Coach Kelly’s shot at Harty Cup glory
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ALL-IRELAND winner and All-Star Tony Kelly was never lucky enough to win a Harty Cup as a student at St. Flannan’s College.
Ballyea
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.
Hat-trick for Gavin’s Ballyea buck
ONE of the main events at Limerick Track last Saturday night were the semi-finals of the Wheeler Auctioneers A2 525 Stake.
Feakle/Killanena, Inagh/Kilnamona & Doora/Barefield advance to U21A hurling semi-finals
*Feakle/Killanena’s Keith Smyth holds off Matthew Corbett and Evan Maxted of Clooney/Quin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE HURLING followers can look forward with confidence to more titles for the Banner county on the inter county front in the coming seasons if this weekend’s games in the under 21 championship are an indication.
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.
Paul Flanagan calls time on Clare career
*Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO-TIME All-Ireland winner Paul Flanagan has announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.
High scoring as senior camogie race continues
*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.
Three from three sees Éire Óg top the Group of Death & confirm quarter-final return
*David McNamara picks out a pass as Mossy Gavin tries to get a block in. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TO EMERGE from the ‘Group of Death’ unscathed was no mean achievement as Éire Óg completed a flawless group campaign in a far from flawless war of attrition with Ballyea in Cusack Park.
‘We always knew it was going to go down to the wire’ – Ballyea braced for final round showdown
*Ballyea’s Niall Deasy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BALLYEA ‘always knew it was going to go down to the wire’ in the Group of Death.
Favourites march on in second round of camogie championship
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE were no major surprises as the race for the Clare senior camogie championship continued with the conclusion of the second round.
