GALLERY: Banner bask in Junior glory
A HISTORIC first Junior A hurling championship win for Banner GAA was celebrated as they capped off their double delight.
A HISTORIC first Junior A hurling championship win for Banner GAA was celebrated as they capped off their double delight.
*Sixmilebridge’s Lorcan Fitzpatrick competes with Jamie Fitzgibbon of Crusheen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXMILEBRIDGE kept their championship aspirations alive after overcoming Crusheen in the group stages for the third year running.
*Crusheen’s Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MOTIVATED by the scarring of a below-par Clare Cup campaign and a sobering 17 point last eight exit to Feakle in last year’s championship quarter-final, Crusheen have left nothing to chance this time around in pursuit of recapturing their 2023 form that led them all the way to a …
*Lorcan Fitzpatrick gets away from Tadhg Dean and Ross Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES HAVE MOVED SIXMILEBRIDGE to top spot in Group 4 of the TUS Clare SHC.
CRUSHEEN edged this one with a strong start and a stout finish. Newmarket will have to count the positives instead of the points with just the puck of a ball between them.
*Michael Browne. HONEST AND HARD-WORKING were among the key traits of the Crusheen side which won back to back titles in 2010 and 2011, those same characteristics have come back to the surface again this year and it’s no coincidence that Michael Browne is back at the helm.
*Fergus Madden and Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN are back in the Clare SHC final for the first time since 2014 after storming past the challenge of Scariff.
*Oisin O’Donnell and Ross Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” for Crusheen as they prepare for a first Clare SHC semi-final in four years.
*Eoghan McMahon strikes under pressure from Niall O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A ravenous Crusheen raided for three first half goals to blitz previously unbeaten Newmarket-on-Fergus and advance to their first senior hurling championship semi-final in four years in Cusack Park.
*Crusheen’s Jamie Fitzgibbon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FORGING a winning start is vital for all teams beginning their Clare SHC campaign and for Crusheen they’ve turned to a management with history of success to guide their efforts.