*Mike Gough scored 2-4 for Smith O’Briens. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SMITH O’BRIENS will line out in the Clare premier intermediate hurling championship for a successive season after relegating Sixmilebridge.
*Eoin Burke of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield takes on O’Callaghans Mills defender Conor Cooney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOR THE second year in a row, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield have survived the Clare SHC relegation final and in the process have sent O’Callaghans Mills straight back down to the second tier.
*The members of the panel are Sinead O’Sullivan, Patricia O’Reilly, Joan Murphy, Attracta Williams, Una O’Reilly, Rose Sharkey, Martina Corbett, Audrey McEnery, Ethna Murphy, Helen Harnett, Betty O’Reilly, Maeve Hoey, Anna Marie Darmody, Marian Irwin and Margaret Flanagan. The team managers were Helen Gallery and Kathleen Frehill Ennis ladies defeated East Clare in the Burren …
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*Naomh Eoin’s Mark McQuaid and Niall Bonfil celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BIG SHOCKS were the order of the Clare intermediate football championship with favourites Clondegad and last year’s finalists Cooraclare both eliminated in the quarter-finals.
*Audrey McEnery. LADY VICE captain of Ennis Golf Club, Audrey McEnery won the ladies All-Ireland captains prize winners competition at Roscrea on Saturday. She returned an impressive stableford score of 42 points to take the honours.
*O’Callaghans Mills’ Mark Pewter. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. “CRUCIFIED” by injuries, O’Callaghans Mills are determined to come out swinging to save their senior status.
*Eoin Lahiffe of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. STAYING senior is “hugely important” for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield as they turn their attention to a relegation final with O’Callaghans Mills to determine who plays intermediate hurling in 2027.
*Crusheen players and management at the final whistle in Tulla. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. CRUSHEEN’s resilience “shone through” to seal their senior status in the Clare SHC.
*Evan Crimmins of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE SHC roll of honour leaders Newmarket-on-Fergus had a sense of “relief” after surviving another relegation battle.
*Lissycasey’s Conor Finnucane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PLAYING knockout football was always the aspiration for Lissycasey’s senior side this year and their focus now switches to having the freshest squad available for their last eight encounter where they meet local rivals Kildysart.