Clare FM Sideline View Review Monday September 7th

0:00Hello and welcome on to Clara Femmes' sideline view review. It's Derek Lynch with you this evening. Coming up on the show, we reflect on the draws for the 2026 senior and intermediate football quarter finals. Review a dramatic weekend of ladies football action. We begin our build up to the MGN Irish Open and we'll head to Scarif for the latest stop in our more than a club series. Now we had the draws yesterday evening for the TWS senior and intermediate football championship quarter finals and it is just going to be a crack in Derby weekend. We'll talk more about it in the lead up to us. But at the same time, let's get a quick reaction on those draws. Party Kermitvinn has to do that. Party, if you had planned it out to put neighbor against neighbor, it just couldn't have worked out any better. Erogdura Barefield, Lisekei, Sequel Dysert, Milhtaud in a stymon and Kilmoree Dunbegg. No more than three four miles between any of them whatsoever. It's an incredible stuff. Yeah, it's most watering stuff, isn't it? And the proper Derby's, I think there's a borderline there between them all.

1:02We've got now, actually we've got West and we've got, you know, we call it Midwest and we've got, we've got the middle of Erogdura Barefield, if most watering stuff, brilliant, brilliant draw. Don't any of us would have maybe talked to maybe one bit of a niggly Derby there, but just to have the four of them. And then Jesus is every one of those contests is going to be a contest. There's a story to all of them. There's a farm there with a lot of teams. I think we're going to have a brilliant quarter final lineup and, you know, venues will be interesting as well. I suppose we might get that in the next day or two. But yeah, that should could play a big part in it depends on whether some of the games are played in QZ Pack or not, but yeah, really wet strips for the football. And not even even you think the nutrients out there will be excited by this lineup. And I suppose it's something that the championship need is. It's been a bit of a slow burner. We've had a couple of, you know, good games when we had an exciting finish to the group stages, but it would have come to the contest as well. You know, obviously that that break ends in this case again,

2:03but quite a bit riding on it and all the rest of it. But like this now is going to get people excited ahead of a quarter final and it'll really kind of kickstart things. That's the feeling I can get anywhere. Yeah, I was saying my ice time was a bite. Okay, well, there was no major drama on the last day. Of course, we had drama on the payoff last Friday night, exceptional game, high quality scores, drama, extra time. You know what I mean? If you talk about the winners of that game, do a bare field that are coming up now against the drug or not, that is a rogue. A team that they probably feel that they can turn over. They've come close on two occasions. They were very honest. I know there was more than a couple of scores in the full time. The county final last year, you know, but were 10 minutes to go to a bare field. You know, we're riding that game and had led for a lot of us. A couple of years before that again, they ran them very, very, very close. I think it was a quarter final stage. They're really, and gave it everything that they saw. I think they're going to know enough about each other. And I think the way the championship is going for door-a-bare field, I think that extra game against Cardiff In will have done them

3:06no harm whatsoever. You know, there were two week break now, lead them out to it. Their confidence is going to be up. They're getting players back all the time. When they have a full deck, they're an absolutely serious team. County final contenders, rightly so like the word, last year. They've played a lot of their group games, you know, with two-tree, maybe four lads missing. And they'll be going to kick off scores, they're getting the right results. Haven't had any really disastrous dayouts. And, you know, so I think they're going to be really going. And I think you'd imagine at this stage, Torger and Errol probably play the Errol in the group stage as well, that surely they can come up with a plan now to try and curb Mac and Ernie. He's having an unbelievable championship. He's putting a huge scorelines. I would imagine that at this stage, at any team that isn't facing Errol, with a plan to really curtail Mac and Ernie, you know, you're going into hiding for nothing. But I feel done trying all the boys. They will know that at this stage, that without a Gavin Walsh or Lacklin,

4:09well, sorry, without Gavin Cooley, Colin Wants or Lacklin, and a couple more from Errol, that you would call natural finishers, that if they can just put the tie-bush on Mac, Mac and Ernie, and then they probably have a 50-50 field, then after that, they can go after Errol and get scores. But you'd hope they wouldn't. You know, there's no reason why they shouldn't lack belief. And if they go at it, hopefully, you get a close contest and make the best team win. And while Errol, Garabasis, the leading contenders as champions, I think they deserve that title and that respect, is it fair to say that because the way the pairings have worked out, that the Chasing Pack now has tightened up a little bit because there's certainly very little between any of these and the other three ties. Exactly. You think the team that are not exactly rubbing their hands might be your own club of Kimmery? And it's why it's brilliant to have doing back back in a quarter final, and a dumb big team that have huge belief in themselves, huge honesty, it's drawback. You know, they've really worked hard.

