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Cork 3-16 – Clare 0-10 at Clooney

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Crusheen 4-23 – Broadford 2-08 at Crusheen

THE RACE for the top two qualification spots heated up further on Tuesday as Crusheen reclaimed pole position after a four day absence. And there was never any doubt about the county champions extending their unbeaten run after strolling to a facile victory against a Broadford side that failed to muster even the most token of challenges to the home side’s impressive scoring tally of all but six points from play.

The visitors were missing five of their starting line up but Crusheen for their part finished the game with half their second string either starting or entering the fray.

Missing their county contingent and aided by a stiff breeze, Crusheen gave a debut to David McMahon in goal and he had little to trouble him over the game.

Crusheen raced into an early commanding 1-6 to 0-0 lead before Padraig Hickey scored Broadford’s opening score. Conor O’Donnell had the first Crusheen goal with a long range effort that found the net.

Paddy Meaney (2), Fergus Kennedy, Shaun Dillon and Gearoid O’Doherty (2) were the point scorers. Craig Chaplin (2 frees) responded for Broadford before Crusheen went on a scoring spree in the second quarter adding (3-11) in 15 minutes.

Patrick Meaney was scorer in chief with (3-1) as Gearoid O’Doherty (3) Fergus Kennedy (3), Niall Fitzgib- bon (2), Alan Brigdale and Ciaran O’Doherty added points.

There was little Broadford could manage in the second half especially as the Crusheen defence was totally dominant with Alan Brigdale and Ciaran O’Doherty in sparkling form and Gerry O’Grady and Fergus Kennedy controlling midfield. Crusheen scored the first four points of the second half as Patrick Meaney finished the game with a personal tally of (3-6).

Padraig Hickey scored a great goal and added a brace of frees. Alan Kilcoyne (1-1) and Aonghus O Brien (2) in the final five minutes added consolation scores but there was no denying Crusheen their fifth Clare cup win out of six outings.

Best for the winners was the full back line of the Brigdale brothers and Cronan Dillon with Ciaran O’Doherty in fine form at centre back.

Midfield was dominated by Crusheen whilst up front Patrick Meaney produced a man of the match display aided well by Gearoid O’Donnell, Darragh O’Doherty and Gearoid O’Doherty in the first half.

Broadford are facing a relegation battle from division 1 despite the best efforts of Craig Chaplin, Dara Corcoran, Padraig Hickey, Mark Moloney and Peter O’Brien.

Crusheen

David McMahon, John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon,Alan Brigdale (0-1), Jason Greene, Ciaran O’Doherty (0-2), Brendan McMahon, Fergus Kennedy (0-4), Gerry O’Grady, Gearoid O’Donnell (0-1), Shaun Dillon (0-1), Niall Fitzgibbon (0-2), Conor O’Donnell (1-0), Patrick Meaney (3-6), Gearoid O’Doherty (0-6, 5f, 1 s/l)

Subs
Darragh O’Doherty for CO’Donnell, Patrick O’Grady for Meaney,AlanTouhy for S. Dillon

Broadford
Cian O’Brien, John Corcoran,Aidan O’Brien, Mark Moloney, Peter O’Brien, Craig Chaplin (0-2), Niall Moloney,Alan Kilcoyne (1-1), Dara Corcoran, DeclanTeefy,Aonghus O’Brien (0-2), PaurigTaylor, Padraig Hickey (1-3),Alan McMahon, Donal Whelan

Sub
Willie Hayes for Taylor

Man of the Match
Paddy Meaney (Crusheen) Referee Fergus McDonagh (St Josephs D/B)

Crusheen 3-14 – Clarecastle 2-15 at Clarecastle

CRUSHEEN strengthened their position at the top of the Division 1 table after a late injury-time brace that halted the home side’s dramatic fightback. Four points clear with two minutes of normal time remaining, having led since the 12th minute, Crusheen appeared to be cruising towards their fifth unbeaten game but had to endure a nervy finish after Clarecastle hit 1-1 to level the game up on the hour mark.

Crusheen replied immediately with a Darragh O’Doherty point while Clarecastle did have a glorious opportunity to share the spoils but didn’t avail of it and Crusheen punished them at the other end, again through O’Doherty to cement the points.

