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THE fourth Annual Matt O’Connor memorial open sports were held at Crusheen GAA grounds and there was a huge turnout of juvenile ath- letes from all Clare clubs.
The girls U7 50metres saw Sarah O’Donoghue, Kilnaboy, take vic- tory while Conor Malone, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, won the boys ONE
The first double of the evening went to Clodagh Leonard, Marian, in the
girls U8 where she romped home over 100m and 200m.
Wayne Linnane, St Mary’s, pro- duced two outstanding races in the boys U10 when taking double gold in the 100m and 200m.
Niamh Markham, St Mary’s, re- corded a great double in the girls U13 100m and 600m with Catriona Hennessy, Marian, a very impressive winner of the girls UI5 when taking a treble in the 100m, 800m and jun- ior ladies title.
Conor Neylon, Marian, was in fine
form where he took the junior and senior 100 metre titles, with Hilda O’Connor, Ennis Track Club, taking gold in the masters ladies 100m, and Dermot Moran, St Mary’s, took the masters men O50 title.
The senior ladies 1500metres and the Matt O’Connor Memorial Tro- phy went to Sue Garrahy, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, where she led from start to finish to take the title ahead of Marian Burke, St Mary’s, and a surprise third was Caroline Darcy, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North
Clare, who also got engaged on the day.
The senior mens 1500metres team event saw a very big race from Brian Murphy, Marian, taking the field out at a very good pace over the first two laps. With two laps remaining he had opened up a good lead to take the title from Martin Glynn and Pat Hogan, both Ennis Track Club.
Marian AC retained their team title with Brian Murphy, Fergal Smith- wick, Tom Geraghty for a total of eo ie