*Kilmaley coach Colin Lynch speaking to his charges. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography A storming finish from Clonlara, their second in successive rounds, wasn’t enough to keep them in the race for the Clare SHC title as they bowed out to Kilmaley on score difference.
*Inagh/Kilnamona’s Conner Hegarty in full flight. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Desperately unlucky to lose by the minimum margin to Clonlara last time out, Whitegate followed up on that performance when sharing the spoils with an Inagh/Kilnamona outfit that went into this final group game in the senior hurling championship carrying the favourites tag.
With all but one of the Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final places confirmed, Saturday’s Group 1 finale between Kilmaley and Clonlara in Cusack Park (5.15pm) is a straight shoot-out for that remaining last eight position.
*Brian Corry and Ciaran Russell will be crossing paths once more. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Quarter-final pairings have been decided in the race for the Canon Hamilton.
*Danny Russell celebrates his goal. Photograph: Joe Buckley In a game in which the lead changed hands on a number of occasions, Éire Óg finished strongly to book a place in the quarter finals of the senior hurling championship by defeating Feakle at Shannon on Saturday.
*Stephen O’Halloran celebrates after hitting the back of the net. Photograph: Joe Buckley A last gasp rally secured a first championship victory for Clarecastle but wouldn’t be sufficient to get them out of relegation danger as score difference ironically elevated Wolfe Tones into the quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon.
*Sixmilebridge’s Noel Purcell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Defending champions Sixmilebridge remain unbeaten after three rounds in this year’s Clare senior hurling championship but they received their stiffest test of the season to date when they faced Scariff in their final group game this Sunday afternoon.
*Sean O’Loughlin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Kilmaley’s win, in Group 1 of the Clare Senior Hurling championship sets up a winner-takes-all clash with Clonlara. Inagh-Kilnamona are already through to the last eight and the mouth-watering tie in a fortnight’s time will decide who will join them from that group.
Cratloe welcomingly cemented a senior hurling quarter-final spot with a game to spare after maintaining their composure to hold off a relentless Broadford in Shannon on Saturday afternoon.
*Colin Ryan was the match-winner once again for Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Colin Ryan has landed many crucial scores for club and county and he added to the list on this Saturday evening to send Newmarket-on-Fergus into the quarter-finals of the Clare SHC.