IT’S the moving round in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate hurling championships.
Action starts in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge as Ballyea and Clooney/Quin face off at 6:30pm in a do-or-die battle where both sides will seek to kickstart their championship following their opening round defeats in Cusack Park.
Three fixtures are down for decision on Saturday with Crusheen and Sixmilebridge colliding at 2pm in Clarecastle, a double header in Dr Daly Park, Tulla with Group 3’s joint leaders Broadford and Scariff facing off at 4pm, whilst Group 4’s bottom two Newmarket-on-Fergus and St. Joseph’s Doora/Barefield aim to earn victory as the loser will potentially find themselves in a relegation battle.
Cusack Park hosts a double header on Sunday with both of the Group 2 games headlining the action. Cratloe will meet the last year’s Intermediate winners Corofin at 1pm, followed by the current top two in the group throwing-in two hours later, Feakle versus Kilmaley.
Prior to this, Inagh/Kilnamona and O’Callaghans Mills will be bidding to record their first wins when they meet in Gurteen at 1pm.
TG4 cameras will be in situ at Dr Daly Park, Tulla on Sunday for the game of the round as champions Clonlara square off with Éire Óg.
In the TUS Clare IHC, five games are down for decision on Friday at 6:30pm. Two games are very significant, Bodyke face last year’s Junior ‘A’ champions, Broadford in Clonlara, along with the encounter of two of the top sides in the Intermediate championship, Tulla and Whitegate facing off in Scariff, with one potentially on the verge of being knocked out.
Parteen/Meelick and Inagh/Kilnamona’s second string will do battle in Fr. Murphy Memorial Park in Newmarket-on-Fergus as both sides seek consecutive victories, along with Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus pursuing similar aims with a quarter-final place up for grabs, whilst Ruan will compete Smith O’Brien’s in Páirc Uí hEithir, Cratloe.
Saturday will host two games at 1pm with Tubber and Ogonnelloe facing off in Feakle with both outfits looking for their first victories, whilst Wolfe Tones na Sionna and Killanena meet in Glenomra Park in Broadford.
Clarecastle meet Doora/Barefield’s second string at 3pm in Fr. Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus on Sunday in what is the final intermediate game of the weekend.