5:12You know, we said when we spoke last week, that the two teams that nobody would like to face would be either a kill duster to do in big. On Fartsons, for them big, they've had the hard draw, I think, because this Kimmery team, I think they're ready for the championship till to think, if the draws keep them repaired for the semi-finals, well, I think Errol and Kimmery will be justified for it. It's a reach to county final. But Kimmery, if there's one team that doesn't want to take to home pick, like he's going to be Kimmery, their management team are going to absolutely be ready for fire with that one. Again, location for that one could be crucial. You know, you'd hope it'll be kept in Westair, maybe back in Coulter-Tair, bring a massive crowd like the old days, pack up both sides of it, and let the two teams go out of it. I think that could be a special one. And you know, you'd have to fancy Kimmery, but the weather is now coming into the Kobe Leveller, this Don Beg team, we've seen them all close. They've got huge belief, there's huge camaraderie there.

6:14They're going to go back from nothing, they're going to play with a freedom as well. Kimmery will carry the favourites tag. There's a bit of pressure on that. Well, I absolutely think that Don Begg will want to relish this. They probably would have preferred to meet somebody else. But, you know, we're really going back to all school traditional, really successful football clubs, well-run, well-respected, well-conquered, clear and beyond. And it's great to see them, these joggernauts going at each other again, I want to qualify. I just hope it hasn't upset the welcome, Dr. Kimmery, people might get back in Don Begg for the golf this week. I'm sure we'll still be allowed to turn back and leave a few pound after us behind around the village in Elkshire as well. So a fantastic weekend store there. David and Tommy and all the crowd of top-reers will roll out to welcome at him, sure. Maybe next week might be different. There's still two weeks to go out to these games. So maybe we might have to stay away from the lung village the week after, but we'll see how things work out and that. Just as was a touch party on the intermediate side of things, I was in Corra Clare at the Corra, at the in-estiming and Nevor game. Really good second half from Nevor, and kicks on brilliant scores.

7:14Nine Bunchfield was in brilliant farm. He kicked one tree on Lynch, kicks points for fun. There into the last eight, no, I'll be at the big, big test against Clunder Gad. Met a couple of Corra Clare lads. They were expecting to draw Kilrush, they said it's in their tradition. It's at this stage that's exactly how things played out. So that intermediate championship is stacking up as well. Yeah, I said that the group stage in the intermediate definitely didn't really get going. There was quite a gap between, we'll say the lower lads that play as a finish bottom in their groups and the top. As you said, Nevor, they'll be delighted with that. They'll be coming true with confidence very, very high. But they're meeting a real solid championship contender with Clunder Gad. They're probably the favorites to win that championship. But that will be a tricky one for them. Again, venue will play an important part of that one. But Clunder Gad have a really, really good panel now this year as well. Their younger lads, the Kirby's, the Calisters, they've got Believer out of the Hurlin'

8:17now, they've no relegation, no quarterfinance. So you'd imagine like Darrow Kennedy, you know, Connor, these lads now want to put their full attention into the big ball for the rest of the year. There'll be huge, huge throw into them. And you'd imagine Clunder Gad might have just too much for Nevor and book. Yeah, that Coral Clare can rush on that really wetst the appetite. I think they're won each over the last two years. And what's funny about those two games is, you know, I think, can rush one well the year before last. And Coral Clare turned around last year. And again, give them a bit of a sea into as well. So I would expect this year we'll see a much closer cageer battle where neither team will take each other for granted. And there'll be no love last day, especially three years in a row. And again, it's a huge, huge disappointment for the loser at that game. You know, losing a quarter final in a year where you expect them to go and win a championship would be really gutter-inching to be out after a quarter final. But that's the fate that awaits for some of these teams. And, you know, you'd be expecting the banner and potentially World Tones to navigate through there.

9:19And I think you'll probably end up with the four strong to send me finalists going off against each other where to be banner. Clunder Gad, World Tones and Kilrush. But there's a lot of football to be played before that happens. Yeah, and certainly isn't just the people who are both a relegation in case they haven't heard just yet. It'll be Kratlo and Sam break into the winners being safe. That's in the senior. And the losers meet Kilmehl in the relegation final. You'd wonder, do you want to get straight through and just concentrate everything on the one shot or potentially come into a relegation final after losing the previous day and have the disappointment that can come with that. So that'll all work out. We'll preview that closer to time next Friday week or there are both on the show of a party for a moment. Thanks for that. No worries, Derek. Thank you. Our build up to the M.G. and the show begins after the break. And we have a very special guest to take us through the course at Dunbegg. Now we are starting our build up to this week's M.G. and Irish Open at Trump's in Dunbegg. And who better to take us around the course, a man that knows it very, very well indeed. National League, all-time top score for himself, Mr. David O'Topary, as well as on the line. David will talk golf in a minute,

10:20but just a quick word on Dunbegg this week. What a hugely exciting time for the lung village and hopefully a week that would be living long in the memory. Yeah, I think everybody in Dunbegg is looking forward to it. As the buzz once we heard, the good news there, last October, November, this Dunbegg will be hosting Irish Open. I suppose we didn't expect what it was going to bring, but it's getting closer and closer now with these last few weeks. And the anticipation is building rapidly. And no, we're all looking forward to it here in Dunbegg. I think hopefully we're all set. And hopefully we can put on a great show and showcase the hospitality here in Westclair and Westclair has tougher going down the line. Does one thing Dunbegg does well? It's a festival because he host plenty of them back there throughout the year, a fabulous community to do that. And I know there's a big fall to a festival kind of built around the golf as well, which people can go and enjoy. Yeah, we're great back here in Dunbegg.

