Junior A Football Championship

Clara beat Gracefield on a score line of 1-16 to 0-7 in the Junior A Championship on Sunday in Clara. The Clara team was James Kinahan, Michael Mitchell, David Ledwith, Liam Monaghan, Caomhan Sheridan, Sean Nolan, Andrew Cushen, Tony Dalton, Eamon Maher (0-1), Stephen O’Brien, Alan Cronin(0-5), Callum Stewart(0-1), Pa Smith (0-3), Darren Scanlon (1-1) and Joey Deehan (0-5, 0-2Frees). Subs: Adam Scanlon (0-1) for D Scanlon, Sam Rickard for S O’Brien, Shane Grennan for S Nolan, Noel Buckley for A Cronin and Gerry Kinahan for C Stewart

Opening Day Programme

Anybody wishing to purchase a souvenir programme for the opening day of the new pitch please contact any member of the committee. The price of a programme is 3 Euro plus postage.

Sponsor a Sod

You can sponsor a sod for 20 Euro. This will help with the development of the field. Anyone wishing to sponsor a sod please contact any member of the committee.

U14 HURLING

Clara U14 hurlers hosted Ferbane/Belmont after Ferbane & Belmont pitches were deemed water logged last Friday evening. The game started well for Clara scoring an early goal and 2 pts but Ferbane/Belmont upped their game and scored 2-03 to take the lead going into half-time. The second half continued as the 1^st half finished and Ferbane/Belmont scored 2-03 quickly to take a 9 pt lead. Things were looking bad and changes were needed. 5 subs were introduced and in a nail-biting finish Clara scored 2-03 to earn a well-deserved draw on a scoreline of 4-08 to 4-08. Both teams must be complemented on such an exciting game played in a very sporting manner. We would like to thank Clara’s Bord Na nOg secretary Kevin Roe and our field committee whose tireless work behind the scenes ensured that this game could take place.

Clara’s panel included; Eoin Dunne, Mark Doorley, Callum Egan, Ciaran Doyle, David Falsey (Capt), Nathan Bracken, Thomas Dolan, Seamus O’Brien, Mark Newman, Josh McCluskey, Conor Egan, Alex Roe, Daryl O’ Brien, Josh Fleming, Josh Kearney, Gary Kelly, Jason Devine, Ruairi Cushen, Lee Fleming, Sean Fleming, Wesley Johnson

UNDER 16 HURLING

Clara U-16 hurlers hosted Ferbane/Belmont in the 3^rd round of the championship last Monday night on the very well prepared new pitch. After a 4 week layoff for exams, Clara started off very slow into the game and Ferbane/Belmont burst into a 1-4 to 1 point lead after 20 minutes. However Clara were now getting into the game and some switches in personnel were making a difference. The score at half-time was Ferbane/Belmont 1-5 to Clara’s 0-5. Clara upped their second half performance and scored 2 goals to take control of the game, however Ferbane/Belmont fought back and with only 3 points in it 2-12 to 1-12 with time almost up it left a very exiting finish but Clara held out for well-deserved victory.

The Clara panel was Darren Fleming, Glen Cunningham, Niall Keenan, Calum Egan, Luke Dignam,Colm Doyle, David Falsey, Leon Egan, Kevin O’Meara , Adam Dolan, Mark Fallon, Martin Fleming, Seamus O’Brien, Denis Hacket, Alan Gavin, Steven Buckley, Johnathan Hanamy, Carl Stewart, Dermot Doolan.

Girls Football

Congratulations to the girls U12 Football team on winning the county final at the weekend

Twitter

You can now follow Clara GAA on twitter on the address: Clara_gaa_club

Weekly Club Lotto

Weekly Lotto 30/06/2012 -There was no winner of the weekly club Lotto jackpot. The numbers drawn were 13-19-23-25. There were 4 match 3 winners. They were Aileen Feehan, Glen Cunningham, Alan Lynam and The Fleming Girls. Next weeks lotto takes place in Baggots and the Jackpot is €2300. Thanks to all who support our lotto and thanks to all our ticket sellers.

Fixtures

Mon 2^nd July: Div 2 Hurling League Vs Killeigh in Clara at 7.30pm                                Tues 3^rd July: Div 1 Football League Vs Erin Rovers in Pullough at 7.30pm                       Thurs 5^th July: Div 3 Football League Vs Gracefield in Gracefield at 7.30pm                                 Sun 8^th July: Div 2 Hurling League Vs Crinkle in Crinkle at 12Noon