Limerick will fear no team in the upper echelons of camogie next season, boasted manager Ciaran Carey after their stunning 2-9 to 0-6 defeat of holders Cork in the Gala All-Ireland Senior B Championship at Pairc Ui Rinn.

Tommy Power, in a refereeing career spanning more than fifty years, has a number of unusual credits to his name.

Following the success of the opening meeting of the local, at Glin, coursing action switches to Clarina this weekend, with the two-day Regional club event.

The All Blacks and Australians out of the World Cup… South Africa on the ropes against Fiji… and Scotland putting it up to Argentina. What a weekend of rugby!

Trevor Brennan was in Eason's last Saturday signing copies of his new book 'Heart and Soul' and I spoke to him about Ireland's World Cup efforts. He, like the rest of us, found it hard to take such a lacklustre performance.

Eric McNamara is a trainer on top of his game at the moment and harbours genuine hopes of completing the Kerry/Munster National double next weekend courtesy of Ponmeoath.

Limerick 37 turned on the style in spectacular manner at Jackman Park on Friday when they whipped Wexford Youths 5-0.

Athletics

Niamh O'Sullivan (Riocht AC) completed a Cork/Limerick Irish Examiner (in association with Limerick's Live 95FM) mini-marathon double when coasting to an easy win in the Shannonside fundraiser at Univerity of Limerick.

Seven years on from his inspirational leadership of the Limerick U21s to All-Ireland Championship Heaven, Donacha Sheehan grabbed the headlines in Adare's thrill-a-minute 1-16 to 1-15 win over arch enemies Ahane in the opening quarter-final of the Live 95FM Limerick Senior Hurling Championship at the Gaelic Grounds.

The odds on Kilmallock winning the Live 95FM Limerick Senior Hurling Championship have tightened considerably after Mike Houlihan's side turned-in an awesome performance (3-22 to 0-15) against Granagh/Ballingarry at the quarter-final stage at Headquarters.