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Battling Banner show resilient streak

  Clare 0-21   Limerick 1-16 A THIRD successive failure to win promotion to the top division in the hurling league looked to be Clare’s lot when they trailed Limerick by eight points 10 minutes into the second half of the Division 1B final at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening.However, in the last 25 minutes they outscored the home side by 0-12 to 0-2 to secure victory to the delight of the Clare followers in the official attendance of 9,897.The second half produced plenty of entertainment and some impressive scores as a fitter Clare side took the initiative to maintain their unbeaten run. In addition to securing promotion to Division 1 for next season, Clare will now play Kilkenny in the semi-final of the league proper at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Sunday, April 22 at 2pm.It was an outcome that appeared to be in doubt for much of the game. Clare struggled throughout the first half and were a little …

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Clare to make winning start at home to Waterford

The Clare minor footballers enter the championship arena on Saturday at 6.45pm in Cusack Park. Waterford will travel to Ennis with the winners qualifying for a Munster semi-final on May 16. The losers will play the losers of Kerry v Tipperary on April 17.Michael Neylon (Corofin) who is a former Wolfe Tones mentor, is in his second year managing the team. He is joined by Noel Normoyle (Kilmihil), Maurice Reidy (St Joseph’s, Miltown) and Michael Neylon (Éire Óg). The management team has been joined by Tom Newell (Galway) in a coaching capacity. Newell was part of the Ballyvaughan senior management team a few years ago.Clare will have the Cleary brothers, Conor and Eoin available to them from last year’s team along with Jamie Malone (Corofin). Unfortunately one of Clare’s key forwards, Martin O’Leary (Kilmihil) picked up a knee injury playing U-21 championship hurling for Ballyea against Éire Óg on March 17. O’Leary will be a huge loss to Clare.However Michael …

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Cusack Park for football final

The 2012 county senior football final will be played in Cusack Park, Clare GAA chairman Michael O’Neill emphatically told this week’s April meeting of the county board.He made the statement in response to a proposal from Miltown delegate Noel Walsh asking for the final to be played at Hennessy Park in Miltown. During his response, O’Neill informed the delegates that since the March meeting of the board, members of the executive had met with representatives of the Miltown club with regard to this issue.“We outlined all the options to your club. Finance was never more badly needed and the finance committee has the final say on all matters involving finance,” the chairman told this week’s meeting.Responding, Miltown delegate Walsh stated that “only this committee, the county committee, can make that decision”.“The decision is made,” responded O’Neill “and if you want to challenge this somewhere else, then do so”.“All we are asking is to be allowed to put our request here,” …

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Clohessy to lead Clare attack on Aughrim

THIS week the Clare senior football panel is preparing for the most significant hour and 10 minutes of their inter-county careers do date. Win and Clare will be playing Division 3 league football in 2013. Lose and they will have to face into another season of slogging it out in division four, playing Mickey Mouse teams like Kilkenny. Out of touch traditionalists might still think that championship is paramount. They are wrong. For a county like Clare to make progress, improving their league station is far more important in the medium term. An ideal year for Clare in 2012 would be to win promotion and to qualify and compete manfully in a Munster final. Possibly followed by winning a game or two in the All-Ireland qualifiers. But if Clare aren’t promoted, a seventh successive year of Division 4 football would overshadow everything even if they did beat Limerick or Waterford and reach a Munster final. Winning on Sunday in Aughrim …

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Late Gilligan point stuns Doonbeg

Kilrush 1-6    Doonbeg 0-8 Maybe Doonbeg thought this result was sewn up when they led 0-6 to 0-0 20 minutes into the first half. Or perhaps Kilrush decided that they had nothing to lose and they might as well throw everything at their opponents. It transpired, however, that Kilrush fought back superbly to record their first Cusack Cup win of the new season and they now join Doonbeg on two points from their opening three matches. Doonbeg were well beaten by Kilmurry Ibrickane in their previous outing. Doonbeg cannot point to the absence of David Tubridy as a factor either. The Doonbeg man and his Kilrush inter-county team-mate John Hayes both lined out for their clubs in what could be a seminal week of their county careers. Points from Colm Dillon, Tubridy, Frank O’Dea, Brian Egan and Shane Killeen established Doonbeg’s early lead. Come half-time, they led 0-6 to 0-2 as Kilrush fought their way back. Niall Clancy and Jim …

