*Clare defender Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BETWEEN management, the backroom team and rules there’s a lot of newness regarding Clare football but wing-back Alan Sweeney is remaining a constant amidst the changes.
On Sunday, the annual Costello cup fixture, a scotch foursomes competition, between Woodstock and Ennis will take place at Ennis with tee times available between 9.30am and 11am.
LAHINCH ladies club will hold their annual Play in Pink Invitational day in aid of Breast Cancer Research on Monday April 14 on both the Old and Castle courses.
THE FINAL of the Winter league at East Clare Golf Club will take place on this Sunday, February 23.
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
*A CGI impression of the new Lahinch Clubhouse. CASH-rich Lahinch Golf Club is set to spend €6.1m on its club-house redevelopment on the back of bumper green fee receipts since Covid-19.
Evelyn Skehan, President of East Clare Golf Club, presenting the President’s prize to the winner Maria Kennedy. The Ennis ladies’ intermediate foursomes team will take on Kinsale in an All-Ireland quarter-final on this Saturday at 1pm in Gort
*Peter O’Keeffe (Douglas) and Aideen Walsh (Lahinch) were crowned Irish Mid-Amateur champions again at Tipperary. Photo: Fran Caffrey / Golffile. ENNIS’ Aideen Walsh retained her title as Irish Mid-Amateur champion on Sunday.
It’s been a busy week of competitions at Kilrush resulting in some very good scores across ladies and men’s events.
*Beth Coulter, Áine Donegan and Sara Byrne ENNIS’ Áine Donegan is among the three Irish golfers to be selected on the 2024 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team.