‘We don’t look outside the camp’ – Éire Óg not engaging with overwhelming favourites tag
*Éire Óg manager Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are not paying attention to their tag as overwhelming favourites to retain the Jack Daly.
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Flawless finish boosts Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Jack Daly hopes
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Daryn Callinan is tackled by Aaron Brennan of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONTRASTING fortunes unsurprisingly didn’t change for the final stanza of Group 3 as Kilmurry Ibrickane maintained their perfect start to this year’s championship with a fifteen-point win over Wolfe Tones.
Doonbeg Shea-d an inch-tight derby with Kilmihil to remain in championship
*Tadhg Lillis and Kevin Pender swarm Kilmihil’s Mikey Keating. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A quintessential derby showdown complete with an exceedingly anxious crescendo that saw Doonbeg just shade the spoils to progress to the last nine of the Clare SFC and send Kilmihil back to the relegation play-offs.
Roller coaster tie between Ennistymon & Lissycasey ends level as both advance to quarter-finals
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography DRAMA APLENTY in a pulsating tie between Lissycasey and Ennistymon finished all square to ensure both sides progress to the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SFC.
Breckans battle from five down to rescue draw & quarter-final spot at Miltown’s expense
Jamie Stack finds a teammate as Darragh McDonagh closes in. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography TRAILING by five points entering the final five minutes of the contest, St Breckans managed to salvage a draw with St Joseph’s Miltown to ensure they pipped their West Clare opponents via scoring difference to qualify for the Clare SFC quarter-finals.
Group 2 of Clare SFC ‘wide open’ with Lissycasey, Ennistymon, Kilmihil & Doonbeg in contention for quarter-finals
*Doonbeg’s Darragh Burns gets away from Conor Finucane of Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. GOING INTO the final round of games in Group 2 of the TUS Clare SFC, Lissycasey, Ennistymon, Kilmihil and Doonbeg can all qualify for the knockout stages.
Miltown & Breckans braced for ‘huge game’ to decide who advances to quarter-finals
*Jack Sheedy under pressure from Oisin Looney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST JOSEPH’S Miltown and St Breckans clash in “a huge game” this Sunday where the winner secures a quarter-final place in the TUS Clare SFC.
Champions Éire Óg ease into quarter-finals & relegation battle awaits Kildysart
*Aaron Fitzgerald punches the ball from Keith O’Connor. Photograph: Mike Brennan COUNTY CHAMPIONS Éire Óg continued their rich vein of form when accounting for Kildysart by twenty points to finish Group 1 in top spot and send the Shannon Estuary side dipping for a relegation battle.
Consecutive Cratloe wins seals quarter-final place & scoring difference sends Doora/Barefield through
*Liam Markham and Cian McDonagh compete for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ENDA BOYCE’s fifty ninth minute kick saw Cratloe record consecutive victories booking their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SFC while despite successive losses scoring difference also sends St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield through to the last eight.
Kildysart, Doora/Barefield & Cratloe all fighting to join Éire Óg in qualifying from Group 1
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield’s Fionn Kelleher & Diarmuid O’Donnell of Kildysart in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILDYSART, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield and Cratloe enter the third round of the TUS Clare SFC vying to claim the last two quarter-final spots on offer in Group 1.