*Sixmilebridge’s Shane Golden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION continued in the Clare Cup over the weekend when both Inagh/Kilnamona and Sixmilebridge had their first outings in this season’s campaign.
WITH survival in Division 1A of the Very National Camogie League at stake, Clare and Dublin had plenty to play for when they clashed at Cusack Park in the final group game in this season’s league on Sunday afternoon.
*Pat Barry. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography The weekend club singles at Woodstock was won by Pat Barry with 40 points. He had three to spare over Kieran Browne with Noel Moloney a point further back in third spot.
*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE RACE for what is predicted to be one of the most competitive Munster under 20 hurling championships for some time begins for Clare on Saturday as they take on Tipperary.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers face “a massive couple of weeks” as they switch focus from league to championship.
*Éire Óg’s Philip Talty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Relegated from the Cusack Cup last season, St Joseph’s Miltown and Éire Óg began their campaigns to return to the top division with impressive wins over Cooraclare and Cratloe.
Clooney/Quin and Smith O’Briens fielded relatively young teams when they met in the opening round of Division 1B in the Clare Cup on St. Patrick’s Day.
*Martin McMahon and Kilmurry Ibrickane began their campaign with a win. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The race for this season’s Cusack Cup got underway at the weekend when there were wins for Kilmurry Ibrickane, Clondegad and Lissycasey while last season’s finalists, St. Breckans, who are the holders of the title and Kildysart shared the spoils.
A draw was a fair result in this final group game which had Clare and Cork level on seven occasions in a tie which produced some great excitement in the second half in particular.
*Matthew O’Halloran in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE SONS of three members of Clare’s All-Ireland winning teams from 1995 and 1997 are following in their father’s footsteps and are set to wear the saffron and blue for the county minor hurlers.
