Excellent entry for Keep Clare Clean

THE adjudication, exhibition and presentation of prizes for the Clare Community Games Keep Clare Clean Awareness Project, sponsored by Clare County Council and Shannon Development Company, was held at the Civic Room, Waterpark House, Ennis on Friday evening last. It 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 importance of keeping their communities and county clean and free from all types of litter. The competition took the form of a poster or poem and was confined to children from U-6 to U-14 and included a special category. 
The judge, Clodagh Kelly, had a difficult time selecting winners as the standard was extremely high. Presentation of prizes were made by Peter Considine, Mayor of Ennis Town Council. The MC was county chairman, Pat Taylor, Quin/Clooney, who thanked the sponsors, the area secretaries and teachers who helped to run off the competition and Ennis Town Council. He congratulated all the competitors for their effort and participation. Cecilia O’Sullivan, Ennis was the co-ordinator of the competition.
Posters
U-6 1. Ava Grace O’Brien, Cratloe; 2. Aoibhe Mae Reddin, Cratloe; 3. Sally Kelly, Newmarket-on-Fergus; 4. Julie Fitzgerald, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
U-8 1.Tadgh McInerney, Quin/Clooney; 2. John McAuliffe, Cratloe; 3. Aoife Martyn, Cooraclare/Cree; 4. Paddy O’Reilly, Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry.
U-10 1.Tara Hogan, Newmarket-on-Fergus; 2.Ellie Cotgreave, Newmarket-on-Fergus; 3. Latitia Browne, Cooraclare/Cree; 4. Ailise Roche, Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry.
U-12 1. Paul Hamilton, Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry; 2. Shauna Morrissey, Cooraclare/Cree; 3. Emma Ryan, Quin/Clooney; 4. James Kelly, Ballynacally/Lissycasey.
U-14 1. Naoise Quinn, Cratloe; 2. Ava Cunningham, Cratloe; 3. Patrick Kampff, Cooraclare/Cree; 4. Róisín Keating, Cooraclare/Cree.

Poems
U-8 1. Joshua Vaughan, Ennistymon/Lahinch/Liscannor; 2. Claire Halpin, Quin/Clooney; 3.Ellageorga O’Shea, Cratloe; 4. Huw Gardner, Cratloe.
U-10 1. Sinéad Cahill, Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry; 2. Emma Considine, Quin/Clooney; 3. Annie Kelly Hassett, Ballynacally/Lissycasey; 4. Ava Lenihan, St John’s Ennis.
U-12 1. David Hamilton, Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry; 2. Mia Bannon, Newmarket-on-Fergus; 3. Willow Swire, Kilmurry/Labasheeda; 4.Amy Lenihan, St John’s Ennis.
U-14 1. Sylvia Kennedy, Kilmurry McMahon/Labasheeda; 2.  Claire McNamara, Kilmurry McMahon/Labasheeda.

Special category
U-8 Conor Garry, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
U-10 Adah Enright, Quin/Clooney.
U-12 Jason Hickey, Cratloe; Leanne Keane, Quin/Clooney.   
U-14 Orla Platten, Quin/Clooney.

Soccer
THE Munster Group Clare Community Games first competition for 2013 took place last Saturday in St Flannan’s College.
Indoor soccer for U-10 girls is a new competition this year. While the entry was low, the standard was extremely high. It was co-ordinated by Flan Brennan with referee Martin Monaghan. The final was contested by Quin/Clooney and Ennis.  It was a very close match with Quin/Clooney edging ahead to win on a score of 3-1 in the final minutes. They now go forward to represent the county in the Munster finals in Tralee on Saturday, March 30.
Quin/Clooney: Rachel Rusk, Sarah Manley, Ella Taylor, Ava Corbett, Lauren Wall, Róisín O’Mullane, Lara Begg and Holly Deegan.
Ennis: Leanne Brennan, Róisín Mbou, Shonagh O’Reilly, Stephanie Akujobi, Kadijat Karimu, Tobi Olowoake, Kamsy Ugwueru and Lena Casey.  

Dates to remember
Saturday, December 15: Indoor soccer, St Flannan’s and 12.30pm.
Friday, January 11: Closing date, table tennis.
Friday, January 18: Closing date, handwriting.
February 22 and 23: National AGM, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore.
Saturday, March 30: Munster finals, Tralee.
September 16: Closing date to submit HSE Community Games Healthy Events.