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Seven Clare boxers chase national honours

The national juvenile boxing championships are under way in the National Stadium in Dublin this week , and there are seven Clare boxers in action at the famous venue, with hopes high for three of the much-prized titles.Brothers Eddie and Paddy O’Donovan both box out of the OLOL club in Limerick City and got their respective aspirations in motion on Tuesday in the 36kg and 39kgs. Youngest sibling Eddie defeated Dubliner Daithi McDonagh on a 9-4 scoreline, while Paddy, who is defending his national title, won comprehensively against Oran McNaughton from Antrim, 14-5 .All four Ennis boxers weighed in comfortably on Friday last and newcomer Martin Doherty will be the first in action in his 42kg class opener on Thursday and should he come through will box Dubliner Pierce O’Leary for a place in Saturday’s final.Conor Doyle won the 48kg title last year in his first year in boxing, and has now moved up to the 52kg division in search …

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Liscannor lead the way in Garry Cup

Liscannor 1-12   Lissycasey 0-6 A PHYSICALLY stronger Liscannor maintained their winning run in the Garry Cup when they accounted for Lissycasey in this league tie played at Liscannor on Saturday. As a result of this win, the North Clare men top the league table after three rounds.The winners laid the foundations for victory in the opening half when they built up a six-point lead when playing with the aid of the breeze to lead 0-8 to 0-2 at the break.Lissycasey tried to get back into contention in the second period but they were unable to break the midfield dominance of Brian Considine.The winners’ goal came from Robert Lucas in the final minute. Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Kieran Roche, David McDonagh, Robert Lucas; Denis Murphy, Michael Foley, Ronan Slattery; Ray O’Brien, Brian Considine; Gerry Considine, Johnnie Considine, Adrian McDonagh; Niall Considine, Alan Flaherty, Dara Blake.Subs: Declan Fawl, Aidan Murray, Paul Guerin, David Commane and Ciaran Considine.Lissycasey: Shane Normoyle; Brendan O’Connor, Michael Melican, …

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Mullins going for three in a row

Rounds three and four of the Connaught Competition Engines Irish Hillclimb and Sprint championship 2012 will take place near Ballyvaughan this weekend on two of the most famous hills in the country.Saturday will test all competitors on the Corkscrew Hill, which consists of challenging hairpins and fast sweeping bends. Local Ballyvaughan man Sylvie Mullins will be attempting to make it three from three on the Corkscrew, having taken victory for the past two years.Sunday sees a move just over the road to the most challenging and longest hill climb of the year on Ballyallaban. Simon McKinley, who holds the hill record, will face stiff competition from local man Mullins, the returning three-time champion Paul O’Connell and the hard-charging John Byrne in his Jedi.After Mullins’ double win in Wexford two weeks’ ago, he will be looking to make it three in a row.  This year’s 12-round championship takes place over six weekends, taking in some of the most scenic parts of …

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Clare claim minor title in thriller

COLIN Crehan and Niall Bolton were crowned All-Ireland 40×20 minor handball champions at Cappagh on Saturday.The Clare pair won a thrilling tie that went right to the wire. They started impressively and took an early 6-0 lead on their way to a comfortable first game on a 21-12 scoreline.The Tyrone pairing of Gabhainn McCrystal and Pol Clarke missed some easy chances in the first game, when they made a number of unforced errors. In the second game, the tables turned and Tyrone, particularly McCrystal, really came into the game. It was Clare’s turn to squander chances.The Kilkishen/Tulla pairing led 7-6 but then found themselves 7-17 and 9-20 behind, before upping their game again to reach 16. However, they could not prevent their Northern opponents from winning the game and levelling the tie. The best handball was undoubtedly played in the third game and this time the momentum and lead swung both ways a number of times.Clare again started well and …

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On the road

  The inaugural Clare camogie/Clare Haven 10k run/walk/cycle took place on Bank holiday Monday. ResultsMen – 1. Thomas Grimes 34.10; 2. Kieran Towey 38.11; 3. John Neylon 42.11 Women – 1. Rose Enright 42.11; 2. Liz & Mags Murphy 47.02; 3. Anna Geoghegan 48.01 Walkers – 1. Patricia O’Connor 1.08.30; 2. Orla Keating 1.13.10; 3. Catherine O’Loughlin & Margaret Lafferty 1.14.20 Cyclists – 1. Eoin Doyle 31.51; 2. Micheal Reid 40.02.

