*Ian O’Brien tries to hook Dylan McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLONLARA deservedly claimed their place in the Clare SHC quarter-finals for the third year running beating Crusheen by a single point to record a third their third championship win in a row.
*Cathal Doohan holds off the challenge of Cratloe’s Tadhg Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IT WAS a a complete role reversal for Ballyea as this time the 2022 champions turned up the heat in the second half to produce a stirring revival of their own and advance to the last eight of the Clare SHC.
*Kilmaley goalkeeper Bryan O’Loughlin picks up the break. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. KILMALEY maintained their unbeaten run in this year’s championship as they exited the Group of Death in top spot and in a healthy position entering the quarter-finals.
*Noel Purcell gathers possession for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SIXMILEBRIDGE have qualified for an eighth Clare SHC quarter-final in nine years after a ten point victory over St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield saw them put back to back wins together.
*Cratloe’s Jamie Moylan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE AND Ballyea face off in what is arguably the tie of the third round in the Clare SHC this Saturday in Sixmilebridge, a game that has been described as “win or bust” within the Cratloe camp.
*Kilmaley’s Eoin Enright. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. UNBEATEN KILMALEY have very high competition for places on their starting team with players “absolutely mad” to break into the first fifteen while Scariff are determined to roll over despite the end of their championship aspirations.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. SHANNON AIRPORT’s ‘sprocker’ Brody was one of twenty six detector dogs who helped to seize drugs, tobacco products and cash worth over €100m at Irish airports last year.
HAPPY GARDENING everyone, I hope that the week is been good to you and the flowers. Indoor gardening is just as important to a lot of us. For me I have an Aloe vera plant and some spiderplants around my home. Indoor plants can be great purifiers; like the Sansevieria commonly known as the snake …
The lady captain’s (Clare Pyne) prize was played for at Kilrush last week and the winner of the 18 hole stroke competition was Edel Crowley (17) with 69 nett. She had one to spare over Ailish Lorigan (19) with Margaret Donnelly (19), also on 70 nett in third place.
*Sixmilebridge’s David Kennedy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DEFEATING CRUSHEEN in round two of the TUS Clare SHC was “one of the biggest wins in four or five years” for Sixmilebridge.