Threebagsofmeat wins for veteran Gerry
VETERAN Gerry Maloney had more joy in the greyhound scene with Threebagsofmeat winning again.
VETERAN Gerry Maloney had more joy in the greyhound scene with Threebagsofmeat winning again.
THERE was a major upset in the quarter-final of the Leger at the Limerick Track on Saturday night last as Flyers Minnie (Ballyhimikin Jet & Liosgarbh Lila) made every inch of the running to win at odds of 33/1.
*Tiermana Hunter and Colm Fitzgerald are surrounded by West Clare supporters after winning the Anne Chevers Memorial Stake at Galway. TIERMANA HUNTER trained by Kilrush’s Colm Fitzgerald took the spoils in the €2000 Ann Cheevers Memorial Stake.
THERE WAS no confusion for Cratloe owner Ger Manley when Confused Kiely claimed the top prize in the €500 Getting Out Race.
*Robert Carkill and family celebrate the success of Camerooney. CLARE greyhound owners tasted success in Galway, Limerick and Kerry over the past week.
*Colm Fitzgerald. A son of controversial Antrim hurling manger, and Clare hurling legend, Davy Fitzgerald, was given a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence after he admitted stealing €35,000 from his then employer, Bank of Ireland, to feed his “out-of-control gambling addiction”.
MYLES CUMMINS and Donnacha McNamara were among the victorious owners in Limerick.
DONIE DUGGAN had a weekend to remember on the greyhound front in Galway.
*Colm Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SON of former All-Ireland winning Clare hurler and manager, Davy Fitzgerald, appeared in court today to affirm guilty pleas to thieving a total of €35,000 from a bank in his native Clare.
JOHN CARMODY has been ratified as the manager of the Clare senior and junior camogie sides for 2023.