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Sharp fin-ish for Ennis Shark

There was blood in the water and on the canvas last Saturday night as Phoenix Kickboxing Club’s Mark ‘The Shark’ Duffy lived up to his killer nickname at  Ultimate Rising in Galway, with an impressive TKO win over local fighter Martin Greaney.Taking the fight on just a week’s notice, the lanky light heavyweight faced a stern challenge in Greaney, who is trained by WKN world middleweight champion Ken Horan but showed scant regard for his opponent’s pedigree.In his first bout under the Phoenix Kickboxing banner, Duffy weighed in at a lean 78.9kg, taking a very slight weight advantage over Greaney.It was all forward motion from the start for The Shark, who flew out of his corner for the first round throwing lunging front-snap kicks and following up with heavy punches.Making good use of his reach, Greaney was on the back foot from the off and Duffy was landing early and often in the initial exchanges.The Phoenix fighter was unlucky not …

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Inagh-Kilnamona take control in second half

  Inagh-Kilnamona 1-2   Newmarket 1-7 THE race for the 2012 Clare Champion Cup got underway at the weekend with the meeting of last year’s finalists Inagh-Kilnamona and Newmarket at Kilnamona on Monday.This time the mid-Clare club came out on top, avenging last year’s final outcome.A strong second-half showing saw them turn a three-point half-time deficit into a five-point win.Weather conditions were cold and wet for Monday’s game and the players also had to contend with some surface water.The respective free-takers, Colin Ryan (Newmarket) and Niall Arthur accounted for most of the scores with Ryan firing home his side’s goal from a 20m free in the opening half as they moved to a 1-5 to 0-5 interval lead.The Clare forward had scored his side’s first two points from play, while David Barrett also scored a brace of minors in the first half.The home side had much the better of the second-half exchanges and they went in front when Eoin Vaughan ran …

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A winning start for Wolfe Tones

Wolfe Tones 2-11   St Joseph’s 2-8   THERE was little between Wolfe Tones and St Joseph’s in this Division 1B tie played at Shannon on Sunday. Both sides had a number of players new to senior hurling in their line-ups.At the end of the first half, the winners led by a point, 0-6 to 0-5 after St Joseph’s had wasted a number of scoring opportunities, particularly from frees.The home side edged in front in the second period and managed to hold that advantage to the finish on a day when Gareth McPhillips and Shane Chambers scored goals. Declan Malone and Alan O’Neill scored the St Joseph’s goals. Wolfe Tones: Paul Hogan; Joe McGauley, Brendan Hughes, Barry Loughnane; Jamie Roughan, Brian O’Connell, John Guilfoyle; Kevin McCafferty, Shane Chambers; Aaron Cunningham, Alan Hehir, Stephen McInerney; David Reidy, Gareth McPhillips, Gary Leahy.Subs: Niall Murphy for McInerney; Johnnie Bridges for Chambers.St Joseph’s: Kevin Moloney; Declan Meehan, Marty O’Regan, Sean Flynn; Greg Lyons, Mark Hallinan, …

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11 points for Kelly as Ballyea reach final

Ballyea 1-13   Clonlara 0-12   IN close contests, goals more often than not prove the difference and this was the case at O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge on Friday evening, when Ballyea accounted for Clonlara in the semi-final of the U-21A Hurling Championship.There was little between the sides in the opening half and just a point separated them at the half-time whistle. They had each added a point to their tally in the early minutes of the second half before Ballyea made the vital breakthrough.A James Murphy delivery caused problems for Clonlara and Niall Deasy pounced for the game’s only goal. It put his side four points clear and gave them an edge they held to the finish.The sides had swapped points three times in the opening quarter with the respective freetakers, Tony Kelly (Ballyea) and Cathal O’Connell, key members in the Clare minor team last year, on target.By the time the half-time whistle sounded, Ballyea had edged a point clear, …

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Clooney-Quin and Joseph’s advance