Considering the absence of so many first team regulars on both sides, this was a surprisingly entertaining and open game that either side could of won but Crusheen did thanks largely to three opportunistic strikes from Paddy O’Grady who scored his second successive hat-trick of goals against the Magpies this year.

Those strikes were the difference for the majority as they were aptly timed to keep the Magpies at bay. The first came after Clarecastle’s bright start that saw Patrick Kelly point after only 11 seconds and Kieran O’Dwyer add to that tally. There was also a goal chance for Niall Dunne at the back post but his shot was straight at goalkeeper David McMahon.

That save was given greater significance when Paddy O’Grady stole in for the opening goal of the game a minute later and despite three Adam Healy points in riposte, the momentum was now with Crusheen who held that goal advantage until the break at 1-5 to 0-5.

The second goal halted another Magpie fightback on the restart when points from Aaron Considine and Healy had dented Crusheen’s lead. It came after a Shaun Dillon delivery that broke to O’Grady to pull to the net in the 36th minute and open up a five point gap.

Once more, Clarecastle came back at the county champions, this time hitting four points without reply, three from the stick of Tyrone Kearse by the turn of the final quarter to cut the deficit to two.

However, O’Grady’s third major in the 48th minute appeared to have put paid to any hopes of a revival until that late Magpie burst which should have earned a much needed point for the home side but instead Crusheen ground out another trademark victory.

Crusheen
David McMahon, John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon, Alan Brigdale, Jason Greene, Shaun Dillon, Brendan McMahon,Tony Meaney, Gerry O’Grady (0-4 3f, 1’65), Gearoid O’Donnell (0-1), Niall Fitzgibbon (02), David Forde,AlanTuohy (0-1f), Paddy O’Grady (3-0), Darragh O’Doherty (0-5)

Subs
Fergus Kennedy (0-1) for Meaney (23 mins, inj), Padraic O’Malley for Forde (25 mins, inj)

Clarecastle
Donnagh Murphy, Seanie Moloney, Garry Farmer, Kevin Clohessy, Fearghus Ryan, Patrick Kelly (0-1), Eric Flynn,Tyrone Kearse (0-4 1f, 1’65),Andrew Page, Jamie O’Connor, Kieran O’Dwyer (0-2), AdamHealy (0-5 1f), Niall Dunne,Alan O’Loughlin, Aaron Considine (1-2 1f)

Subs
SeanTalty (1-0) for Dunne (HT), David Green (0-1) for O’Loughlin (48 mins)

Man of the Match
Paddy O’Grady (Crusheen) Referee Seanie McMahon (Newmarket-on-Fergus)

Kilmaley 1-25 – Sixmilebridge 0-12 at Kilmaley

KILMALEY maintained their unbeaten start to the Clare Cup and moved a step closer to bouncing back to Division 2A after an expected victory over Sixmilebridge’s second string on Thursday evening. The senior side led by 1-14 to 0-6 at the interval with the goal coming from Brian McMahon and they contin- ued that freeflowing scoring after the break with McMahon and Daire Keane contributed a good chunk in the scoring stakes.

Kilmaley
Kieran Dillon; Colin McGuane,Anthony Cahill, Sean Talty; Noel Casey, Conor McMahon, Eoin O’Malley; Kenneth Kennedy, John Clohessy; Daire Keane,

Brian McMahon, John Cabey; Niall McGuane, Seamus Hurley, PadraigTalty

Subs
Shane Culligan, Mikey O’Neill.

Sixmilebridge
Sean Chaplin; Jayme Keogh, Eoin Quinn, David O’Meara; Jonathan Downes, SamO’Sullivan (0-4f), Cathal Walsh; Christy Griffin (0-1), Donald Devanney;Thomas Liddy (0-5f), Stiofán Fitzpatrick, Michael O’Halloran (0-1);Adrian Chaplin, Ronan Hayes (0-1), Rory Liddane.

Sub
Wayne Kennedy for Keogh

Referee
Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’;s D/B)

Clarecastle 0-15 – Wolfe Tones 0-13 at Shannon

TWO SIDES badly in need of a lift after disappointing starts to the season and in the end, it was the Magpies who got over the line but only just. Nine points up entering the final quarter, Clarecastle appeared to be cruising but their failure to hit the target for the remainder allied to a spirited wind assisted recovery from the home side ensured an extremely nervy finish before finally collecting the points.

