Founded 15th Dec 1884
Clara got the opening score of the match through G Guilfoyle. T Deehan then got his first of the match before Tullamore got their first score of the match to leave Clara 0-2 to 0-1 ahead after 10 minutes. A J Reynolds point together with a point by Tullamore left it 0-3 to 0-2 mid way through the half. Two Tullamore points and points by G Guilfoyle and T Deehan left the score 0-5 to 0-4 going into the last five minutes of the half. Tullamore then equalised before T Deehan scored two frees to leave Clara 0-7 to 0-5 ahead at half time.
Tullamore got the opening three scores of the second half to take the lead at 0-8 to 0-7. Points by M Mitchell and 3 points by T Deehan put Clara 0-11 to 0-8 in front. Tullamore got the next 2 points to narrow the gap to the minimum. J Reynolds got the next score to put Clara 2 points clear again going into the last couple of minutes. Going into injury time Tullamore narrowed the gap to one point before Clara closed out the game with points by G Guilfoyle and T Deehan for a 0-14 to 0-11 win.
Team: K Meehan, J Ledwith, J Quinn, D Kelly, D Ledwith, M Mitchell (0-1), L Hiney, S Brady, R Brady, T Dalton, J O’Hara, C Kelly, G Guilfoyle (0-3), J Reynolds (0-2), T Deehan (0-8, 0-3frees). Subs: A Cronin for J Ledwith, P Deehan for C Kelly
Senior Football Final
Clara played Rhode in the senior championship final on Sunday loosing to Rhode 3-9 Clara 2-11.
McNamee's seventh-minute goal handed Rhode the early initiative, but that lead was quickly cancelled out by Thomas Deehan's punched effort at the opposite end in the 13th minute. Anton Sullivan restored Rhode's advantage with their second goal in the 17th minute, but Clara finished the half strongly with points from John O'Hara and Deehan to go into the break on level terms, 1-4 to 2-1.
McNamee's second major in the 39th minute put Rhode back in the driving seat, but with John Reynolds, O'Hara and Deehan asserting themselves, Clara were back on level terms heading into the final quarter. Niall Darby accurate free-taking and McNamee, who fired over two points, Rhode had opened up a four-point advantage before O'Hara pulled back a Clara goal in injury-time. However, it was a case of too little, too late as the green and golds held on the claim the Dowling Cup for 2010. The game had an attendance of 6,500.
Home Coming after County Final
The home coming for the senior footballers and management team was well received with a great crowd to welcome them home on Sunday evening, led by the Clara band through the town to the square where all assembled, both younge and old to thank all for a great year even in the eye of defeat.
Well done guys, we will be back again next year.
Scorers -- Rhode: N McNamee 2-4 (0-2f), N Darby 0-5 (0-4f), A Sullivan 1-0. Clara: T Deehan 1-6 (0-6f), J O'Hara 1-2, J Reynolds 0-3.Rhode -- E McDonald; C Heavey, D Murphy, B Darby; R Leavy, D Hope, S Sullivan; M Dunne, R Malone; N Darby, P Sullivan, A Sullivan; J Coffey, P Kellaghan, N McNamee. Subs: A McNamee for Coffey (28), E Byrne for Leavy (h-t), J Kilmurray for Malone (57).
Clara -- K Meehan; J Ledwith, Joe Quinn, D Kelly; D Ledwith, M Mitchell, L Hiney; S Brady, R Brady; T Dalton, J Reynolds, P Deehan; T Deehan, J O'Hara, G Guilfoyle. Subs: A Cronin for J Ledwith (23), M Stones for Hiney (45), K O'Meara for Dalton (56), P Flanagan for P Deehan (56), C Kelly for D Ledwith (59).
Ref -- D Brazil.
Clara defeated Erin Rovers in the Quarter Final on Saturday evening in O’Connor Park on a score line of 1-11 to 0-8. The Clara team and scorers were: Kevin Meehan, Deasun Baggot, Joe Quinn, Darren Kelly, Paul Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, David Ledwith, Peter Flanagan, Ross Brady, Graham Guilfoyle, Paul Deehan, Stephen Deehan (0-1), Thomas Deehan (0-2), John Reynolds (0-4), Eoin Brady (0-1). Subs: Enda Dunne (0-2) for P Mitchell, Tony Dalton for P Deehan, Scott Brady for P Flanagan, John O’Hara (1-0) for T Deehan, Thomas Deehan for G Guilfoyle
Junior A Football Championship - 31/08/2011
We defeated Ballycommon last Wednesday evening in our last game of the group. This means we went through our group undefeated and we now play Ballinagar in the Q/Final. The Clara team was: James Kinahan, Peter Touhey, Michael Rosney, Liam Monaghan, Enda Stones, John Flattery, Shane Grennan, Jimmy Taylor, Eamon Maher, Derek Coyne, Marius Stones, Kevin Mitchell, Christopher Flanagan, Darren Coughlan, Padraig Moran. Subs: Pa Smith for P Moran, Wayne Flanagan for J Kinahan, Michael Mitchell for D Coyne
The Senior Football Manager for 2012 is Brian Cosgrave
U21 Football Management
The U21 Football Management team for 2012 is: Brian Gavin, John Reynolds, Matthew Mitchell, Padraig O'Meara and Kevin Forde
There is training for all adult players on Friday night at 7.45pm in the GAA Centre.