year, fought manfully against their more experienced opponents. Jack Scanlon, who is emerging as one of his club’s most promising players, scored Naomh Eoin-O’Curry’s goal in the second half. Along with Jamie Brooks and Kevin Corry, Coolmeen captain Cathal O’Connor, full-back Martin McMahon and goalkeeper Conor Meaney also excelled for the winners, whose mentors were Mike Murphy and Enda Haugh. While Naomh Eoin-O’Curry’s were disappointed to lose, having also lost the minor C decider, they are a very young U-21 team. A number of them should feature in the 2011 Clare minor football panel. Coolmeen: Conor Meaney; Martin McMahon, Eoin Murphy; …

St Breckan’s 1-6Clondegad 0-7St Breckan’s, Lisdoonvarna are this week celebrating a two-point win in the U-21B Football Championship but Clondegad wasted numerous scoring opportunities in the second half of Sunday’s final at Cusack Park.

Lissycasey 1-12Miltown St Joseph’s 2-5A powerful opening 20 minutes that saw them open a nine-point lead laid the foundations for Lissycasey’s merited win over Miltown St Joseph’s in the first of the county U-21A football semi-finals.