  NEIGHBOURS Clooney-Quin and St Joseph’s will contest the U-21B Hurling Championship final after their victories over Crusheen and Smith O’Brien’s respectively on Friday. Clooney-Quin 3-16   Crusheen 3-9 A MAGNIFICENT contribution of 3-13 from Peter Duggan was the highlight of Clooney-Quin’s victory over a fancied Crusheen side at Newmarket.Lining out at centre-forward, he displayed his vast range of skills with scores from play and frees, while he also included a trademark point from a sideline cut.Crusheen got off to a dream start with a goal from Colin Vaughan after two minutes but 10 minutes later, the winners were a goal to the good after Duggan had found the net twice, once from play and then from a penalty after Seamus Conroy was fouled.Crusheen responded with points from Conor O’Donnell, Jamie Fitzgibbon, Ethan O’Donnell and Sean Weir to cut the winners’ lead to the minimum, 2-2 to 1-4, but this sparked a strong response from the winners, who scored six unanswered …

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‘Fix the one percents and you’ll reach the magical one hundred’ – Hogg

2023 All Ireland Junior winner Sinead Hogg is a mainstay at the heart of the Clon defence and after a monumental battle with Eimear Bourke and Cait Devane she is ready to push on and claim the biggest camogie prize in Munster. ” Today wasn’t easy and the body is sore. It was a serious battle and in fairness to both teams it was a war of attrition. We had to just try and stay in the game at different stages because their six forwards are unbelievable players and can hurt you in the blink of an eye. It’s great to have that half back line in front of you cutting out the supply which makes it a bit easier for us in the full back line though and I think we did quite well. We were fully focused on delivering not only a performance but delivering a result and thankfully we did both.” Sinead feels as a group they have …

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‘I feel like I’m in a dream’ – Morris

Former coach to the Clare Senior set up and in his fourth year training his beloved Truagh-Clonlara Ryan Morris feels like he’s dreaming but admits this was their ultimate objective. ” I feel like I’m in a dream that I don’t want to wake up from. To see how far we’ve come from winning an Intermediate title to claiming a first ever McMahon Cup, going back to back and now a Munster final. It’s magical, it truly is. Last year we enjoyed celebrating after the County championship and the buzz around the place was incredible. The whole day out against Sarsfields was also really special but in truth we let the day be our focus and not the game itself. It wasn’t until we sat down to plan for this year that we felt the pain of that defeat. We set in motion a plan to retain our crown and have another crack at Munster but to do so we …

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Controversy reigns as Tulla denied at death

Dr. Harty Cup Round 2 St Joseph’s Tulla 0-17 Cashel Community School 0-17 After an opening day defeat to Cork school Blackrock, the pressure was firmly on Tulla to deliver in Cappamore. Showing tremendous character against a quality Cashel side they managed to stay in the game throughout thanks to an outstanding defensive display by fullback Fionn O’Gara and a series of top drawer saves from Broadford’s Jack Lovett. It was the player affectionately known as ‘Fog’ though that towered above everyone else on the field and was quite simply majestic all afternoon. Decisive hooks, critical blocks and booming clearances were the order of the day from the Clooney-Quin player. When Cashel did manage to break through the Tulla rearguard, they met a wall of resistance in Lovett. On three occasions the netminder came to the rescue, firstly denying Briain O’Donoghue with a brave point blank save in the 15th minute, then thwarting corner-forward Ryan O’Sullivan just before the interval …

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21st celebrations as Éire Óg return to helm

Clare Senior Football Championship Final Éire Óg 1-10 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-6 “The Townies are back and we’re not going anywhere’ was the passionate concluding words to captain Aaron Fitzgerald’s speech as Éire Óg bounced back to Jack Daly winning ways in Cusack Park, writes Eoin Brennan.  Having only lost one of their last 21 matches and that to Cratloe in last year’s semi-final after penalties, the Ennis side’s third senior crown in four years was fully merited as they rolled with the punches of a difficult day weather and opposition-wise before finishing in powerful fashion. The ‘Bricks, fueled by an intriguing mix of youth and vast title winning experience, certainly made Paul Madden’s side sweat after hitting the ground running with the first three points through Keenan Sexton (2) and Daryn Callinan. However, on a day in which they almost needed a perfect performance, crucially they coughed up possession at halfway for Mark McInerney to pick out Gavin Cooney for …

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Strong Ennis performance seals win over Cobh Pirates RFC

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Meehan and McEvoy shine as Banner overcome Wolfe Tones

