Shannon & Ennis qualify for All-Ireland series
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON qualified for the All-Ireland Jimmy Bruen quarter finals when they scored two good wins at Woodstock at the weekend.
Keane says Munster GAA have insulted footballers from Clare, Limerick, Tipp & Waterford
*Bernard Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GAA recorded a €50,000 increase in its share from this season’s National Leagues while the County Board is keen that GAA members attending Cúl Camps get reduced rates and the decision to seed Cork and Kerry was lambasted by a long-serving official.
Senior teams profiled as Friday night fixtures kick off camogie championship
*Áine O’Loughlin of Truagh/Clonlara in action with Scariff/Ogonnelloe’s Susan Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE race to be crowned Clare Credit Unions senior camogie champions gets underway on this Friday evening with four games down for decision.
‘It took a long time to decide Killorglin is a long way to Caherlohan’
*Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PETER KEANE “took a long time to decide that Killorglin is a long way from Caherlohan,” a West Clare delegate remarked when criticising the timing of the Kerry man’s resignation as Clare senior football manager.
‘Nothing will be left to chance by Paul’ – delegates excited Madden can bring ‘winning mentality’ to Clare role
*Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s new senior football manager has “a winning mentality” and will leave nothing to chance.
Hayes reappointed as Clare minor football manager
*Joe Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. JOE HAYES and his management team will continue in charge of the Clare minor footballers for a second season.
Clare GAA opt against keeping Walsh as U20 football manager
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MAURICE WALSH will not continue as manager of the Clare U20 footballers.
Favourites Mills & Clarecastle continue winning ways as Whitegate & Tulla get off the mark
*Darragh Moroney of O’Callaghans Mills breaks the challenge of Tubber’s Cathal Droney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Favourites O’Callaghans Mills and Clarecastle continued their winning ways in the race for the premier intermediate hurling chamionship when accounting for Tubber and Bodyke respectively at the weekend.
Captain Galvin sets the way as Clonlara cruise into quarter-finals
*Ian Galvin battles with Conor Daly of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CAPTAIN Ian Galvin led by example when contributing 2-10 of Clonlara’s tally as they recorded successive victories to advance to the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SHC.
Éire Óg qualify for tenth successive Clare SHC quarter-final beating 13-man Wolfe Tones
*Shane O’Donnell is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have qualified for a tenth successive Clare SHC quarter-final after dismantling the challenge of Wolfe Tones when recording a fourteen point win.