02.11.2008 - NSW Selection v Ireland Exhibition Game
CLAN PLAYERS HELP NSW TO DRAW AGAINST IRISH INT RULES HEROES
Two days after retaining the Cormac McAnallen trophy at the MCG, the Ireland team togged out at Princes Park, Auburn to take on a NSW Selection which had eight Clan players in the squad. Clan's Kevin Lynch notched up 1-6 including a point with the last kick of the game to earn a draw for the locals.

18.10.2008 - NSW International Rules Game
CLAN PLAYERS TO THE FORE AS NSW GAA FAIL BY SINGLE POINT TO AFL
In an entertaining first match up between the NSW GAA and the NSW AFL playing the hybrid International Rules format, the AFL team prevailed by a single point. The match, played in front of a big crowd on a warm Saturday afternoon, was played in a tough but fair manner and provided a great afternoon's entertainment.

06.09.2008 - Clan End Of Season Party
CLAN FAITHFUL CELEBRATE A STELLAR SEASON
A long season which saw the club capture 5 trophies came to an end on Saturday night with the presentation of the Player of the Year awards for each of Clan's 3 teams. The award winners on the night were as follows

Camogie Player of the Year - Siobhan Murphy
Men's Player of the Year - Stevie Kehoe
Ladies Player of the Year - Karen Doyle
Clubperson of the Year - Claire Mullen

Clan would like to thank everyone who helped play a part in a great season. A big thank you to all our sponsors, everyone who has played with the three teams throughout the season and all those who helped on the sidelines and behind the scenes.

Preparations for the 2009 season will begin soon after we take a few well deserved weeks off........

24.08.2008 - Championship Finals
LADIES COMPLETE TROPHY CLEANSWEEP
This afternon Clan Ladies completed a clean sweep of all trophys in the 2008 season with a well deserved 2-10 to 1-09 victory over Cormac McAnallens in the Championship Final.

Report by Edwin McGreal courtesy of The Irish Echo

With twenty minutes gone in this decider McAnallens led Clan naGael 1-6 to 0-1 and would have been further ahead had Clan ‘keeper Keli Maihi not made three crucial saves but it didn’t seem to matter, surely there could only be one winner? But somehow Clan naGael morphed into a altogether more potent unit and outscored their opponents by 2-10 to 0-3 for the rest of the game with a performance that was as excellent as it was surprising given their slow start. Clan would go onto dominate in practically every sector of the field but in the opening stages there was only one team in it as McAnallens flew from the blocks.

Midfielder Etaine O’Kane pointed three frees, only interrupted by an Eimear Guckian point at the other end, before McAnallens struck for a goal on 12 minutes. Suzie Toomey and Amy Kissane combined to send lively corner-forward Caroline Murphy through and she made no mistake. O’Kane, Roisin Howlin and Murphy added three more points and McAnallens could have been out of sight were it not for three smart saves from Keli Maihi from Kissane, Murphy and Howlin. It didn’t appear to matter but Clan made a few key tactical switches to bring them back into the game. Midfielder Marie Looney was sent back to do a very effective job on Caroline Murphy, Linda Connolly was brought to midfield where she covered miles of ground while Martina O’Brien was released to centre-half forward to considerable effect.

Classy corner-forward Emily Hamill and O’Brien pointed to settle Clan and when full-forward Katie Kenneally found the net on 24 minutes, the game was very much back on. Hamill pointed on the half-hour and Clan had the perfect tonic going in at half-time when a Trish Aspell goal right on the whistle left them 2-4 to 1-6 up. With Linda Connolly and Claire Mullen now on top at midfield and players like Best and Fairest winner Karen Doyle at centre-back, superb wing-forward Leanne Higgins and tenacious wing-back Donna Kelly being influential, Clan kicked on in the third quarter. Two frees from Connolly and points from play from Eimear Guckian and Emily Hamill were countered only by an Etaine O’Kane free for McAnallens as Clan opened a four point lead.

McAnallens were not giving up by any manner of means however and points from Amy Lou Hazleton and a free from the excellent O’Kane, either side of a Connolly free, left it at a three point game with three minutes remaining. But Clan were able to close out the game effectively and a superb long range free from Connolly and a good point from play from Guckian left Clan naGael five to the good and secured the clean sweep of both pre-season tournaments, league and championship for Joe McGinty’s charges. Afterwards winning captain Norma Kelly accepted the cup from Peter Canavan.

Clan na Gael: Keli Maihi; Breda Reilly, Norma Kelly, Donna Kelly; Martina O’Brien (0-1), Karen Doyle, Claire Byrne; Claire Mullen, Marie Looney; Laura Flannery, Linda Connolly (0-4, 4fs), Leanne Higgins; Emily Hamill (0-3), Katie Kenneally (1-0), Eimear Guckian (0-3). Sub: T Aspell (1-0) for Kenneally (inj. 28mins).
Cormac McAnallens: Lisa Naughton; Adeline Yaw, Ciara Cooney, Catherine Sheehy; Clare Montague, Cathy Hughes, Nicole Hurson; Etaine O’Kane (0-6, 5fs), Amy Lou Hazleton (0-1); Jennifer Kerlin, Sinead Coakley, Suzie Toomey; Caroline Murphy (1-1), Roisin Howlin (0-1), Amy Kissane. Subs: Michelle Walsh for Kissane (40mins); Joanie Quinn for Howlin (57mins).
Referee: Eoin Moynihan (Michael Cusacks).

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