11:21We always probably look for, to see if we can try on a festival here and there. And I suppose the great thing about Dunbegg is that everybody were great to work together and everybody pulls well. This year we just taught that with the golf coming to Westclair that we could try on some sort of a festival. And I think we can put a Fudge of Festival to welcome everybody to Dunbegg and to Westclair. And it's going to be hopefully a great weekend. That's kick enough Friday evening. And we have, I suppose, if we'd known the draw before we asked him, I said, I probably wouldn't have brought Matthew down to Dunbegg. Matthew Morris is going up and the festival for us on Friday night, which is great. And that'll kick staff now, it's Friday Saturday and Sunday. And hopefully everybody coming to the village will enjoy us. Yeah, I was just saying that earlier, you might let those Climori people in this week, but I'd say next week could be a different story, is it? I will give you a weekend pass. Should be all right.

12:21Great, great, great couple of days ahead. And obviously on the golf course as well, then we've seen every week we're getting releases of new big names that are coming. It's a fantastic field. But it's both for people, David, that wouldn't know the golf course too well. You're obviously a member there. You've been up on it enough of times. Maybe just give us an overall sense, firstly of maybe the type of course it is. What type of player it might search or are some of the challenges they might face? I suppose it's kind of more of a tag-ish golf course. You have to be really, really detailed after the tee-box. You have to be on point. If you start spraying it, you can get in trouble. I suppose like looking at the Walker Cogdard less the last few days, no, I suppose Dumbig will probably need a bit of wind to top it up a small bit because if it's cam up there, you've got pros coming into that course and they could do a bit of damage. But we need a bit of the wind to test them a small bit up there. But the course has never been as good as since the Trumps have bought it.

13:23It's an unbelievable shape. Scott Maron, his team up there have done a great job. But it's hopefully the test of pros coming down. Everybody will be looking forward, no doubt to the first tee-shot, particularly when they're welcoming the likes of Rory McLeod and Shenlauri onto that tee. Give us an idea then of that first hole. What's going to set these guys off? Since a lot of people haven't been, haven't might not have seen the new first hole. So it's changed. The first hole is not in front of the Trump window. So it's moved over to the left and side along the course. So it's a lovely, beautiful looking view along Dumbor Bay. It's going to be turned into I think a pair four. It'll be a pair four for the competition. And it's just a great introduction to see the Gulf versus the sea. What's coming down the line? And then as a particular maybe a run of holds, I know it's talking to Jonathan Keane there before the walk or a cup. He was saying in the hinged nine to 13,

14:24was where he felt rounds could be made or broken. Is there any similar run in Dumbor Bay or a cup of holds back to back where you could be saying, yeah, we can go for this here, or a risk reward kind of a scenario? I suppose it's all wind on the day and what direction the wind has gone. I probably would have said if the first hole was a pair five, that you could get a good run to kick off the round the second hole, the third hole is a pair, a sharp pair four, which all depends on the wind. You could pros might be able to drive us as well on the fourth hole, all depends on wind. You could be on in two with the pros in five and six, two sticky holes. The fifth hole they've extended the house, they've extended the fairway and they've brought the tee boxes even further back, which is, which should be kind of a beast of a hole on the, and six is going to be tight as well. There's no mistakes on the sixth. If you pull it left, you're looking at the Dumbor Beach or if you push the right, you're looking at the dunes

15:25on the right hand side. But I think maybe probably seven, eight, nine, and 10 will probably be a place where the golfers could go at it. Eight and 10 also depending on wind, you could be on in two, or it's just a tricky hole. Every hole is different direction. There are different wind directions. And you think if the wind is at your back in the first hole, it's going to be with you all the way out to Shana Hands, but it's tricky. It's the way the horseshoe goes, the course goes in the horseshoe around. The winds are different in every hole. So it's going to be a tricky course in the day. When they do get around David, I know the first couple of days will get started out and then you have your caught on Friday night and into the weekend. But to make that weekend, I think you mentioned it there at the start, like, is this just the case of maybe accuracy after tea in particular? Keep the ball in play, give yourself a chance because if you go into that long stuff, you could be a while coming out of it. Yeah, it's really target golf after tea.

16:28You really have to keep the ball in play. Certain holes are reachable, but if you spray it left or right, it's you're bringing in a lot of trouble. It's not like other courses where if you missed a ferry by 20 tarti ads, you're OK. And some of the holes appear in Dubai. That's if you missed the, the, the fairway by 20 tarti ads, you could be dead like, like you're just looking at the sixth hole, you're looking out into there. If you pull it left, you're hit the ball is dead, you're out of bounds. And yeah, there's a lot of tricky holes up there. And you really have to be, you have to keep the ball and play after tea box. And I could see a lot of golfers this weekend come in that will probably not take out drivers much. And just probably target golf and just get the ball and play it all the time. Yeah, so just on that point, like it does kind of sound like it's more your course management rather than the bit of bravery, you know, the tin cob stuff, like that's out for this weekend, anyway, I definitely think of it. Yeah, it's course management around.

