Despite a promising start in which we responded immediately with an equaliser after the Torry Tigers opened the scoring on 5 minutes, Mixed Bag trailed 4-1 at half time and had to dig deep for a rugged fight-back during the second 45 minutes in the gruelling heat. At 4-3 the game was very much in the balance, but when the Torry Tigers made it 5-3, it left us too much to do.

Mixed Bag left the field with our heads high and were consoled with unbeaten runs in both pool and table football challenges against our hosts at the very enjoyable post-match refreshments in a local bar.

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Jakko’s Warriors battle through closely-fought knockout stages to retain the Shield

The Teams

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The first name on the shield is Jakko's Bar

The inaugural Iniscealtra Community Shield, a 5-a-side soccer tournament, took place in Scariff on Saturday 31st May as part of the2008 Iniscealtra Festival of Arts, whose theme this year was Community.

Fourteen teams played out a thoroughly enjoyable tournament in bright sunshine despite the thunderous storms affecting surrounding localities. Indeed the Scariff Fire Station team had to withdraw due to a lightning strike nearby! Over €800 was raised for the Clare Branch of the Samaritans – many thanks to their Director, Mary Lynch for attending the tournament to present the shield to the winners: Jakko’s Bar.

Watch the home movie of the final

A big thank you

The success of our first tournament was down to a huge amount of generosity, good will and hard work. We’d like to thank the following for making it all possible:

• all the teams who made the day what it was
• the Scariff Show Society, for the use of the field
• Mountshannon Celtic for the use of their goalposts
• Tulla United AFC for the loan of some netting
• Scariff Rugby Football Club for the use of their facilities
• the 3 Clare League referees who gave their time and skill for all 33 matches
• TJ for the use of his marvellous marquee
• the Irish Red Cross for their care of the wounded
• the Iniscealtra Festival committee for their support
• Karen for providing the refreshments
• Denise, Rebecca and Danielle for administration on the day
• Phil B for shouldering most of the organisational burden and taking care of the bulk of the practicalities
• all the other Mixed Bag players who helped with the setup and clearup
• everybody else who helped out

The Teams

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Match results