Young athletes gather at Lees Road

 

THE Clare Community Games cross country U-10  4 x 250m relays and U-13 1,200m cross country were held at a very sunny Lees Road Sports Complex on Saturday. There was great excitement among the competitors, especially those making their Community Games debut.

The first five boys and five girls will make up the county team to participate in the national finals in Athlone in May. Sixteen areas were represented at the Clare finals.

The girls’ U-10 relay title was won by Ennis St John’s from Silmilebridge/Kilmurry with Miltown Malbay third followed by Quin/Clooney.

The boys’ title went to Ennistymon/Liscannor from Ballynacally/Lissycasey with Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry in third spot followed by Quin/Clooney.

Caoimhie Hogan (Ennistymon/Liscannor) won the girls’ U-13 cross country with Ennis St John’s taking the team title.

Caoilfhionn O’Dea (Kilmurry-Ibrickane) won the boys’ U-13 title and Miltown Malbay captured the team title for the second year in-a-row.

Results
Girls’ U-13 (1,200m):
1. Caoimhe Hogan (Ennistymon/Liscannor); 2. Emily Cahill (Inch/Kilmaley); 3. Daiela Svensson (Ennistymon/Liscannor); 4. Gráinne Lynch (Miltown Malbay); 5. Megan White (Inch/Kilmaley).
Teams: 1. Inch/Kilmaley = 36 points; 2. Cooraclare/Cree = 44 points; 3. Ennistymon/Liscannor = 55 points; 4. Miltown Malbay = 62 points.
Boys’ U-13 (1,200m): 1. Caoilfhionn O’Dea (Miltown Malbay); 2. Zack Whelehan (Miltown Malbay); 3. Ben Whelehan (Miltown Malbay); 4. Eoin Guilfoyle (Newmarket-on-Fergus); 5. Garry Twomey (Miltown Malbay).
Teams: 1. Miltown Malbay = 19 points; 2. Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry = 74 points; 3. Cooraclare/Cree = 78 points; 4. Derg = 86 points.
Girls’ U-10 Relay 4 x 250m: 1. Ennis St John’s (Niamh Cassidy, Ciara Meehan, Amulie Melise,
Gladys Emerik); 2. Inch Kilmaley Connolly (Caoimhe White, Caoimhe Cahill, Grace Carmody, Ciadh Reynolds); 3. Miltown Malbay (Sarah O’Looney, Ciara Ferguson, Meabh O’Malley, Ellen Flanagan); 4. Quin/Clooney (Rachel Rusk, Ellie McSherry, Róisín O’Mullane, Holly Deegan, Eva Rusk).
Boys’ U-10 relay 4 x 250m: 1. Ennistymon/Liscannor (Brendan Rouine, Liam Cotter, Diarmuid Fahy, Niall Hogan); 2. Ballynacally/Lissycasey (Conor Meaney, Fionn Cotter, Daragh Killeen, Barry Conway); 3. Sixmilebridge/Klimurry (Oisín Brew, Ian Collins, Cillian Fitzpatrick, Tom Forde); 4. Quin/Clooney (Noah McConway, Jack O’Neill, Niall Murphy, Cormac Egan).

Projects
THE project competitions for U-11 and U-13 took place on Wednesday last in Sixmilebridge National School. The co-ordinator was Mary McNamara and the judges were Mark and Aoife Nestor, Siobhan O’Sullivan and Aileen Whyms. The standard of competition was extremely high. The gold medal winners in each age group now go on to represent Clare in the National Finals in Athlone in May.
Results
U-11: 1. Cratloe A, Áine Mason, Emma O’Connell, Jennifer Hall, Jane O’Brien; 2. Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry B, Sinead Cahill, Alex Carmello, Ben Dalton McSherry; 3. Doora/Barefield, Ava Lenihan, Emma Towey, Kate McDonnell, Sinéad Quinlan; 4. Cratloe B, Aishling Crowe, Colm McElwain, Ellen Kelly; 4. Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry A, Chloe O’Connor, Katie Haugh, Katie Quinn.   
U-13: 1. Cratloe, Aoife Murphy, Amy O’Connor, Maria Healy; 2. Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry, Eli Murphy-O’Sullivan, Conor Morey, Eoin Morby, Matthew Hurley.

Tag rugby
THE tag rugby competitions were decided last weekend when Quin-Clooney and Clarecastle-Ballyea took the honours. Quin-Clooney were the only entries for the U-11 grade.
U-11: Quin-Clooney, Tomás Ó Cearbhalláin, Cónal Egan, Donagh O’Sullivan, Shane Harrison, John Conneally, Noah McConway, Liam Keating, Matthew McNamara, Emma Considine, Cliodhna Ryan, Sarah Rochford, Niamh McGee.
U-14: 1. Clarecastle-Ballyea, Ciara O’Brien, Emily Barry, Rachel Hartigan, Aoibhin Donnelly, Ellen Barry, Eoin Dinan, Eamon Breen, Cian Galvin, Ronan Donnelly, Luke MacDermott, Seán Dolan, Niall Galvin;
2. Quin/Clooney A, Mary Conneally, Alex O’Neill, Rachel Begg, Ellie Rochford, Paul Hogan, Oisín Egan, Ulick O’Sullivan, Kevin Reynolds, Cathal Browne, Garreth Dupper, Colin Liddy, Eoin Beirne; 3. Quin/Clooney B, Emer Moynihan, Leah O’Neill, Sinéad McGee, Martin Frain, Ronan Wall, David Barbotin, Christopher Notre, Alex McConway, Adam Deegan, Eoghan O’Brien.

Dates to remember
Friday, March 15: Choir at Sixmilebridge GAA Hall at 7pm.
Friday, March 15: Culture Corner at Sixmilebridge GAA Hall at 7pm.
Saturday, March 16: Cycling at Quin National School at 2pm.
Friday, March 22: Quiz at St Flannan’s College at 7pm.
Sunday, March 24: Talent at Sixmilebridge GAA Hall.
Saturday, March 30: Munster finals at Tralee.
September 16: Closing date to submit HSE Community Games Healthy Events.