•Clarinbridge GAA Club is one of four shortlisted for Ireland’s Best Club Down Under, sponsored by Etihad Airways. The other three clubs are Cork’s Bishopstown, Glynn Barntown of Wexford, and Kilmacud Crokes. Clarenbridge, which was founded in 1889, has enjoyed many successes on the field, winning its first county intermediate title in 1983. In 2001 it won its first county senior title by overcoming the then reigning All Ireland champions Athenry, and in 2010 it won its second county senior title, going on to win the 2011 All Ireland Hurling Club title for the first time. Etihad will fly the first team from the winning club to Australia, where it will train with GAA legend Nicky English ahead of the challenge game of a lifetime.
To vote for Clarinbridge log onto www.etihadgaa.ie and register a vote before Wednesday September 28.
•Galway will have two representatives involved in Sunday’s TG4 Ladies GAA All-Ireland Junior Championship final in Croke Park, and both are involved with New York. Fergal O’Neill, from Glenamaddy, is a selector, while player Méabh De Búrca is from Newcastle. Fergal is a former Galway senior footballer and also played for Galway United while Méabh De Búrca has won junior county honours with her home club St Michael’s, and is also on the Irish international soccer squad. New York Ladies’ County which represents New York will play Wicklow in the junior decider.
• Galway’s Caherlistrane claimed the Shield title at the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy/St Jude’s All-Ireland Junior Football Sevens Championship, which was won by the host club. Caherlistrane prevailed over Europa with a 2-6 to 0-7 victory.