Confidence was blatantly low on both sides and no wonder as Wolfe Tones had yet to register a competitive victory all season while the Magpies fared only mildly better with one victory in seven outings.

Player losses have devastated Tones’ senior set-up but after an inspirational opening victory in the senior football championship, it was hoped that it might rub off on the hurling side as well.

Clarecastle for their part were also severely understrength, being without eight of the 17 players used against Tulla last time out, along with long term casualties Conor Plunkett and Mark McNamara but while they were the more dominant side for long periods, they will be very disappointed to rack up 21 wides over the hour, most of which were struck from close range.

In between that plethora of missed chances, the majority of Clarecastle scores came in three separate purple patches. Firstly when recovering from a 0-2 to 0-1 defecit after four minutes to hit the next six points in a ten minute period through Tyrone Kearse (2), Eamon Callinan, Patrick Kelly, Alan O’Loughlin and Aaron Considine. They also had two glorious goal opportunities in the same period but Aaron Considine’s shot was straight at goalkeeper Paul Hogan while at the end of the first quarter, Alan O’Loughlin made a superb catch but was off balance when striking his shot just wide.

The second flurry came in the five minute period either side of half-time when hitting another five without reply to open up a 0-12 0-04 advantage by the 33rd minute. Despite now playing into the sizeable breeze, the visitors appeared comfortable and had the dominance of Seanie Moloney, Patrick Kelly, Tyrone Kearse and Aaron Considine to thank for their cushion at that stage. However, even though they grabbed three more points through Darragh Moloney, Kearse and Considine to push 0-15 to 0-06 clear by the 45th minute, they were to be severely tested in the final quarter.

The switch of Daithi O’Connell to midfield was a masterstroke as the former county senior struck Wolfe Tones first point in 20 minutes in the 40th minute and followed up with three more as they slowly grew in confidence with every chip at the deficit.

Clarecastle didn’t help themselves as they were not to score for the final 19 minutes of the contest despite a host of opportunities while the Tones hit seven points without reply by the 57th minute. However, having dispatched a pack of cats to play among a flock of pigeons, Wolfe Tones were unable to find the goal that would complete a memorable turnaround, with the best chance falling to Declan O’Rourke whose pull was cleared off the line by Eric Flynn late on.

The Magpies may not have been firing on all cylinders up front but some dogged defending, particularly from Seanie Moloney, the aforementioned Flynn and Kelly ensured the visitors would hold onto the points and ease their relegation worries. However, their championship clash in August could be equally anxious.

Clarecastle
Donnagh Murphy, Seanie Moloney, Garrett Barry, Kevin Clohessy, Fearghus Ryan (0-1), Patrick Kelly (0-1), Eric Flynn,Tyrone Kearse (0-3 1f), Eamon Callinan (0-2 1f), Darragh Moloney (0-2), Jamie O’Connor,AdamHealy (0-1), Niall Dunne,Alan O’Loughlin (0-1),Aaron Considine (0-4 1f)

Sub
AndrewPage for O’Connor (43 mins)

Wolfe Tones
Paul Hogan, Joe McGauley, Patsy Keyes, Eamon O’Neill, Shane Chambers, Bobby McPhillips (0-5 4f), Barry Loughnane, Brendan Hughes, Niall Murphy,Alan Hehir, Declan O’Rourke, Garret McPhillips (0-2 1f), Paul Walsh (0-1), Ronan Hehir, Daithi O’Connell (0-4)

Subs
Mark Regan (0-1) for Murphy (37 mins), Gary Leahy for A. Hehir (48 mins), Richie Lillis for Walsh (48 mins)

Man of the Match
Seanie Moloney (Clarecastle) Referee JimHickey (Cratloe)

Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-6 – St Joseph’s Miltown 0-7 at Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown

KILMURRY Ibrickane’s unbeaten run in this year’s Cusack Cup continued with this local derby victory on Sunday morning as goals by Noel Downes and Stephen Moloney steered them to a deserved five-point victory over a Miltown side, playing their second game inside 48 hours.

The main business of Miltown’s hectic weekend was championship on Friday – proof, not that anyone needed it, came when their matchwinner from their meeting with Doora-Barefield, Dessie Molohan was marked absent.

He was missed, as were the likes of Eoin Curtin and Darragh McMahon as a much-changed St Joseph’s succumbed to a Kilmurry side playing well within themselves to record their fifth successive league win.

