*Dylan Casey scored the all-important goal for Avenue Utd. Photograph: John Mangan Avenue United and Ennis Town progressed to the next round of the FAI Junior cup with home victories over Desmond league opposition on Sunday.
*Corofin Harps celebrate their U15 success. Photograph: Joe Buckley Schoolboys finals were held at Frank Healy Park across the Halloween weekend.
*Dean Hegarty was on target once again for Ennis Town. Photograph: Natasha Barton Ennis Town FC and Shannon Utd have progressed to the third round of the Munster Junior Cup.
Newmarket Celtic completed a club double while Connolly Celtic and Bunratty/Cratloe also collected League Cup honours over the weekend.
*Avenue Utd’s Cian O’Dea. Photograph: Natasha Barton Avenue Utd and Newmarket Celtic clash on Friday in the Premier League Cup decider, days after the club’s had very different outcomes in the FAI Junior Cup.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley Avenue Utd powered into the second round of the FAI Junior Cup alongside Bridge Utd and Ennis Town while Newmarket Celtic suffered a shock exit.
*Lifford’s Jean Ganda in action against Shannon Hibb’s Mickey Wall, Photograph: Natasha Barton Soccer fixtures were disrupted last weekend as all pitches in Shannon were waterlogged and thus unplayable which led to the cancellation of the games set for those venues.
There were a number of impressive performances by Clare sides as the race for the FAI Junior Cup got underway at the weekend.
*Mark Roche scored two goals for Avenue Utd in their important win over Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Oliver Fitzpatrick Avenue Utd recorded an important win over rivals Newmarket Celtic to maintain top spot in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division with Shannon Town proving too strong for Ennis Town.
*Chibby Okoye keeps the ball from Jamesy McConigley Newmarket Celtic maintain top spot in the Maloney Garden Premier Division while Ennis Town continued their run of impressive form with Avenue Utd coming out on top against Shannon Town.
