After almost 17 weeks of inactivity, the countdown is finally on for the reopening of Ennis Golf Club on Monday. And for Club President Steve Burns, it simply couldn’t come soon enough.
It may not have been the 125th anniversary that they initially envisaged but Spanish Point Golf Club are eager to make the most of the quasquicentennial milestone from the end of April.
*Johnny Callinan. Photograph: Joe Buckley Depending on your vintage, the release of John Callinan’s autobiography ‘To Play, To Live’ is either a welcome lockdown leap down memory lane to an era in which Clare were a match for anyone in the land or a timely introductory insight into one of the county’s greatest ever hurlers.
*The generations of O’Keeffes, Michael Jnr, Michael Snr and Anne. Photograph: John Mangan Tulla’s sporting infrastructure understandably evokes an immense source of local pride, with The Cragg (Tulla United), Dr. Daly Memorial Park (Tulla GAA Club) and now Creamery Park Road (Tulla Athletic Club) forming an enviable triumvirate for the town.
*Michael O’Keeffe Jnr, Michael Minogue, Eugene Conlon, Thomas Byrnes, Louise McInerney, Michael O’Keeffe Sn, Peadar Greene, Terry Quinn, Anne O’Keeffe. Photograph: John Mangan With tomorrow (Friday, April 2nd) being World Autism Awareness Day, it’s fitting that Tulla Athletic Club are set to introduce Inclusive Athletics to their ever-expanding offering.
Back-to-back Women’s National League champion Chloe Moloney is hoping to also nudge Galway WFC into title contention after re-signing for the club ahead of the new season lift-off this Saturday.
Athlone Town’s latest signing Laurie Ryan is relishing the prospect of competing in the Women’s National League for the first time after a chance encounter saw the Ennis native rekindle her zeal for soccer in a whirlwind few weeks.
Kilmaley and Clooney-Quin will contest both the Under 15 B and the Academy B Finals after prevailing in their respective semi-final clashes on Sunday.
In a dogged tie that could have realistically swung in either direction, it was Clonlara who provided the greater composure coming down the final straight to edge the opening spoils in Sixmilebridge on Friday evening.