Miltown started well with the wind and three Kevin Keavey points inside the first 13 minutes had them in control, but their early advantage was wiped out by a 1-1 Kilmurry blast by the 19th minute.

Stephen Moloney opened their account with a point in the 18th minute, while a minute later a great run from deep by Paul O’Connor carved open the Miltown defence before Noel Downes clinically finished to the net beyond Niall Quinn to put Kilmurry 1-1 to 0-3 clear.

It was the winning of the game really, even though closing Miltown points from Gary Egan and Micheál Malone in response to an Ian McInerney free in the 21st minute, left the side deadlocked at the interval.

It was because of the wind advantage that Kilmurry eventually drove home in the second half. They opened the scoring through a Noel Downes effort from play in the 35th minute, only for Miltown to hit back with points from Gary Egan and Kevin Keavey by the 45th minute.

However, Miltown failed to raise another flag and a brilliant Seamus Lynch point in the 47th minute levelled the sides, before Ian McInerney put the winners ahead with another free in the 50th minute.

Then they killed off the game in the 54th minute when Downes cut through the Miltown rearguard to tee up Stephen Moloney for his matchwinning goal.

Kilmurry Ibrickane
Peter O’Dwyer, JohnWillie Sexton, Darren Hickey, Declan Callinan, Martin McMahon, Evan Talty,Thomas Lernihan, Mark McCarthy, Paul O’Connor, Stephen Moloney (1-0), Michael Hogan, Ian McInerney (0-2f), Noel Downes (1-1), Enda Coughlan (0-1), Seamus Lynch (0-1).

Subs
Seamus Murrihy for Hogan.

St Joseph’s Miltown

Niall Quinn, David Cleary, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone, Gearóid Curtin, Gordon Kelly, Ian Sexton, Peter Cleary, John Meade, GrahamKelly, Micheál Malone (0-1), Gary Egan (0-2f),Thomas Flynn, Kevin Keavey (0-4, 3f), DavidTalty.

Subs
Gearóid Malone for GrahamKelly.

Man of the Match
Declan Callinan (Kilmurry Ibrickane) Referee TomStackpoole (Ennistymon)

O’Curry’s 3-09 – Ballyvaughan 1-03 at Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay

A CLASH OF the last two relegated sides from senior level but it appears that O’Curry’s are in the best position to regain that status in the coming year after an impressive treble scores victory on Sunday. 2-6 to 0-1 ahead at the break and a whopping 16 points clear by the three quarter mark, the gap in quality at times appeared as contrasting as their northsouth divide on the county map and it meant that O’Curry’s could ease up to victory and empty the bench in the process.

From the line-ups alone, it was clear that Ballyvaughan came off worst in the emigration losses and so it proved as O’Curry’s kicked 2-4 without reply in the opening quarter, with Eoin Troy in particular revelling in his role at full-forward. Indeed, he was involved in all but one of those scores, scoring 1-1 himself while also crucially teeing up Damien Clohessy for the opening goal in the sixth minute.

O’Curry’s slicker passing was eyecatching, emitomised by Troy’s 13th minute goal that was moved through Sean Haugh, Ger Quinlan and Michael Carmody before ending up with Eoin Troy who roofed his effort from close range on their way to an eleven point interval lead.

Any hopes of a Ballyvaughan recovery were irrefutably put to bed as early as the third minute of the new half when Eoin Troy’s pinpoint pass over the top to Sean Haugh saw him hauled to the ground by Kieran Casey and Eoin Troy place the resultant penalty to the right corner of the net. Indeed, O’Curry’s should have raised a fourth green flag soon afterwards but Damien Clohessy somehow conspired to miss from point blank range.

That miss hardly registered in such a one-sided contest as Derek and Eoin Troy added to Ballyvaughan’s woes to open up a 16 point gap by the 42nd minute. As O’Curry’s emptied the bench though, Ballyvaughan availed of the opportunity to restore some pride with Jack Queally grabbing a goal in the 47th minute when suppied by the north Clare side’s best performer James Hynes inbetween points from John McCormack and Hynes. They could have cut the deficit further when Hynes and Queally again combined late on but goalkeeper PJ Greene was equal to the substitute’s efforts while a second yellow for Ray Casey rounded off a thoroughly forgettable afternoon for Ballyvaughan while possibly the start of a memorable one for O’Curry’s.

