Sports

CUSACK CUP Shannon Gaels 2-9Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-10 SECOND-half goals from Ruairí Norrby and John Paul O’Neill helped Shannon Gaels to qualify for their first Cusack Cup Division 1 football league final since 1976.

U-12A HURLING FINAL Clarecastle 3-10Clonlara 1-8 A superb individual haul of 2-5 from Jack Murphy propelled Clarecastle to their second U-12A hurling title in four years when they finally overcame Clonlara’s challenge at Cusack Park on Sunday evening.

U-12 B HURLING FINAL Cratloe 7-14Tulla 0-1 Cratloe showed no mercy at Cusack Park on Sunday evening to claim the B title in the most comprehensive manner imaginable.

Clare Champion Cup THE final round of games in the league section of the Clare Champion Cup and intermediate hurling league were played at the weekend and the way is now clear for the play-offs.

Garry Cup St Joseph’s 0-7Lissycasey 0-6 A POINT from David O’Brien in the second minute of injury time decided this Garry Cup (Division 2) football league semi-final in St Joseph’s favour at Ballyea on Saturday evening.

Galway’s eagerly awaited seven-day summer festival kicks off at Ballybrit next Monday evening with racing fans in line for a fantastic week at the popular western venue.

HUNDREDS of Clare golfers are being teed up to participate in an inaugural challenge to raise funds for the marketing and promotion of tourism in the county.

In every sense it was a fitting farewell to the Markets Field Stadium in Limerick last Saturday night. The venue, which has been home to greyhound racing since 1933, got a rousing send-off as it closed its doors for the last time to make way for the new stadium, which will open in a different part of the city next October.