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Kildysart 0-12 O’Curry’s 0-10 In kicking 11 of his side’s 12 points, Ger ‘Bobby’ Kelly ensured that the Kildysart men will enter their second championship game on August 7 in a positive mind frame.

Corofin 1-6 Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-7 Corofin, who were beaten in the 2009 intermediate championship final, captured the Division 4 league title in Ennistymon last Saturday.

Meelick 1-7 Kilmihil 0-7A goal from substitute James Duffy seven minutes from the end decided the Division 5 football league final in favour of Meelick at Gurteen on Saturday evening.

Clare 3-11 Tipperary 1-9CLARE qualified for a third successive All-Ireland minor camogie final when they defeated Tipperary at Kilmallock at the weekend.

THE race for the PK Coaches Clare Senior Camogie Championship will get underway this weekend. Sixmilebridge and Wolfe Tones clash this Thursday and the remaining games will be on Friday evening.

THE Clare and District soccer league has announced a number of rule changes for the new season.The new rules were confirmed at the adjourned annual general meeting of the league last week.“There are some new rules while others are tidied up,” league secretary Oliver Fitzpatrick told The Clare Champion this week

Clare athletes showed true grit and determination in qualifying for the national league final for the first time at the second round of the Mazda Track and Field League, which was held in wet and windy Athlone.

ALICE Akers, Marian, produced another fine performance to take a silver medal at the National Juvenile Track and Field Championships (day 3), U-12s to U-19s, which were held in Tullamore on Saturday and Sunday.