O’Curry’s
PJ Greene (7), Paul Roche (7), Michael O’Shea (8), Gearoid Lynch (7), BrianTroy (7) (0-1), Ollie Quinlan (7),TomDownes (8), DerekTroy (7) (0-1), Ger Quinlan (8), Damien Carmody (8) (0-2), Sean Haugh (8) (0-1), Michael Foran (7), Michael Carmody (7) (0-1), EoinTroy (9) (2-3 1-0 Pen), Damien Clohessy (7) (1-0)

Subs
DeclanWalsh (6) for Foran (38 mins, inj), Jack Scanlon (6) for M. Carmody (41 mins), Eoin Murray (6) for D. Clohessy (46 mins), Ryan McMahon (6) for Downes (49 mins), GeraldTroy for E.Troy (58 mins)

Ballyvaughan
Damien McNamara (6), Marc Walsh (7), Sean McNamara (5), Mark O’Loughlin (7), CianWalsh (6), Kieran Casey (6), John Linnane (6), Ray Casey (6), John McCormack (6) (0-1), PhelimCoyne (5), Kevin Carrucan (5), Cillian Mahon (6),Adrian Niland (7) (0-1f), Donnacha Mahon (6), James Hynes (7) (0-1)

Subs
Jack Queally (7) (1-0) for Coyne (HT), Paul Darcy (6) for Carrucan (HT),Thomas Francis (6) for D. Mahon (41 mins), John Mooney Hynes for C. Walsh (53 mins)

Man of the Match
Eoin Troy (O’Curry’s) Referee Barry Kelly (St Joseph’s Miltown)

SHANNON SWIMMER Chris Bryan is currently leading the rankings of the 2011 European Open Water Swimming Cup, following a fantastic performance in the second leg of the competition which took place in Turkey last week.

Bryan, who represented Ireland at the 2010 European Championships, won the 5km event in Antayla in a time of 58 minutes 41.04 seconds, just ahead of Israeli Yuval Safra (58.42.80).

The first leg of the European Cup took place in Eilat (Israel) on May 7, where Bryan finished 33rd of 53 competitors in the longer 10k event, with an overall time of 1 hour 53 minutes 1.25 seconds.

These results leave Bryan at the top of the European table with 21 points – ahead of Russian Vladimir Dyatchin (20 points) and Safra (18 points). The Cup runs until the end of July, with five legs in total.

Bryan is now on course for selection to the World Swimming & Open Water Championships which take place in Shanghai, China this July, where he would become the first open water swimmer to represent Ireland at this level.

Bryan currently trains full-time at the University of Limerick High Performance Centre under Head Coach Ronald Claes and alongside European Silver Medalist Grainne Murphy, who is also preparing for the World Championships next month in China.

Clondegad 1-13 – Corofin 0-07 at Cusack Park, Ennis

CLONDEGAD ran out comfortable winners over Corofin to get their championship campaign off to an ideal start in Cusack Park on Saturday.

The early stages indicated this was going to a tight contest but once Clondegad asserted control of midfield about midway through the first half there only ever looked one likely winner.

It might have been different had Michael Concannon’s penalty flown under instead of over the bar 30 seconds into the second half. By then Clondegad led by three points. A combination of Padraig McMahon’s accuracy, Gary and Shane Brennan’s energy and Kieran Browne’s smart distribution from centre back, ensured that lead had been extended to 10 points by the 46th minute.

Corofin were game and worked hard but the early promise of their performance in the first quarter was gradually and effectively snuffed out by their opponent’s greater overall quality.

The 2006 Munster intermediate finalists certainly had the bit between their teeth in the opening stages with John Keane’s monster free nudging them 0-2 0-1 ahead in the 9th minute.

Both sides were guilty of sloppy finishing and poor decision making in the final third before Gary Brennan stormed through to tie the game at 0-3 0-3.

This was the cue for Clondegad to stamp their authority on the match. McMahon, who had earlier seen a low drive skid across the face of goal, rounded off a well-worked point before Clondegad moved into a commanding lead.

Gary Brennan fed Patrick Coffey in acres of room at the heart of the Corofin defence. The corner forward took full advantage, roofing a shot to the net to put Clondegad 1-4 0-3 ahead in the 24th minute.

