*Éire Óg defender Liam Corry. Photograph: Mike Brennan. ANY OF THE eight teams left standing in the TUS Clare SHC are capable of lifting the Canon Hamilton, Éire Óg manager Gerry O’Connor maintained.
*Darragh McInerney and Rory O’Connell get better acquainted during the meeting of Ruan and Clarecastle. Photograph: Chris Copley. SHOCK results in the third round of the Clare premier intermediate hurling championship has blown the race for promotion wide open.
*Éire Óg’s Darren Moroney doesn’t let the hurley of Feakle’s Oisin Clune distract him. Photograph: Mike Brennan FOURTEEN MAN Éire Óg held off the challenge of county champions Feakle by four points, a result that sees both sides advance to the quarter-finals.
*Inagh/Kilnamona defender Keith White in action. Photograph: Mike Brennan INAGH/KILNAMONA hit eight points without reply to seal a five point win over Broadford and more importantly a place in the last eight of the TUS 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.
*Noel Normoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NOEL NORMOYLE’s sudden and untimely death on Monday evening has come as a huge shock not just to his family but to all in the gaelic football world in Clare and further afield.
*Kilrush Shamrocks’ Dean Neary in possession. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SEVEN of the eight quarter finalists in this season’s TUS intermediate football championship have been confirmed after the completion of the group games at the weekend.
*Éire Óg manager Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are not paying attention to their tag as overwhelming favourites to retain the Jack Daly.
*Aaron Fitzgerald punches the ball from Keith O’Connor. Photograph: Mike Brennan COUNTY CHAMPIONS Éire Óg continued their rich vein of form when accounting for Kildysart by twenty points to finish Group 1 in top spot and send the Shannon Estuary side dipping for a relegation battle.