Sports

Wolfe Tones  3-5   St Joseph’s  0-12Goals win games, they say, and so it proved at Gurteen on Saturday when the Shannon men hit the net three times on their way to a two-point win over the home side.

THE race for this year’s U-21 hurling titles will get underway on Saturday week with first round games in the A, B and C grades.

The Leitrim footballers will hardly come to Ennis this weekend bursting with confidence.

St Flannan’s  5-12   St Mary’s  0-1St Flannan’s advanced to the All-Ireland Junior Colleges B Camogie final with a convincing win over St Mary’s Ballinasloe at Éire Óg’s grounds in Ennis on Saturday.

Clare will play Kildare in Eadestown on Sunday in round four of the ladies NFL Division 2.

Scariff  13   Kilrush  10 SCARIFF came out victors 13-10 in this local derby match against Kilrush. This was never going to be a high-scoring event and the tight scoreline at the finish shows this.

THE Clare Schoolboys/girls’ league will host its second annual awards evening this Saturday at the Auburn Lodge Hotel. Last year, Ray Houghton was the special guest and the evening proved to be an outstanding success.

SARAH Cunningham from the Ennis club has been chosen on the Munster team for the women’s inter-provincial championships to be played at the Island in Dublin from April 7 to 9.