Revised U21 draws held following format change
*Lissycasey’s Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Championship draws dominated the October meeting of Clare GAA at Clareabbey on Tuesday night.
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Formats of U21 championships to change with competition start deferred
*Lissycasey’s Michael Kelly and Michael Nash of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in action in last year’s U21A final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORMATS for the U21 championships in hurling and football will change, days before the football competition was due to kick off.
Murphy to leave role as Clare GAA Head of Operations
*Deidre Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DEIRDRE MURPHY is to leave her role as Head of Operations with Clare GAA.
Draws made for U21 hurling and football championships
*Patrick Crotty and Gearoid Sheedy who captained Scariff/Ogonnelloe to U21A success last year. Photograph: Ruth Griffin DRAWS for this season’s under 21 Berwick Callina Murphy solicitors hurling and football championships were made on Tuesday evening.
Madden finalises Clare football management
*Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE SENIOR FOOTBALL manager Paul Madden has finalised his management team.
‘If you keep taking stuff you will keep getting it’ – Fahy reflects on dubious refereeing decisions of Munster U20 final
*Clare U20 hurling manager, Terence Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FRESH strategic review for Clare GAA has been sought while the county U20 hurling manager has said refereeing at the grade is becoming “increasingly problematic”.
Dermot Coughlan appointed Clare U20 football manager
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DERMOT COUGHLAN has been appointed as the new manager of the Clare U20 footballers.
Coughlan leading candidate to become Clare U20 football manager
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EX CLARE minor manager, Dermot Coughlan is the leading candidate to be appointed as U20 football manager.
Keane says Munster GAA have insulted footballers from Clare, Limerick, Tipp & Waterford
*Bernard Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GAA recorded a €50,000 increase in its share from this season’s National Leagues while the County Board is keen that GAA members attending Cúl Camps get reduced rates and the decision to seed Cork and Kerry was lambasted by a long-serving official.
‘It took a long time to decide Killorglin is a long way to Caherlohan’
*Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PETER KEANE “took a long time to decide that Killorglin is a long way from Caherlohan,” a West Clare delegate remarked when criticising the timing of the Kerry man’s resignation as Clare senior football manager.