*Wolfe Tones captain, John Guilfoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. JOHN GUILFOYLE made his senior debut for Wolfe Tones’ hurlers at the age of sixteen, sixteen years on he is sixty minutes away from captaining the club to a successful return back to the top tier.
Brian Corry chases after Shane McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A NOVEL Clare SHC final between Feakle and Sixmilebridge leaves a lot to look to forward to on The Water Break.
*Tubber captain, Patrick O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT’S been forty eight years since Tubber last won the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
*Raymond Bane gathers the sliotar under pressure from Jamie Moylan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A NOVEL Clare SHC final between Feakle and Sixmilebridge awaits to determine Canon Hamilton’s residence for the coming twelve months.
*Dean Devanney excelled for Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WOLFE TONES are on course to return to the Clare senior hurling championship at the first attempt after seeing off Ruan to set up a final clash with Tubber.
*Ronan Monahan gets away from Cathal Noonan and Ronan Keane. Photograph; Gerard O’Neill. A FIRST intermediate final since 2020 awaits Tubber after they deservingly overcame the challenge of Killanena on Saturday.
*Adam Hogan and Cathal McInerney in action. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLOSE CONTESTS are on the cards with four teams left vying to lift the Canon Hamilton but by the end of the weekend the county finalists will be known.
*Bodyke’s Jamie O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BODYKE made things difficult for themselves but shook off a late Newmarket-on-Fergus revival to guarantee their place in the premier intermediate hurling championship for 2025.
*David McInerney wins the race for possession ahead of Adam Maloney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TULLA their place in the new premier intermediate hurling championship for 2025 with this merited win over Smith O’Briens in Bodyke on Saturday evening.
*Oisin Donnellan strikes as Enda Boyce closes in. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. SEMI-FINAL pairings have been made in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate hurling championships as silverware is almost within touching distance for teams through to the last four.