*Former Clare senior football manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA are “putting plans in place” to begin the process of appointing a new county senior football manager.
*Brian O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN O’Connell and Dermot Coughlan are stepping down as managers of the Clare minor hurlers and footballers.
CLARE’s outgoing under 20 football and hurling managers have been re-appointed for the coming season.
*Shane McGrath gets to the sliotar before Gearoid Hanrahan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. FEAKLE treated their final round clash with Corofin as knockout and have adopted a ‘no more second chances’ approach.
*Corofin’s Kevin Keane. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. COROFIN are gearing up for a relegation battle on the double as they bid to consolidate their senior status in hurling and football.
*Clarecastle/Ballyea’s Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE race for the Clare senior camogie title (McMahon cup) continued at the weekend when there were some high scoring games.
*David McInerney shrugs off the challenge of Mark Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TULLA’s absence from the quarter-finals of the Clare IHC is the major surprise following the third round of action played this weekend.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin FEAKLE had eight points to spare over Corofin to ensure they are back in the Clare SHC quarter-finals for the second year running.
*Patrick Crotty strikes to put Scariff in front. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SCARIFF sealed their place in the quarter finals of the TUS Clare senior hurling championship but not before they were given a stern test by neighbours O’Callaghans Mills who were already consigned to the relegation battle before this tie.
*Ian Galvin gets away from Conor Grogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CHAMPIONS Clonlara have sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SHC after bouncing back from their second-round defeat to Éire Óg in impressive fashion to send Clooney/Quin into the relegation series.
