Creativity to the fore for Keep Clare Clean Project

The adjudication, exhibition and presentation of prizes for the Golden Vale Milk Community Games Keep Clare Clean Awareness Project, sponsored by Clare County Council and Shannon Development, was held at the Civic Room, Waterpark House, Ennis on Friday evening last. The competition attracted a very good entry from throughout the county.

The purpose of the competition is to encourage young people to use their creativity and imagination to highlight the need and importance of keeping their communities and county clean and free from all types of litter. The competition takes the form of a poster or poem and is confined to children from U-6 to U-14 and includes a special category.
Judge Clodagh Kelly had a difficult time selecting winners as the standard was high. Presentation of prizes was made by Michael Guilfoyle, Mayor of Ennis. The MC was county vice-president Kevin O’Loughlin, Sixmilebridge, who acknowledged the sponsors, area secretaries and teachers who helped to run the competition. He congratulated all the competitors for their effort and participation. Cecilia O’Sullivan, Ennis, was the coordinator of the competition.

Results
Poems
U-8
1. Aoife Keenan (Cratloe); 2. Kate O’Donoghue (Cratloe); 3. Sophie Crehan (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry); 4. Bríd Gilligan (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry).
U-10
1. Jessica Oa  (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 2. Saoirse Lyons (Quin/Clooney); 3. Eoin Walsh (Kilnamona); 4. Michelle Carrigg (Ballynacally/Lissycasey).
U-12
1. Bríd Mulvihill (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 2. Mark Lyons (Kilnamona); 3. Áine Kearins (Kilnamona); 4. Katie Gleeson (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry).
U-14
1. Colin McNelis (Ballynacally/Lissycasey); 2. Adam O’Dea (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 3. Cillian Roughan (Kilnamona) 4. Alanna O’Connor (St John’s Ennis); Lucy McGuinness (Ballynacally/Lissycasey).

Posters
U-6
1. Sam Hamilton (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry); 2. Anna Browne (Ruan); 3. Giselle Keogh (Cratloe); 4. Evan Ruane (Cratloe).
U-8
1. Hannah O’Brien (Ballynacally/Lissycasey); 2. Ava Harrington (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry); 3. Paul Sheehan (Ballynacally/Lissycasey); 4. Tierna Hegarty (Kilnamona).
U-10
1. Thomas O’Looney (Kilnamona); 2. Eamonn Cavanagh (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 3. Cloibhe Ward Murphy (Broadford/Kilbane/Kilmore); 4. Amber Fox (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry).
U-12
1. Colin Liddy (Quin/Clooney); 2. Caoimhe Roughan (Ruan); 3. Meabh Bannon (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry); 4. Darragh Power (Kilnamona).
U-14
1. Clara Keane (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 2. Adrian King (Ballynacally/Lissycasey); 3. Chloe McNamara (Kilnamona); 4. Colm Morrissey (Cooraclare/Cree).

Special category
U-8
Conor Garry (Newmarket-on-Fergus).
U-10
Adah Enright (Quin/Clooney).
U-12
Jason Hickey (Cratloe); Leanne Keane (Quin/Clooney); Frank O’Dea (Cooraclare/Cree).

Girls’ U-13 soccer
Corofin GAA hall was the venue for the girls’ U-13 soccer competition, which took place last Saturday, when Flan Brennan was the co-ordinator.
Cratloe emerged as the gold medal winners and their team comprised Mary O’Connor, Emma Cunningham, Muireann Scanlan, Niamh Murphy, Ciara Murphy Wright and Laura Chaplin.
Silver medal winners were Broadford, who  included Aoife O’Brien, Aoife Vaughan, Caoimhe Grace, Aoife Boland, Annalee Marsh, Áine Ryan and Cathriona Millane.
Winners of the bronze medals were Inch-Connolly and Kilmaley and the members of their team were Eimear Kennedy, Fia Coote, Caoimhe Carmody, Emma Pyne and Juliette Killeen.
Ennis St John’s won the fourth place certificates and the members of their team were Natalia Fankuleaska, Alma Conway, Aisling Kenneally, Maeve McInerney, Katie Shannon, Cloe Garland, Khadijat Alabiyi and Jaspreet Kaur.

U-15 soccer draw
The draw for the boys and girls U-15 soccer was made last week and are listed below.
Girls’ U-15
Quarter-finals
A, Broadford v Ennis B; B, Quin-Clooney v Sixmilebridge.  Semi-finals: Ennis A v Inch-Connolly-Kilmaley; A v B.
Boys’ U-15
First Round: A, Ennis A v Sixmilebridge; B, Cooraclare-Cree B v Ballynacally-Lissycasey B; C, Inch-Connolly-Kilmaley A v Broadford; D, Clarecastle A v Ballynacally-Lissycasey A; E, Ennis B v Inch-Connolly-Kilmaley B; F, Killimer-Knockerra v Cooraclare-Cree A.
Quarter-finals
G, Quin-Clooney v Clarecastle-Ballyea B; H, A v B; I, C v D; J, E v F.
Semi-finals: G v H and I v J.