*John Conlon clashes with Seadna Morey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A GREAT weekend is forecast for Clare hurling with Cusack Park to host double headers on Saturday and Sunday in the TUS Clare SHC quarter-finals.
*Conor Deasy’s equaliser against Newmarket-on-Fergus secured top spot for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIXMILEBRIDGE’s ability to “dig out a result” has been the most pleasing aspect of their campaign to date in the Clare senior hurling championship.
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SCARIFF captain, Mark Rodgers is a major injury doubt ahead of this weekend’s TUS Clare SHC quarter-finals while his county teammate Conor Cleary has undergone a shoulder operation.
*Sean Rynne gets a strike away despite Paddy Donnellan’s attempts to block. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA are aiming to bring the form from their last two matches for their quarter-final showdown with Éire Óg this Saturday evening.
*Cratloe’s Sean Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A “new championship” starts for Cratloe’s hurlers as they prepare to take on Scariff in the quarter-finals of the Clare SHC.
*Peter Power battles with the Fitzpatricks, Páidí and Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ exit from the Clare senior hurling championship is “hugely deflating,” manager James Carrig has said.
*Sean Kennedy clashes with Kevin Danaher. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EXITING the Clare SHC courtesy of Conor McGrath’s last-gasp strike was “devastating” for Kilmaley.
*Shane McGrath gets to the sliotar before Gearoid Hanrahan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. FEAKLE treated their final round clash with Corofin as knockout and have adopted a ‘no more second chances’ approach.
*Corofin’s Kevin Keane. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. COROFIN are gearing up for a relegation battle on the double as they bid to consolidate their senior status in hurling and football.
*Breffni Horner and Michael Browne watch on anxiously for the final few moments in Ruan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin . CRUSHEEN are in successive Clare SHC quarter-finals for the first time in eight years with a tie against Feakle awaiting them in a fortnight.
