Sports

FOR the fourth consecutive month, proceedings at a meeting of Clare GAA County Board were dominated by the distribution of €250,000 amongst 10 clubs arising from the use of Croke Park for soccer and rugby.

Tipperary  2-14   Clare  3-7 Clare’s bid for their second Munster senior camogie title ended in defeat on Saturday evening in Toomevara.  

The Clare Senior Camogie League title will have a new home for 2010. Newmarket, last year’s winners, were knocked out when Clooney-Quin defeated them in a recent play-off.

Cooraclare  2-8   Miltown  2-5 Cooraclare picked up two valuable Cusack Cup points at home when they got the better of Miltown last weekend.  

WHEN Scariff teenager Diarmuid Nash won the Irish men’s 23 and under handball singles title last week in Kingscourt in Cavan, it marked a special achievement.

THE 2010 Special Olympics Ireland games will take place in Limerick from June 9-13 and with just four weeks to go, games operations manager Neil Carney addressed Clare County Council this week.

A very successful Ennis Indoor Spring League for young showjumpers concluded recently and the category winners were presented with their prizes by Clare County Show Society chairman, Bernard Hanrahan.

LAHINCH were crowned the Munster Ladies’ Senior Cup champions at Tralee on Sunday, beating top seed Douglas in a thrilling final. The Lahinch side will now go forward to the Irish finals in Cork on August 13-14.