Manager of the reigning Clare SHC champions, Tim Crowe has warned that teams involved in fixtures on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon may throw results to gain a more favourable draw in the second round.
Spectators will not be granted entry to club GAA games in Clare until crowds of 500 are permitted at outdoor gatherings.
Cusack Park and O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge are to be used as the primary venues for all clashes in the Clare senior hurling championship.
Structures for Clare’s adult club championships have been finalised following a lengthy debate at Monday’s meeting of the County Board.
Clare GAA are coming under pressure from clubs across the county to alter the proposed formats for the 2020 adult club championships.
Preferred formats have been identified by Clare GAA’s master fixtures plan committee for the running of the adult championships this summer.
*Cratloe’s Conor McGrath. Photograph: Martin Connolly A place in the quarter-finals of the Clare SHC will be the prize for the winners of the four ties taking place this weekend.
*Niall Deasy keeps tabs on Patrick Donnellan. Photograph: Clare GAA Streaming club games online “is going to take off” according to Clare GAA Chairman, Joe Cooney.
*Liam Markham and Cathal Darcy during the 2018 county semi-final. Photograph: Clare GAA Clare Cup champions Kilmaley will face last year’s championship finalists Cratloe in the third round of the Clare SHC.
*Sixmilebridge’s Seadna Morey. Photograph: Veronica McMahon Four of the eight quarter-finalists in the Clare SHC are known following this weekend’s action.