17:28And listen, it's the joys of fling skulls that you can't hit shots like he, like you usually would do for playing a Parkland course and keep the ball under the wind, you have to punch shots, you've to, it brings out all the skills and a girlfriend. That's the great thing about the Irish Open. We're going to see the best of the best to play in on this weekend. They've got one of the best fields that the Irish Open might have had in a long, long time. And everybody just, you see the names that are there, that they really want to play in its competition, and which is brilliant for us here in Dumbagan, because it's brilliant for the golf course. And hopefully we might be getting images and videos on Monday of a Shane Lauri or Rory McElroy celebrating back in top of these still dressed from the day before as you saw with Lauri from the Open. No doubt you'll welcome the men if they do. Oh, we'll welcome the Open Arms, yeah. So hopefully we might, he's just brilliant to have us. He'll be brilliant to host us. And hopefully, as I said at the start, we can showcase what the

18:31Hasplasie West Care has to offer. Yeah, it's a crack in week ahead for sure. And one little doubt that we said to people will be talking about for quite some time. David, we hope yourself and all the crew in top of these bar and restaurant. And indeed across the whole area have a mighty week. And we certainly looking forward to seeing you back there over the next couple of days. Now we're turning our attention to ladies football, where it was a dramatic weekend. When we last spoke to Emory, Canon, we were just making the point that anything can happen on a given day, particularly in ladies football. Little to be taken, Camarie, that's what would happen. Maybe it did transpire. Let's start with that Fergus Rovers, Camarie, a game, an incredible result. There got a lot of people talking on Sunday evening when it came through. The champions gone and it's their neighbors that did it. Yeah, for sure. A big shock this weekend. So I suppose Camarie, where it home to Fergus Rovers, yeah, they had the first half that Fergus Rovers had wind advantage. You know, and there's both the wind on a goal score scoring three. And I suppose they gained confidence from that. And the goals came there from Avan Keen and Nassimini, you know, two girls that have played or dredged

19:31and have played very, very well. And I suppose you could see from the start that they were up for it. They had made position switchups and I suppose they got the matchups correct and they went in 11 points up at half time. But again, you just never know what ladies football to kind of help Camarie, very, very strong. In the second half, and there was only five points in it, which five minutes left. And I suppose the second half saw everything. There was a sin being a penalty save. Excellent goals. And I suppose at the end of the day, there was only two points in it. But I suppose there was a great team effort by Fergus Rovers who worked really hard as a unit. And I suppose the standout players, he is the key to Zoya Warren, Sean and Emilie Kenne, he is the key in Louis Biff and Justin and a few may have planted. They were all excellent throughout. And look, can you now, I know there were missing a couple of players, but like the Constantine sisters tried really hard and the O'Gomen at midfield was excellent. You know, and they would be disappointed with the result, but you have to say a fair play to Fergus Rovers. We've been talking the last couple years. You and I about that underage structure that has been in Rovers.

20:33And you could see it yesterday. The girls were really confident in their play, a really, really physical. I like to took the right options all the time. Yes, Kim and her daughter back in the second half. Rovers will learn from that. You know, they're going to have to tighten up a little bit. But I suppose just a memorable day for Fergus Rovers to reach a senior semi-final in a few weeks time. Yeah, they're biggest results and performance in quite some time, isn't it? Yes, it is. I suppose Fergus Rovers would have dominated the 90s and 2000s. We had great battles with them and, I'm quite clear, you know, throughout the years. And I suppose as all teams do, they rebuild again and that underage, the work that has been done, they've really good numbers over there. They have two minor teams that are in semi-final and choose as well. So that will tell you, you know, the amount of work that's been done and the talent that's there. And there once we played the banner in a few weeks time, I know we'll be looking at that game again, but they're not going to fear anyone from here on in, you know, if they're going to take great confidence from yesterday. And not just the confidence of winning a quarter-final, not just the confidence of taking down the champions,

21:34but like doing in their backyard against your neighbours, that there's just so much of them to build on. Yeah, absolutely. Like I just said, very close and distance wise and they don't want to know each other maybe from schools or from county panels and, you know, going to school and everything. So I suppose it's a really good step in store from the heavy knock on the doors the last couple of years at senior and now they've got their runs that might push on from here. Yeah, as you mentioned, the banner up next for them will preview that game in a couple of weeks time when those do roll around. In a wind-slipped to Mohr, then it was the scanner who came out on top beating Dora Bearfield and again, to produce plenty goals, plenty action and a huge huge win here for the North Lear side. Yeah, again, very, very similar to the quarter-final and Camille, it started at a very, very quick pace. The scanner will off the mark really quick through the hard-working washing constant. She had had goals on the board and a lot of vendors that fall forward also had a goal on the board. Elie Healy had three points very quick as had she had a constant. She had two points. I suppose with her midfield pairing of Shannon Kegney

22:36and Laherty Warts, Tarlis Steecher-Rose and they had a comprehensive lead going in as well, two, six to three points, but the wind was to comfort Dora Bearfield in the second half and Dora Bearfield really, really, up their games and they started well, they got an outstanding two-painter from Evoldry Skild and a cracker of goals. Ashley and Hannah and Hinoa, so again, she was working tirelessly up and down the field and as well as it was commended on your board in goals for Lyskanner, she saved a shot at goal as a pivot and point in the game. I know when it was needed and her kickouts against the wind were outstanding, so I think that was kind of difference between the two teams as well as the full-time score was, Lyskanner ran out by five points in the end, but again, both teams worked tirelessly for the hour. You mentioned the wind, it was a factor for sure. I think the zone of defense from Lyskanner was excellent when the pressure came on and as well as you have to mention the constraints that were outstanding, even many constan, corner forward, she covered an awful lot of ground.

