May Festival 2019

The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games had fantastic results at the Community Games May National Finals in U.L. over the weekend (24th -26th May). One hundred and ninety five children from twenty eight areas across the county participated in a wide variety of sporting and cultural events - Swimming, Duathlon, Chess, Mixed Distance Relay, Cross Country, Marathon, Gymnastics, Handball, Choir, Handwriting. Art, Model Making, Projects, Music, Singing, Dancing, Drama, Quiz, Debating. Clare got Gold in Six events, Silver in Fourteen, Bronze in Fifteen and fourth in Five. Some children brought two medals both individual and team. Clare children brought home 115 medals. The standard was extremely high and some were unlucky not to be amongst the medal winners. 

See full album of photos on Facebook courtesy of Mary Loughnane.

gold

• Sean Conway – Ennis St John’s - U10 Backstroke
• Saoirse Kent – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly – U12 Solo Dance
• Jack Leahy – Cratloe – U16 Model Making
• U12 Group Drama/Comedy – Tulla – Eabha McNamara, Zoe Quinn
• U12 Group Music – Newmarket-on-Fergus – Diarmuid & Gearoid Crowe, Emma & Kate Jones
• Marathon Boys Team – Barry Conway – Ballynacally/Lissycasey, Luke Griffin – Ballynacally, Niall Murphy – Quin/Clooney, CianO’Boyle – Ennis St Johns

Silver

• U16 Chess – Ennis St John’s – Naem Haq, Diarmuid Kilroy, Ronan Marren, Sam Montwell, Dylan Murphy, Ronan Kilroy, Cian Pyne
• U13 Cross Country Team – Aidan Considine – Cooraclare/Cree, Gemma Galvin – Kilrush, Nicole Keane – Inagh/Kilnamona/Cloonanaha, Aoife Lillis – Cooraclare/Cree, Joe Mannion – Doora/Barefield, Colm McMahon – Doonbeg, Lisa Nicholas – Tulla, Ian Ryan – Doonbeg, Lucy Shannon – Doora/Barefield, Darragh Townsend – Cooraclare/Cree
• U14 Girls Mixed Distance Relay – Avril Lillis – Doora/Barefield, Holly O’Boyle – Ennis St John’s, Grace Rynne – Ennis St John’s, Ciara Frawley – Doora/Barefield, Ellen Mannion – Doora.Barefield, Louise O’Mahony – Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry
• U14 Boys Mixed Distance Relay – Sean Fennell – Kilrush, Charlie Hannon - Doora/ Barefield, Fionn O’Mara – Killanena/Flagmount, Daire Culligan – Ballynacally/ Lissycasey
• Niall Murphy – Quin/Clooney – Marathon Individual
• Tiernan Slattery – Derg – U16 Handball
• Leanne Liddane – Carrigaholt/Cross – U14 Butterfly
• Sybil Perkins – U16 Butterfly
• Leah O’Connor – Doora/Barefield – U10 Freestyle
• U12 Group Dance – Doora/Barefield – Olwyn Keane, Sofie Keane
• Debating Team – Tommy Brooks – Quin/Clooney, Roisin O’Dwyer – Lisdoonvarna/D/K/K., Muiris Quinn – Moylussa, Caden Smith – Moylussa
• Group Singing U16 – Quin/Clooney – Saoirse Brennan, Lily Hawton, Aoife McHugh, Ciara O’Dwyer, Sive Timmons, Aoife Toher
• U13 Boys Squad – Ennis St John’s – Tadgh Conway, Rhys Flynn, Ferdia Hayes, Leo Liu, Stephen Wang
• Marathon Girls Team – Katy Arthur, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Grace Carmody, Inch/ Kilmaley/Connolly, Saoirse Crowe – Kilrush, Mary Ann Murray – Killanena/Flagmount

Bronze

• Tiernan Nijs – Derg – U16 Back Stroke
• James Rochford – Ennis St John’s – U13 Gymnastics
• Cormac Byrne – Miltown Malbay – U16 Solo Singing
• Morgan Leahy – Cratloe – Model Making U12
• Evie Quinn – Tulla – U12 Model Making
• Holly Downes – Kilmihil – U10 Handwriting
• Saoirse Crowe – Kilrush – Marathon Individual
• Tadhg O’Leary – Inagh/Kilnamona/Cloonanaha – U14 Art
• Muavia Ujaz Ghazi – Doora/Barefield – U16 Art
• Gemma Galvin – Kilrush – Individual U13 Cross Country
• Mixed Distance Relay U12 Boys – Jack Dilleen – Doora/Barefield, Gabriel Fennell – Cooraclare/Cree, Joseph McMahon – Kilrush, Tom Arthur – Moylussa, Finn Duignan – Ennis St John’s, Luke Reid – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly
• Choir U16 – Clarecastle/Ballyea – Ava Courtney, Alma Carey, Aoibhinn Corbett, Ivanna Costelloe, Caoimhe Francis, Sarah Gorman, Alannah Hayes, Derrin Healy, Mairead McNamara, Katelyn Talty, Saoirse Talty
• Chess U13 – Ennis St John’s – Egor Galyants, Najib Haq, Conall McCarthy, Odhran Murphy, James Rochford, Dylan Rush, Leo Liu
• Quiz – Tulla – Finn Boyce, Cathal Culloo, Katelyn Leamy, Liam Moroney, Lisa Nicholas, Evie Quinn
• Project U13 – Tulla – Joanna McCarthy, Maeve Rochford

Pewter

• Aoife Lillis – Cooraclare/Cree - U13 Cross Country Individual
• Luke Griffin – Ballynacally/Lissycasey – Marathon Individual
• Tadgh Conway – Ennis St John’s – U12 Back Stroke
• U16 Group Dance – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly – Leilani & Saoirse Kent
• U11 Project – Lisdoonvarna/D/K/K. – Aidan Garrahy, Ben Spencer Schefzig, Alfie Whelan, Patrick Byrne O’Connell

Full List of Clare Participants