*Conor Fennell and Ben McKiernan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TIGHT encounters marked the start of the TUS Clare intermediate football championship with two draws and a one point win among the results in the first round.
*Mossy Gavin and Odhran Lynch in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. It’s widely agreed that one of the hardest competitions to win in Clare is the intermediate football championship.
*Reigning senior champions, Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LADIES FOOTBALL championship pairings have been made in Clare.
*Sean McAllister of Clondegad. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TEN GAMES were played at the weekend as the race for the 2024 U21 A, B and C football championships got underway.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NAOMH EOIN qualified for successive semi-final appearances in the Clare IFC for the first time after edging out the Banner.
*Darren Hickey keeps a firm hold of Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THREE derbies are on the cards in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare senior football championship.
*Maccon Byrne gets past Brian Curtin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL QUARTER-final places have been filled in the Clare senior and intermediate football championships.
*Cillian Gavin claims the ball in the air for Clondegad. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEVEN of the eight quarter final places in the TUS Clare intermediate football championship have been filled with the remaining spot resting between O’Currys and Coolmeen who will meet on September 14/15.
*Wolfe Tones captain Dean Devanney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WOLFE TONES, Naomh Eoin and Kilrush Shamrocks have qualified for the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare intermediate football championship.
*Dean Devanney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography IT has long been claimed that the intermediate football championship in Clare is one of the most difficult to win.