Wolfe Tones ready to jump for senior stepping stone
*Wolfe Tones captain, Dean Devanney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REIGNING intermediate champions Wolfe Tones are keen to show they can hold their own in the top tier.
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Emotional encounter awaits Ennistymon as they bid to bring burning desire to the fold
*Ennistymon captain Eoin Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TREMENDOUS ambition and character exists within the Ennistymon football side who will need to mix both ingredients to create a season to remember.
Kildysart aim to kick on despite injury blow
*Kildysart’s Fergal Guinane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LOSING their talisman before their championship run has even begun is a killer blow for Kildysart but they’re anxious to ensure it isn’t a fatal one.
Extra focus for Miltown in derby opener vs Kilmurry Ibrickane
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’s Miltown exited the championship at the hands of rivals Kilmurry Ibrickane in the quarter-finals by a margin of eleven points last year, they’re hopeful of closing the gap and claiming the bragging rights this weekend.
Firm favourites tag not weighing down Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Éire Óg put their title on the line but with the abundance of strength in depth in their ranks it is going to take an almighty effort from the chasing pack to stop them claiming the Jack Daly for the fourth time in five years.
The Water Break: Race for Jack Daly to begin in earnest with upsets in the offing
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEW RULES have brought a renewed lease of life to gaelic football and the race for Jack Daly begins this weekend with an added sense of excitement.
Emmet McMahon ruled out for remainder of year with knee injury
*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE footballer Emmet McMahon is to miss out on the entire club championship with Kildysart through injury.
Bricks are building but championship aspirations still a solid foundation
*Darragh Sexton of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE’S an element of transition about Kilmurry Ibrickane with a spate of retirements but the drive to succeed in the heat of championship is still as strong.
Doonbeg daring to end long wait to return to knockout stages
*Jason Linnane of Doonbeg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITHIN Doonbeg there is a quiet confidence that the eighteen-time Clare SFC champions could end a long wait of six years to return to the knockout stages.
Doora/Barefield determined to go as far as they can in shake-up for honours
*Fionn Kelleher of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. STARTING with a win is the “number one priority” for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield who are not short of ambition as they seem to overcome their quarter-final hoodoo.