*Clonlara celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY has been tasted by Clonlara and Corofin who have won the senior and intermediate hurling championships.
*Clonlara’s John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill JOHN CONLON’s contribution to the community of Clonlara and to hurling across the county has always been exemplary so in a way it is fitting that he stands alone as the only Clonlara man to have won two Clare senior championships.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA have claimed the Canon Hamilton producing a superior performance to hold off Crusheen.
*Cronan Dillon. ADVANCING TO THE knockout stages of the Clare SHC on scoring difference was treated as a second bite of the cherry for Crusheen who are now sixty minutes away from lifting the Canon Hamilton for the third time in their history.
*Clonlara’s Micheál O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The wheel has come full circle for Micheál O’Loughlin since he last tasted a county senior final in Cusack Park.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A FINAL PAIRING that was not on the cards to the surface this weekend when Clonlara and Crusheen do battle in the Clare SHC final.
*Michael Browne. HONEST AND HARD-WORKING were among the key traits of the Crusheen side which won back to back titles in 2010 and 2011, those same characteristics have come back to the surface again this year and it’s no coincidence that Michael Browne is back at the helm.
*Niall Malone. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG’s Niall Malone will take charge of Sunday’s Clare SHC final between Clonlara and Crusheen.
*Colm Collins flanked by his sons, David, Padraic and Sean. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN INVOLVEMENT with Cratloe’s senior footballers is far from a chore but a rather a very enjoyable task for long-serving manager, Colm Collins.
*Cilléin Mullins will be facing off with Diarmuid Stritch and Cian Moriarty again. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A NOVEL PAIRING LIES ahead in the TUS Clare senior hurling championship final with Clonlara and Crusheen progressing to the big day.
