*Stephen Sheehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EIGHTEEN years after last tasting senior championship action, Kildysart commence a brand new chapter in their club’s history in Páirc Finne in Corofin this Friday evening.
*Lissycasey’s Matt O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Back-to-back semi-finalists as recently as 2021, Lissycasey could line out for their latest tilt at the Jack Daly with just a mere third of the team that lined out in that final October penultimate stage clash against Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Sean Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Cratloe’s latest dual senior championship tilt appeared to be going swimmingly until last Friday’s spanner in the works.
*Shane Harrison gets away from Sam Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Cusack Park once more proved a crucial separator as an electric Clooney/Quin had far too much firepower for an underwhelming Wolfe Tones on Saturday evening.
*Brian Cahill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Kilmaley fired the last seven points to finally protect their perfect start to this year’s championship in Clarecastle on Saturday afternoon.
*David Kennedy struck for Sixmilebridge’s goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A professional opening display ensured that Sixmilebridge got their senior championship challenge off to an encouraging start in Clarecastle on Saturday afternoon.
*Peter Duggan captains Clooney/Quin this season. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE STARS APPEARED to be aligning perfectly for Clooney-Quin’s latest championship assault until a major spanner was thrown into the works in Croke Park three weeks ago.
Peter Power takes on Liam Markham. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Newmarket-on-Fergus got off to an emphatic start to the County Senior Hurling Championship when lowering Cratloe for the first time in eleven years in Cusack Park on Friday evening.
*Paraic O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Turning a Senior B title (or three for that matter) into a Canon Hamilton equivalent certainly isn’t an easy transition as Clonlara have discovered over the past few seasons.
*O’Callaghans Mills’ Conor Cooney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill To say that the recent Clare Cup triumph was a welcome jolt for O’Callaghan’s Mills would pehaps be one of the understatements of the entire year as expectations levels certainly didn’t reflect the reality.