CLARE Community Games had another great weekend at the last of the national finals for 2010 in Athlone last week. Clare had 159 children from 22 areas from Carrigaholt/Cross to O’Brien’s Bridge taking part.
They brought home a total of 73 medals – eight gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze and 14 fourth-place medals. The competition was extremely high in athletics.
There was a notable double for Clare in the U-14 shot putt as Deirbhile Ryan from Clonlara and Eoin Hanrahan from Doora-Barefield won gold.
Angharad Loughnane from Kilkishen/O’Callaghan’s Mills/Oatfield had a very comfortable win in the U-13 walk, an event she is eligible to participate in for the next two years.
On Saturday, most of the Clare athletes and relays qualified for semi-finals and a large number of those also qualified for the finals.
In team events, Ennis St John’s boys’ Futsal U-13 team had a great win in their semi-final, as did the Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry boys’ rounders U-15.  Clarecastle/Ballyea tag rugby U-11 and Clarecastle/Ballyea girls’ rounders U-13 were narrowly defeated but qualified for the play-offs on Sunday morning.

Results
Gold: Angharad Loughnana, Kilkishen-O’Callaghan’s Mills (U-13 900m walk); Jean Clancy, Doonbeg (U-16, 1,500m); Deirbhile Ryan, Clonlara and Eoin Hanrahan, Doora-Barefield (U-14 shot putt); Laura Egan, Kilmihil, Shauna Harvey, Carrigaholt-Cross, Niamh Markham Kilmurry McMahon-Labasheeda and Ailish Brew, Kilkee, (marathon).
Silver: Niamh Conlon, Cooraclare-Cree (U-8 80m); Sultan Akinwale, Ennis St John’s (U-8 60m); Ennis St John’s (U-12 relay), Nzube Okoye, Moses Iwalewa, Tony Odubote, Gavin Carr, Cathal O’Brien, Sean Doherty; Ennis St John’s (Futsal U-13), Barry Woods, Gerard Kennedy, William Twumasi, Ronan Kerin, James Coakley, Patrick McDaid, Cathal Lynch; Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry (rounders U-15), Jonathan Fawl, Kevin Kelly, Alex Morey, Gavin Whyte, Eoghan Maxwell, Shane McInerney, Robert Halpin, Robbie Corry, Dean Costelloe, Stephen Mulready, Niall Hogan and Eoin Flynn.
Bronze: Ennis St John’s (U-10 mixed relay), Chibikem Okoye, Gabriel Kehinde, Manus Doherty, Elizabeth Adesiyan, Christina Njekwe, Nadia Buczek; Ennis St John’s, (U-13 mixed relay), Niamh O’Brien, Temidayo Adeyinka, Sarah Jane O’Connell, Cathal Lynch, Kaderi Karimyu, Brian Devitt; Clarecastle-Ballyea (tag rugby U-11), Sean Dolan, Luke and Killian McDermott, Lorcan Clancy, Ronan Donnelly, Niall Galvin, Ellen Barry, Rachel Hartigan, Aoibhin Donnelly, Barry Neylon, Eamonn Breen and Eoin Mangan.
Fourth: Alex O’Neill, Quin Clooney (U-10 200m); Chibikem Okoye, Ennis St John’s (U-10 100m); Rachel Clancy, Carrigaholt-Cross (U-16 high jump); Clarecastle-Ballyea (rounders U-13), Niamh Healy, Sarah Moloney, Doireann Murphy, Nanci Page, Lauren Tuohy, Michaela McNamara, Lauren Kelly, Rebercca Breen-McDonnell, Erin Walshe, Lauren Healy and Rianna Donnellan.

Social evening

A social evening including a pitch and putt outing and a barbecue will be held on Friday, September 3 at the Clare Road Pitch and Putt Club at 6.30pm.
Tickets are available from county secretary Mary Phelan and all areas are urged to support this event. Tickets must be booked from the county secretary by this Saturday.