The concluding A3 graded 525 yards contest was the feature event on Thursday night’s card at Galway Greyhound Stadium on an eight race card that also featured the opening round heats of the Liam Brussels Memorial A4 525.
CLARE OWNERS had reason to be cheerful over the festive period following performances of their dogs in Galway.
There were twelve races on last Thursday’s card in Limerick with five Clare owned greyhounds in the winner’s enclosure.
*Avenue Utd players celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UNITED are Clare Cup champions for the twelfth time, they retained the title with a deserved win over fellow Ennis side, Lifford FC.
*Fiachra Roche. Photograph: John Mangan A SECOND STINT with Lifford FC is proving to be a fruitful one for Fiachra Roche who has observed a considerable increase in the commitment and by coincidence an improvement in their fortunes.
*Lifford players celebrate as Paul Martin scores the winning penalty. Photograph: Joe Buckley LIFFORD SEALED their place in the final of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup in the most dramatic of fashion winning a penalty shootout at the death against Tulla Utd.
Pinnacle Rio claimed a fourteenth career success for Michael Costelloe while the John Maher owned Kate’s Princess routed her rivals in Galway.
*Shannon Town’s Gary O’Connell. Photograph: Joe Buckley Gary O’Connell was the hero as Shannon Town A opened their Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division campaign with a victory over Lifford on Sunday morning.
A double for Sixmilebridge’s Stephen Murray was the highlight for Clare greyhound followers in Galway over the weekend while Kilmaley owners also showed they have the aces on the track.