23:36She was involved in awful lot of play and I suppose a bit of experience, you know when you needed in the second half when a team was coming back to you just to steady the ball and to work it around and I suppose they had that when well deserved. Again, I mentioned before that when he helped from intermediate, they were going to have a semi-finals but against Kimoria Brickett and a couple of weeks' time and another very, very exciting game to come. The two teams with no other really well and that younger players that would know. So they're not going to fear it and they're going to go on and play their own game and you just never know what might happen. Isn't there a fantastic positive story or to have those storylines coming into semi-finals that you have, you know, the 2024 Champions in Klamori, you have the numerous times champions in the better and then these two really exciting up and coming teams that are looking to take down the perceived bigger ones. Absolutely and that's what you need. Like when teams come up with a division, you know, you want them to be able to compete. You know, coming up for a year and go back down and it isn't going to progress the club whereas if they're competing, which they are, and I suppose a test went into the management structures

24:38the girls are physically and they're extremely fit and you know, they're work and really hard. You can see that and I suppose it's a credit to these clubs who come up and agree that they're able to compete and this is exactly what you want. So yeah, as you said, those semi-final pairings confirmed, it'll be for a good shoulders versus the banner, the scanner versus Klamori, details of all those we confirmed in a couple of weeks time. So we look forward to that. When it happens, the intermediate in memory, you might want us to throw a half-layer out. Yeah, so Cool Gales had a comprehensive win over Crosche in 617 to 2.6. And I suppose that sets them up with a semi-final with doing big in a couple of weeks time. Just going back to the score and their last scores came from the Kelly sisters. And for men, they have a really, really strong forward line in there that don't beg, we'll have to watch. I suppose Cool Gales are gaining momentum with every game, you know, they start to the game very, very positively and they kept it going through us. You know, so again, I know we'll be looking at that game in a couple of weeks time, but again, they're right, they're off from junior A and they're really, really competing in this competition

25:39and doing very, very well. Kylrush and Milton, then played out up in Milton and the finish and the score line of Kylrush 1.6, Milton, 2.8. So Milton had a comprehensive win at that time. The Milton started at a blistering pace and they raised to 27 to 1.0.5. And that led going into the second half, they gained confidence. It was a very, very physical game. There were synbins and I suppose there was a lot of physicality in us, two very, very strong teams. Again, we'd know each other down through the years. And I suppose it's a good stepping stone from Milton, you know, who are just coming back, getting their adult team back together again. And they'll be playing courtier in a couple of weeks time. So I'm looking forward to a really good game there again. And we look at that again. Pretty interesting. So all those semifinals we're looking forward to in a couple of weeks time. Amri, thanks so much for having that up for us. No problem. Thank you. Back shortly here on Silent View Review. This feature, more than a club,

26:42is funded by Commission Man with the television license fee. Now for our next episode of the More Than a Club series, we have traveled east and delighted to be in the beautiful surroundings here of Scariff Bay Community Radio with Tang Jim Collins for his hospitality. He's one of our guests along with Gerardras and Mike Moroni. Let's thanks for taking the time to have a chat with us. Gerard, I'll come to yourself for a little bit of the, maybe the background of Scariff G8 of anybody is looking out at no can see what it is and the fabulous facilities which we'll touch on, but take us back to the beginning. Well, Derek, as far as we can certain, it was founded in 1886, which is a long time ago. And it has progressed steadily right through the dequeous to I suppose where we are now. In that period, we were looking off. I suppose to have five county senior championship wins in 12 appearances and where it is now. I suppose demographics are a constant problem,

27:42especially in Western art and East clare, but luckily presently we have a very vibrant club and a very vibrant community. Absolutely, and I suppose that when all recent years have been absolutely brilliant, but I suppose there's been a lot of hard work to get here. Well, absolutely, both on and off the field and Jim is at a longer than I am and has put huge work in over the years himself and myself Michael would be maybe newer recruits to not that know, but a bit newer than Jim. But some huge work has gone in over the years and it's culminated recently in the last 10, 15 years. We took various shimmers from Dentre to Delay, Sean Brogan has culminated in a fabulous building where you are today, comprising of a state-of-the-art Jim meeting rooms, a community hall, and also, a fully fitted kitchen, so as well as a plain pitch that has been completely refurbished,

