*Chloe Morey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’S BID for a fourth Munster senior camogie title is still alive after it finished all square in their provincial semi-final with Tipperary.
Clare’s senior camogie team began their year with an eight point loss to Cork on a Sunday afternoon when both Conor Dolan and Davy Fitzgerald were sent to the stands.
*Truagh/Clonlara joint captain, Michelle Powell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It was a result that definitely couldn’t have been envisaged by either side at important junctures but in the end, a replay proved the fairest outcome after a compelling 80 minute showdown in Clarecastle.
*Clare’s Aine O’Loughlin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s senior camogie side have held off the challenge of Westmeath to wash away any relegation worries.
Niamh O’Dea will make her first appearance of the year for the Clare senior camogie side as they fight to retain their status in Division 1 of the National Camogie League.
*Ziyan Spillane takes on Ciara Grogan, both of whom are included in the Clare team. Photograph: Sport Action Photography Feakle/Killanena’s Ziyan Spillane is to make her Clare senior camogie debut this weekend.
In a display that could only be admired, Tipperary emphatically secured the opening points of this year’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship on Sunday afternoon.
*Ger O’Connell. Photograph: Bryan Keane (INPHO) Consistency. That elusive final ingredient which has been the ultimate difference between the top three of Cork, Kilkenny and Galway and the rest of the senior camogie counties again boiled to the surface of the post-match debate in Cratloe on Saturday afternoon.
*Clare Hehir shields off her opponent to aid Ciara Grogan. Photograph: Veronica McMahon Clare’s National Camogie League hopes took their first dent as Waterford ground out a gritty away victory in Cratloe on Saturday afternoon.