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Clare minors to take on Rebels

This article is from page 66 of the 2011-04-19 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 66 JPG

The Clare Ladies Football Minors will travel to Cork on Wednesday to play the Rebels in the second round of the Munster Minor A Championship. The Clare girls will feel they could have played better against Kerry last week and should come out with all guns blazing if they are to play to the level they set themselves at the start of this year’s campaign. With all the ground work done in the lead up to the Munster Championship, their biggest test will be to see if they retain the appetite for the big game. It doesn’t get much bigger than going to Mallow to play Cork who have come off the back of a big win over Tipperary. Clare last met Cork in the final of the 2010 Munster A Championships and already know they will have to be ready to take any and every scoring opportunity against Cork and also to defend tirelessly.The team bus will depart Bank Corner Miltown Malbay at 4pm and leave the West County Hotel at 4.50pm sharp. The Clare Panel is as follows:

Niamh O’Dea, Laurie Ryan, Niamh Walsh, Eleanor Carey, Orlaith Lynch, Aoife Martin (Banner) Megan Byrne, Kayleigh McCormack, Roisin Howley (Burren Gaels) Roisin Looney, Aoife O’Gorman (Cooraclare) Karen O’Brien (Doora-Barefield) Tara Sheehan, Alana O’Brien, Shaunagh O’Brien: (Eire Og) Ciara O’Malley, Aoife Clohessy: Eimear O’Shea (Fergus Rovers) Edel McMahon, Eleanor O’Gorman (Kilmihil) Aisling Torpey, Roisin Rouine, Threase Shannon (Liscannor) Niamh Pender, Shauna Crowley, Ciara Burke (Miltown) Shauna Harvey, Grainne Harvey (West Clare Gaels)

Clare face Tipperary in the third round of the Munster Minor A Championship which is set for this Saturday April 23rd at St. Joseph’s Doorabarefield at 3:30pm THE BANNER Ladies’ Under 14’s will accompany West Clare Gaels, Kilmurry Ibrickane and Doorabarefield into the semi-finals of the Feile Peil na mBan after emerging strongest from their group at the weekend. The Banner Ladies coasted to the semi’s with emphatic wins over New

market, Wolfe Tones and Crusheen at the St. Flannan’s pitches last Sunday. The semi-finals and final will be concluded in Gurteen on Bank Holiday Monday at 10am. This year’s football Feile is hosted by Cork and the winners of the Clare Feile will be grouped in Division 1 with Cork local teams Fermoy and Aghada and the Feile winners of Mayo.

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