28:43a seizure standard of a thousand people. So we've allowed to thank all the people over the years who have given voluntarily to that. Jim, give us some of your stories. Every club has a full of stories and I'm told that you've got a lot of them. Well, I can't say that I have Derek Bossa. Yeah, I don't even thought Jürst says that all is the word, he was looking for really. But back in 1886, there were actually two clubs in Scarif. There was Sexton's Club and Scarif Independence. So that's there the first records that, and they didn't do very well in the championship of 1887. I suppose looking back over the history, it's, we'll say, what, 140 years old this year. But every generation bills on what went before, I mean, the people who were there at the start, they had no facilities like we have now, they tugged out on the reditch and decided to field,

29:43but they enjoy their hurling. And, you know, it was part of the nationalist movement, as well, in Ireland. Then, Scarif's first championship win, senior championship win was in 1907. And they won again 10 years later in 1917. There's no photographs from 1907, other, there is a team available. There is a photograph from 1917. Three further championship wins then in 46, a one point win over Fiekel, which was to know the great rivalry always between Scarif and Fiekel. And again, the gold in year I suppose for Scarif is 1952 and 53 when they won back to back championships. But even back then, there was no pitch, there was no Scarif G.A. pitch. There were places like Gila Files field, where the late John Jones trained them in the 50s.

30:48Prior to that, you had Henryans field, you had a field over behind the Barric in Dhrusbra. Different places where teams, my first recollection in the early 60s was a training field out to Fiekel road. Then, who was it? Anyway, I think of it again. And then I suppose the first, one of the first pitches that we had was Elio Brian's and it was a rugby field, it was shared with Scarif rugby club back in the day. But in the 1960s, the place where we are now was purchased and over the years it developed and developed. And I suppose in the beginning, there was simply a field with a big slope down to the river. Then, work was done to level the field. And as time went on, a stand, our steps went up to view the matches.

31:48A club host was bit back in the late 80s. You know, people like Brendan Hickey, Paddy McNamara, later Pigeum McNamara, Paddy Son. People involved in various committees and literally wouldn't build on the other. The hall was first here, then there were dressing rooms, then there was a nally, then a stand and a cover stand and other facilities that you mentioned earlier. Like for example, the Astrotarth was developed and a second pitch was purchased in Cravens, which is just up above the church. So it's very much that one group of people built on what their predecessors had put up. And that's actually, for me, enough a similar story, underfield in with the progression that's been made since that last title victory during years and intermediate obviously coming up and touching an unsceneer, we touching that nohoyle as quarterfinals coming up

32:48and what a story that was to get there. So every generation seems to be taking up their own mental. It was, and I suppose that period in the 50s, Jair's father was involved in it and his uncle, and I said, Don Moroni, Michael's uncle, might have been involved as well, but emigration took its toll then. That team was walking away through the 50s. Its last, Haraya was in 1960 when they were beaten by Ruan in the county final. And suddenly they were all gone. You know, a lot of the team went abroad, went to England, went to way walking. And Scariff suddenly from being a leading light back into 50s were ended up as a junior team in the 60s. And I suppose the turning point was 1971 when the one the junior A title beating I think Clark Castle. And that was kind of the step back in the early 70s. Then in the early 80s, they beat Kira Nina

33:51to win the Intermediate title. And they were senior then for a long, long time. A brief kind of dip in, I think it was a 2004, did you enter when we... The big call. When we went back Intermediate for a few years and then senior again in 2020. So it's, you know, it's reflected, I suppose, in the times as well, particularly, you know, the advent of chipboard would have been very important. People would have kept what was good for all the clubs here in East Care. But I suppose particularly Scariff. Michael, give us your background. Yeah, well, just picking up on what the Factor and Jim have outlined growing up in Scariff in the 1980s. The, you know, hardly was very, very important, you know, kind of for any young person growing up. And, you know, funny one from the great work that was done in building up the underage ranks from the, I suppose, the early 1970s onwards, Scariff or compaging, strongly, you know,

34:52the underage ranks during that time. So culminating, I suppose, in winning and actually in under 20th and age championship in 1987, which was a mess of breakthrough for the club, but in the first ever underage, a title that the club won, and what Gerrvers playing in that team. And a number of other players who went on to be stall-retz both as players and coaches, et cetera, for the club. And actually that team backborned the Scariff's uniting for about 15 years throughout the, from the late age, she's up to probably the early to mid-2000s. And would have been a very competitive uniting during all of that time, gaging to two county finalists and a number of other semi-finals. And on lucky probably not to reach or attend the Holy Grail. So for young people at that time, there was a kind of an obvious interest in the game and coaches who fostered a great interest

35:53and all kind of wanted and encouraged players to get involved and to try and fulfill their potential. And that is continued in the last few years and looking at it now at underage level, that the club is really going from strength to strength. The amalgamation of underage level will have one of the guys really reads great benefits. Again, most recently, the club has managed to win under 20-1-A titles in 22-24 as part of that amalgamation with the bandloff, which again has given a great boost to the club. And the majority of those players are now playing at adult level and competing really well. And the club then, a senior level, at adult level is also doing really well. We have three adult teams at the moment, they're all doing well, progressing to the knock-offs stages of the championship. And there's a great retention ratio

