Clara GAA Club,Offaly GAA
Junior Hurling Championship
Clara 3 – 11. Seir Kierain 3 – 10.
Clara secured the top spot in their group with a hard fought win over Seir Kierain on a scoreline of 3-11 to 3-10 played on an excellent prepared Clara pitch last Friday evening. All though both teams were through this game was played in real championship spirit. We lead at halftime on a scoreline of 3-6 to 1-6, our goals coming from Marius Stones and a penalty from Joey Deehan. Seir Kierain had a great start to the second half and with fifteen minutes to go the game was level. But we steadied the ship and secured the vital scores to get us over the line. At this time there is no date for our quarter final or who our opposition will be. We are now in the business end of the year and from Monday 27th July we are training on every Monday and Thursday.
Team: Pa Smith, Martin Fleming, John Ledwith, James Fleming, Liam Monaghan, Thomas Deehan, Lorcan Hiney, Ross Brady, Alan Cronin,( capt), Sean Nolan, Darren Scanlon, Stephen Buckley (0-4), Stephen Deehan, Marius Stones(2-1), Joey Deehan(1-6). Subs used: Stephen O’Brien for Sean Nolan, Colm Doyle for Darren Scanlon, and David Ledwith for Stephen Buckley.
U16 Football Championship
Clara played St. Broughan’s on Sunday last and lost on a score line of 0-21 to 1-9. The Clara team was: Wesley Johnson, Josh McCloskey, Darryl O’Brien, Gerard Hackett, Nathan Bracken, Kieran Hartnett, Thomas Dolan, Seamus O’Brien(0-1), David Falsey(0-4), Conor Murray(1-0), David Malone, Chris Egan(0-2), Josh Fleming, Conor Monaghan and David Dunne. Subs: Conor Egan, Scott Weldon, Gary Kelly, Eoin Cowen(0-1), Mark Newman(0-1), Brandon Tobella and Ciaran Doyle.
Clara GAA BBQ
Clara GAA club are hosting a Bar-B-Que on Saturday 2nd August in honour of the 1954 Junior Football Champions and 1964 Senior Football Champions. It will be held in the GAA Grounds Kilcoursey at 9pm and tickets for the event cost €5. All are welcome to attend.
Fixtures
Wed 23rd July: U12 Hurling League Vs CRC Gaels in Carrig at 6.45pm Thurs 24th July: Junior B Football Quarter Final Vs Kilcormac/Killoughey in Cloghan at 7.45pm Fri 25th July Senior Football Championship Vs Kilcormac/Killoughey in Cloghan at 7.45pm Mon 28th July Junior A Football Championship Vs Killeigh in Clara at 7.45pm
WEEKLY CLUB LOTTO
Lotto results 19/07/14 Numbers drawn were 10-12-18-22. There was no winner of the Jackpot. There were 3 match 3 winners. They were: Paul Harte, Valerie & Robbie and Hannah Rigney. Next week’s draw is for €2900 and takes place in Dolan’s at 10pm on Saturday night. Tickets are available from committee members and in premises throughout the town priced at €1.50. All support greatly appreciated.
Open Championship
Clara GAA would like to congratulate Shane Lowry on a brilliant performance in The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool where he finished the week with a joint low score for the week of 65 for a Tied 9th place.