That’s how it remained until seconds after the restart when Corofin were handed a potential lifeline. Jason Tierney was hauled to the turf as he attempted to shoot just yards from the Clondegad goal. Up stepped Concannon but his penalty flew over the bar.

Having survived an early scare, Clondegad proceeded to stitch together some piercing attacking moves that typically involved wing forward Kenneth Kelly.

An unbroken 11-minute sequence of points from McMahon (2), James Murphy, Gary Brennan Eoghan Donnellan, Shane Brennan and Flan King put Clondegad 1-11 0-4 ahead by the 46th minute. Corofin grabbed late points from Darren Malone, Fergal Neylon and Diarmuid Daly but Clondegad were, by then, out of sight.

Clondegad
Declan O’Loughlin (7), Connor Gavin (7), Paddy O’Connell (7), Brian Murphy (7), James Murphy (7) (0-1), Kieran Browne (8), Francis Neylon (7), Gary Brennan (8) (0-2), Shane Brennan (8) (0-1), Kenneth Kelly (7), Padraig McMahon (8) (0-6)(1f)(45’), Kevin Donnelly, (7) Patrick Coffey (7) (1-0), Francis O’Reilly (7) (0-1), Eoghan Donnellan (7) (0-1)

Subs
Flan King (0-1) for Donnelly,

Corofin
Kieran Carkill (7), Stephen Quinn (6), Eamon Malone (6), Kieran O’Leary (6), Diarmuid Daly (6) (0-1), Brendan Keane (7), Daragh Shannon (6), Luke O’Loughlin (6), John Keane (7) (0-1)(1f), Michael Concannon (6) (0-2) (1f), Fergal Neylon (6) (0-1), Stephen Heagney (6), Jason Tierney (6), Damien Ryan (6), Darren Malone (6) (0-2)(1f)

Subs
MatthewShannon

Man of the Match
Shane Brennan (Clondegad) Referee Michael Rock (Ennistymon)

WHILE MUCH has changed in Clare over the last 50 years there is much too that remains the same – the waves still crash headlong onto the north Clare coast, the fresh sea air still has the power to both revive and restore and the fish still bite best from the rocks off Blackhead in Fanore.

Later this week hundreds of current and past members of the Lisdoonvarna/Fanore Sea Angling will descend on O’Donohue’s Pub in Fanore to celebrate the 50 anniversary of one of Clare oldest angling clubs. Old trophies, pictures and newspapers articles will all be on show for the event, which takes place this Sunday, June 12, while an open-day for young and new members will also take place.

The club was founded in 1961 when a group of local Fanore men travelled to Lahinch to take part in an angling competition. The men soon realised that they had walked past some of the best fishing spots in the country to get to Lahinch and decided to set up their own angling clubs to fish the north Clare coast.

“There would have been some mackerel fishing and some rock fishing going on in the area at the time but there was no organised angling and certainly no competition taking place. Surprisingly there wasn’t really much fishing going on locally,” says James Linnane of the Lisdoonvarna/Fanore Sea Angling Club.

“Some individuals would fish for bass along the beach and there was Jack Shine from Liscannor who could catch sharks from the shores so there was interest in fishing locally – just no club to bring it all together.”

Indeed, the late Jack Shine, who was the creamery manager in Moy for many year, is generally credited as being the first man to introduce the fishing rod into the north Clare area. Jack is still the only man in Ireland who has successfully caught porbeagle sharks from the shoreline.

The club was founded in Lisdoonvarna in 1961 with Ennistymon man Don Curtin as it’s first president with Pete Commane from Liscannor as Chairman, Padriac Kett from Fanore as vice-chairman, Jimmy Carrucan from Fanore as treasurer and John Cullinan from Lisdoonvarna as secretary.

The open day will run from 2pm to 6pm in Fanore and will give a chance for older members to remember the past while allowing younger people to get their first taste of angling.

“We will have an exhibition of all the trophies and cups donated to the club going down the years as well as a list of everyone who won a com- petition with the club over the years. We also have some great photos of the club and Fanore from back in the 1960 – which will show what life was life for the people when the club was founded,” continued James.

“We will also be trying to encourage more people, especially juveniles, into the club so we will be having a number of angler there who will host a juvenile day on the beach while we will supply reels and roads for them. North Clare is one of the best finishing grounds in Europe at the moment so we might as well use them as well as protect them.”

For more information on the club contact James at 087 2215159.