36:54between from underage up to senior, starting in recent years, the majority of minors, kind of their career doesn't end at that stage. They go on to represent Scarif at June or Intermediate or Senior, which is great to see. And that helps to, it actually gives a real meaning to players. And it's an incentive for players to stay involved in their own locality and local community, which is great to see. And that's kind of a fundamental part of the club, just retaining and fostering that link between the club and the local community. And taking on that amalgamation of not going on, then like I suppose it's never easy when you have to admit that you need help from the neighbors, because ultimately I think you're used to word a demographic spirit at the outset, like a reality I suppose, and what you want to do can be two very different things. Absolutely, Derek. You know, kind of, I think sometimes there's a perception that Scarif are a big club, but populationally is where, you know, kind of we're quite limited. We have a population that's saved less than a thousand.

37:56So in the early two thousands, it is becoming apparent that we were facing challenges, especially at underage level. And from that then, that was the genesis as opposed to the amalgamation with the gondola. And it's reflective of what's happening in rural Ireland in general, you know, most rural clubs now are facing that, you know, kind of quandary, what did it do? Do they stand or owner? Do they, you know, kind of amalgamation with neighboring clubs to remain competitive? Because I think it's really important for young players that they're exposed to playing at a, you know, kind of the highest possible level. And that amalgamation has worked really well and continues to do so. And you're people often talk about the culture within a club or within an area, and I often wonder, I quarter the metrics that you've kind of used to base that off. And if it's basing it off titles and middles, I think you're in a last cause. But if you look at the schools, structures, the coaching structures, and I suppose the family structures, are those three key parts of a Faiscarif

38:59are continuing to thrive? Yeah, I'd say Derek, as Mike alluded to, the amalgamation has provided a platform for every buy and gurl indeed to play the game. So that's obviously a very important part of it. But also, I suppose, you know, as Mike said, the 80s was a very important decade in Scarif the 70s and 80s because it's our revival and it's our massive volunteerism from, and I don't really want to mention names, but the likes of Tim McGillicotti, the likes of Martin Scanlon, the likes of Delay Bilihake, more instrumental in changing the culture and they put huge work into the juvenile club and Pallilari put huge work into the juvenile club. And that was a springboard then, right through the 80s and 90s. And what you found from that then was tremendous people who played in the 80s and 90s,

39:59then came back and got involved. And, you know, like Natalon made a huge contribution to Scarif, but to Claire, like the likes of Donald Maloney, the likes of Jan Minogue, the likes of A.M. and Giblin, just massive assets to our own club. So there was a multitude of different things, but primarily it was the amalgamation in later years, but was also the drive of those people and many, many others to really go after the youth and try and give them a love with the game and inspire them. And they did that. And, you know, we have been prospering from that for a good few decades since, you know? Yeah. And I can't defend the inside of things. Obviously when you come to Scarif, you have to talk about the Rogers and what's been achieved by yourself and the Lads as well, obviously. There's a couple of people wondering is there any more young kids hidden away somewhere from the Rogers household like if it's found into a carriage or something maybe but it must be so pleasing from your perspective, given what you and the family gave to see what the Lads are doing understage now.

41:02Well, Derek, like every GA club has met up with families as you well known, as you were allude and terrorier. And like you don't have to go to Far and Scarif to me or to see brilliant families, like the Maronis, the Minogs, the Giblins, the McNamara's, like the Lung, see where do you stop? So you just mean, obviously we take great pride in all achievements of all our players and on our volunteers. So just mean just every club has met up a huge family networks and without them, no club would ever have any more of a success on our volunteers. But that tradition, I think I saw a picture from the, if it's given, Cup victory, was it young Tracy and your own fellow were there with their dads who had done it together as well. Like, I mean, that's some legacy to hand down. Yeah, sure, I suppose it is. It is like, we're all very proud of that. But like, I could mention out huge amounts, like with the legacy, the McInerney's,

42:03the legacy of the, the JJ Bogler and he played minor in senior in the one day for Claire, which is just unbelievable. The legacy of John Jones, who's County board chairman and he's, he's grandson then was club chairman, his son was club chairman. So the, every family has his tailed tail into GA and you know, without them would have been completely lost like Michael's brother was on the first Claire minor team to win an Ireland in 1997. So like, you know, it's just, it's phenomenal. And I suppose that's the value of the GA, it's about community and everybody gets stuck into it and it tends to get great. Great returns and excitement from it, you know. And Jim, you talk about other victories and it was, it was fitting actually because after one of the games that scared Claire into practice, you just can't remember off the top of my head, no, which one it was, but the great Mike Meck was kind of prodding around the, the tunnel there behind the dress room and you could still sense that, or I like the difficult, I'd have had Jim leds there, I'd hope that he didn't shine and he'd bring him to do it

