Cooraclare GAA Club

There will be a club meeting in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 18th April at 9pm. All Welcome

Cooraclare seniors got their first win on the board in the Garry Cup against Kilkee on Friday night. Cooraclare got off to a slow start but mid way through the first half took control of the game. Goals from Gearoid Looney in the first half and John Looney in the second helped them on their way to a comprehensive win against an under strength Kilkee team.

Cooraclare Seniors got a point against Lissycasey on Friday night after a competitive game. Cooraclare were 5-3 down at half time and could have been further behind but for a good save from Declan Keane. A strong showing at the start of the second half saw Cooraclare power into a 7 point lead with less than 10 minutes to go. They couldn’t hang on however and a strong finish from Lissycasey saw them tie up the game with a last minute goal for a share of the spoils.

Cooraclare’s under 14′s will be taking on Wolfe Tones in the under 14 A final this Saturday 10th September in Kilmihil. The match is kicking off at 2.00pm.

If you want to show your support the following are available for sale -

• Headbands
• Car flags
• Small flags with Pole
• 3 X 2 flags with Pole
• Big flags no Pole
• Buntings 30ft length (Cloth Material)

Contact one of the following to get any of the above items

Peter McLoone – 086 3706443

Gerlandine Donnellan – 087 9725312

Sharon Keane – 087 6564265

You can contact Geraldine Donnellan at Cooraclare Post office up to Fri the 9th at 6.00pm.

Best of luck to the under 14s and we’re looking for everyone to come and support the boys this weekend.

The past week has been an excellent week for the club. At the beginning of the week we had the under 14 team giving a great performance in winning the County A Semi-final against all the odds.

Saturday was D Day for our seniors. Only a victory over St Breckans would get us through to the knock-out stages. Playing against the wind in the first half our boys carried the game to St Breckans and played excellent footbal. The opening two scores were points but they could just as easily been goals. At half time we led by 0-7 to 0-4.With the aid of the wind in the second half we expected to run out easy winners but St Breckan had different ideas. They attacked almost continuosly for the first fifteen minutes and a combination of a stout defence and poor shooting by St Breckans left Breckans with just a point to show for their efforts.A goal by Gearoid Looney, one of our key men on the day, broke the deadlock and Cooraclare took control again for the rest of the game. A second goal by Sean McGuire sealed the victory and we eventually won by 2-12 to 0-7.We now meet Kilmurry Ibrickane in the quarter final – a tall order – but if we have hopes of victory in the championship we must defeat them along the way. That game takes place on September 17th.

Our Junior team played Miltown Malbay for a place in the quarter final. Fieding a strong team we took charge from the start. Playing with the wind in the first half we scored some great points from all angles against what proved to be a weak Miltown Malbay team.At half time the score was 1-12 to 0-0.Miltown rallied a little in the second half playing with the aid of the wind but we ran out easy winners on a scoreline of 1-16 to 0-4.

It is twenty five years this year since the 1986 county final win for Cooraclare and the video of that final has just been posted up to the Videos section of this site.

The senior footballers are in action this weekend against Kilkee in the first round of the 2011 championship. The game is set to go ahead this Sunday in Doonbeg.