Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
Adam Hogan
Feakle/Killanena and Clarecastle advance to U21A & B hurling finals
*Ronan O’Connor claims the sliotar in a ruck. Photograph: Ruth Griffin U21A champions Feakle/Killanena are back in the county final while Clarecastle progressed to the B decider.
Senior success is what Feakle have always been dreaming of – Daly
FEAKLE’s hurlers have been dreaming of winning a senior championship from a young age.
O’Donnell & Hogan named hurler & young hurler of the year as Clare win six All Stars
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHANE O’Donnell has been named Hurler of the Year and Adam Hogan Young Hurler of the Year with Clare receiving six All Star awards.
Special year continues for Feakle’s Adam Hogan
*Tommy Guilfoyle congratulates Adam Hogan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. AN ALREADY unforgettable year just keeps getting better for Adam Hogan.
The Water Break: Seventh heaven in special success for Feakle
*Oisin Donnellan lifts the Canon Hamilton. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. FEAKLE have scaled the summit of club hurling in Clare with a seven point win over Sixmilebridge to lift the Canon Hamilton for the seventh time.
Fantastic Feakle write their name into Clare SHC history books
*Feakle celebrate. Photograph: Ruth Griffin FEAKLE are Clare SHC champions for the first time since 1988 after powering past the challenge of Sixmilebridge in Monday’s final.
‘We might never get the chance again’ – McGrath & Feakle ready for battle
*Shane McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE’s current crop may only get one chance at lifting the Canon Hamilton and star man Shane McGrath says they are determined to grab the opportunity with both hands.
Donnellan family have been reared on hurling in Feakle
*Oisin and Fiachra Donnellan with their niece Sadhbh Ward. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. VAL Donnellan believes Feakle’s run to a 2024 TUS Senior Hurling Championship decider has been matched by development off the pitch.
Final fever for Feakle as they qualify for first senior decider since 1988
*Feakle’s Ronan O’Connor keeps the sliotar from Kevin Danaher. Photograph: Ruth Griffin FEAKLE have moved a step closer to bridging a thirty six year gap as they qualified for the Clare senior hurling championship final with a hard earned two points win over Cratloe at Cusack Park this Saturday evening.