43:04as well. Like having those people that, that people want to come and see and hear those tales of, I mean, you couldn't help but get him, or something. No, and I mean, Mike Meck is, is even though he'd be associated with Claire, like, but Mike would be a very passionate Scarif man down the years and would himself and his family would have contributed hugely to the Scarif story. He was manager, he was a player, he, you know, he brought a new kind of push to Claire and to Scarif in the way of preparation for games. I just thinking there, you know, the facilities that we mentioned earlier on the various facilities, but a lot of the younger players now will say who were lining out for Scarif would have started their harlling life, maybe at under six on a wet Tuesday evening under lights in the all weather, maybe 15 or 16 years ago. You know, and to see that like they were, they started there, they worked their

44:06way up, made friends, stayed with their friends and the band that was created. That's not unique in Scarif, it's the same in many in most other clubs around, but you can see it here like that the provision of facilities and the people who provide us facilities, set that course in motion. Now, you can provide all the facilities you're like if you don't have people to take youngsters boys and girls to take them out and, you know, train them from a very yearly age. And I mean, you're talking to two of them here and there are loads more who give time and give effort to coaching youngsters and bringing them up to whatever standard that they're happy to reach. The other thing I suppose just about the more modern facilities here, that it is, it's a GA on property, but it's a community center as well. And you have lots of activities and people involved be it palaces or whatever are very welcome here to do

45:10anything. So it's a community space and bringing that into the GA club is only good for the GA club. So I love you and I'm feeling as well in recent weeks as well. So that's another central hub here in East clear. It's just that atmospheric, I think there's somebody switching us later off a wall down there. And what else would you be at? On a Friday, that's I think it's it's feeling that that's in the background because that's what it's there far. I love to see this is the this would be going out on the week leading up to quarter finals. We had quite a dramatic finish to the group stage as a championship. Some people were wondering was it 15 las versus that had lined out for Scarif and Tata and that particular day given the result and we were in we were in Shannon, watching a rogue and broadford and those people coming over asking lots of score now and she's every 10 to 10 those two or three more points to Scarif. So must be a great sense of more momentum coming into that. And what I was really struck by was like anyone that knows Donald Maloney knows you kind of he's like a horse. You don't approach him from the side because you'll speak him. You have to pick your you have to pick your time with him. And he's one of those intimidating brilliant figures. But I was just struck by how emotional he

46:13was after that victory. No, I know, dear, but Nash should be mentioned and what his wife had gone through in Dunigua that how the team had traveled up to the Mikiw funeral sport. It was just that sense of there was so much gun into this and it was such a release to come out of such a game like that. Absolutely. There he can kind of in the the run off to that that group game against crocheting that there was a number of different possible scenarios in terms of the outcome. And everything was writing on it from a you know, from a hurling perspective. And thankfully, you know, the game, I've been floored in the day could have gone anyway, but Scarif finished really strongly. And the result in that game went their way, which is, you know, which is fantastic from a club perspective. And and no, it must be, I imagine there's a great buzz in the camp in the aftermath. So you know, instead of possibly facing down the barrel of a relegation, playoff, next weekend, instead, the group are looking forward to an account record of final in the

47:13Q-Zik Park. So hopefully everything will go well. But yeah, like the, you know, kind of the from the outside looking in, you know, kind of the management, the work they have put in has been, you know, absolutely phenomenal. And over a number of years at this stage, and you know, and as well as that, the group of players themselves are, you know, have come up to an underage ranks. It's pretty much a young side. A lot of players that have featured in recent, say, clothe minor in under 21 teams have come true. And they're acquitting themselves really well. And, you know, fiercely committed group as well, kind of day, you know, kind of and nothing is beyond them in terms of their preparation. So we're just hoping that everything will go on next, well next weekend. And, you know, the current championship being so competitive, as opposed to kind of the first objective is to you'll get out of your group and get to the quarterfinance stage. And then you never know what can happen after that. You need look and injuries have to go your way, of course, but

48:16they're in there at a fighting chance. And in all roles, tends to leave the focal darning to yourself as the career look, a very strong place of positivity for Scarf G. H. Club to build on. Absolutely, Dari Camp. Absolutely. We feel we feel we're in a good place, but you know, it's going to be a constant battle for all East Clare clubs as it is for your own club and North Clare in West Clare, going forward because the numbers are just going to make things very difficult. But haven't said that, it's not all about playing. It's about as Jim referred to us about community and getting people involved and and providing a forum for young people to participate and enjoy the game. And as Jim Masters said, you know, providing facilities where communities can come together and meet and celebrate success and drown the sorrows as was fantastic. I'd say you hope not to be one rather than the other of those. Something to be drowned, anyway, which I think that's certainly going to be the case. Jim Mike and Jarlis, thanks for having a chat with

49:17us here on More Than A Tool. This feature more than a club is funded by Commission Naman with the television license fee. And a huge thanks to Jim Cuddon's and the crew at Scariff Bay for their help with that recording. Big week ahead, first scarf with that quarter final to come and a brilliant weekend of hurling overall ahead as well. And we look forward to those games in a little bit more detail on next Friday evening show. That's where we have to leave you though for this week's sideline view review. Lots more to come here on Clare Femme over the next week as we build up to the Amjinn Irish Open and the quarter finals of the TOS Senior Hunting Championship. The West wind is up next though. Enjoy the rest of your Monday evening.