Junior C camogie final Banner 1-9 Wolfe Tones 0-9 Novel could best describe this meeting on Saturday afternoon last between Wolfe Tones and Banner in the Junior C camogie final that drew a sizable attendance to Father McNamara park.  Wolfe Tones with an experienced group of players faced up to a youthful Banner side with many dual players. Both sides had freetakers of a standard far higher than Junior C as Ciara Meehan and Sarah McEvoy shared a dozen scores over the hour. Wolfe Tones netminder Anna Brennan retired injured after 15 minutes as the Shannon side started slowly and didn’t score until the 17th minute from McEvoy with Laura Meaney adding a second Tones scores a minute later. Two further scores from Wolfe Tones in the final minutes of the half left them on four points, one behind Banner at the interval. Ciara Meehan was excellent from placed balls and missed just one over the hour. Half-time Banner (0-5) …

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Whelan and Meaney score as Clondegad lower Banner

Junior B football final Clodegad 2-11 Banner 2-8 A season of underachieving in the view of both clubs in the Intermediate championship came to an adult end in Lissycasey on Sunday afternoon in the Junior B county final decider. As with most Junior finals it can be a hazardous task to allocate a favourites tag so all was up for grabs before what was a disappointing following from the two clubs. Scores were hard to come by the opening quarter with the two sides sharing a paltry five points as Clondegad led (0-3) to (0-2) before Ciaran Connelly struck for the first of four goals in the game. Within two minutes Banner had cut the lead of Clondegad to the minimum with their first goal as long time performer Fiachra Hayes who started in place of William Bello was their shooter. Clondegad full forward Oisin Griffin won a high ball and his breaking ball was doubled to the net by …

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Éire Óg Fawle as Kevin’s goal seals final place

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Flynn and Duggan goals keep St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield senior as the ‘Bridge drop down

Senior camogie relegation final St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 2-9 Sixmilebridge 1-10 There was heartbreak for Sixmilebridge and jubilation for St Joseph’s in equal measure in Clooney on Saturday afternoon. Relegation to Intermediate camogie for the Bridge who in a bygone era won multiple championships as St Joseph’ chasing their first maintained their status and once more are the only Clare club to possess four senior GAA, Camogie and LGFA sides. With the LGFA county final on the horizon for St Joseph’s they did not want a low note to be played in the run up with relegation from senior camogie and set out their stall early with (2-2) in the opening half with Ciara Duggan and Siobhan Flynn scoring (1-1 each). Chloe Morey hit back between the 14th and 18th minutes with (1-2) to keep Sixmilebridge in contact as Olivia Phelan had initiated the scoring for Sixmilebridge after four minutes. Determined tackling by both sets of defenders ensured a low scoring contest as …

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Tulla fall to Harty Cup opening round loss

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New Clare ladies football manager

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Banner five still alive in Munster Junior Football PPS Championships

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Crusheen present double trouble for Parteen-Meelick

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Clancy crushes Cúil dreams of silverware

Junior A Ladies’ Football Final Crusheen 3-10 – Cúil Gaels 0-14 Crusheen back at the start of the century under the management of the late Michael Cullinan possessed some of the best underage players in the county winning four Under 16A titles plus Minor, Junior A and Intermediate honours finally contested a senior final joined with Kilmihil. Time moved on, players left and lean times followed but once more Crusheen are back in the Intermediate championship for 2025 following a five-point success over Cúil Gaels in Lissycasey on Sunday evening. Cúil Gaels for their part had ample scoring chances over the course of the hour and really worried Crusheen but unfortunately from the estuary’s perspective they kicked a dozen wides as opposed to just five for the title winners. At least four of the Cúil Gael points skimmed the Crusheen crossbar much to the relief of Grace Gleeson. Yet, the matchwinner was at midfield for Crusheen, namely Anna Clancy with …

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Shannon Town shade cup spoils in low-key derby

(FAI Junior Cup) Shannon Town A 2 – Bunratty/Cratloe 1 Shannon Town inched the derby spoils to book their place in the next round of the FAI Junior Cup but it wasn’t the greatest of advertisements for an early morning kick-off in Lynch Park in Shannon on Sunday. Don’t get me wrong, all the ingredients were ripe for a memorable derby as a sizeable crowd was in attendance to witness a rare clash of these neighbours while there was the added layer of new Shannon Town manager Davy Hogan playing against his former Premier winning club. However, perhaps the players weren’t given sufficient notice of the 10:30am kick-off as the teams never really livened up until the final quarter. Amazingly, there wasn’t a shot of note throughout the entire opening period and essentially it was only with Charlie Morrison’s 68th minute penalty that this prudent tie finally opened up. It was a huge relief to hosts Shannon Town who, as …

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