Clare GAA officers walk out of County Board meeting & Hayes leaves role as PRO
*Anne Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO CLARE GAA officers walked out of the July County Board meeting following tense exchanges in Caherlohan.
Ballyea
Ballyea have ‘big characters’ but backs are to the wall following opening round loss
*James Murphy carries the ball out of defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BALLYEA are determined to bounce back following an eight point opening round loss to Clonlara.
Clonlara set the tone with work-rate and tackle count
*Michael Collins made his Clare SHC debut for Clonlara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA’s quest to win back to back Clare SHC titles for the first time began in emphatic fashion when overcoming Ballyea by eight points.
Champions Clonlara blow away Ballyea in opening round
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Holders Clonlara had an impressive performance in the first game of this year’s chase for the Canon Hamilton Cup, when they totally outclassed a Tony Kelly led Ballyea by eight points at the whistle.
Tony Kelly appointed Sheils Peugeot Brand Ambassador
*Tony Kelly with his brand new Peugeot 3008 petrol-hybrid. Photograph: Tom Micks ALL-IRELAND winning captain, Tony Kelly has been unveiled as the new Sheils Peugeot Brand Ambassador.
TK’s moment of magic was champagne hurling
*Tony Kelly on his way to scoring Clare’s third goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY KELLY produced a moment of magic in Sunday’s All-Ireland final when scoring a goal for the ages.
Captaining Clare to All-Ireland glory ‘the best thing I will ever do in hurling’ – Kelly
*Tony Kelly lifts the Liam McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CAPTAINING Clare to All-Ireland glory “is the best thing I probably will ever do in hurling,” Tony Kelly has said.
Flanagan backing up the Banner belief
*Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ONE irritating stigma that has consistently been thrown at Clare nationally over the past decade is that this team peaked in 2013 and were almost lucky to claim that crown as they failed to back it up ever since.
All-Ireland final appearance will only mean something if we win says Clare captain Tony Kelly
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOR ALMOST twelve months up to late May of this year, the question on all hurling followers lips wasn’t could Clare win the Munster or All-Ireland title but rather will Tony Kelly make a full recovery from the injury which saw him miss Clare’s league campaign.
‘It was crunch time for us’ – Kelly says Clare had to deliver semi-final win
*Tony Kelly gets away from Walter Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE CAPTAIN Tony Kelly never felt that Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final game was gone from them.