*Ballyea and Kilmaley face off in one of the ties of the round. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXTEEN teams enter the championship arena this weekend as the sliotar gets thrown in for the eagerly awaited TUS Clare senior and premier intermediate hurling championships.
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Which Clonlara shows up in the Park on Friday evening will go a long way to dictating the outcome of this year’s senior hurling title. That may seem like a dramatic statement, especially before a ball has even been pucked. However, considering the refreshing impact of their 2023 breakthrough …
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John Conlon receives the willwego.com Clare Cup from Clare GAA’s, Neil O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA recovered from a ten point deficit to win by the minimum to be crowned Clare Cup champions for the first time in nine years.
*Kevin Hehir is challenged by Páraic O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO of the leading contenders for the Canon Hamilton face off in the Clare Cup final this weekend.
*Ger O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ALL-IRELAND minor winner in 1997, Ger O’Connell is bidding to become the first Clare man to taste success at the grade as a player and manager.
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin is chased by Luke O’Halloran of Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA qualified for a second Clare Cup final in four years after they withstood a strong Sixmilebridge comeback to set up a league decider with Inagh/Kilnamona.
*Clare minor manager Ger O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s minor hurlers showed bravery, character and class to qualify for the county’s second All-Ireland final in three years.
*Cllr Michael Begley (IND) second from right. CLARE’s longest serving councillor paid almost €2,000 to acquire an e-bike in advance of last year’s local elections.
*Caimin Morey of Sixmilebridge dispossesses Newmarket-on-Fergus’ Shane Lynch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXMILEBRIDGE ended Newmarket-on-Fergus’ reign as Clare Cup champions with The Bridge advancing to the semi-finals of the competition alongside Inagh/Kilnamona, Crusheen and Clonlara.
*Inagh/Kilnamona’s Keelan Guyler in action with Bryan O’Loughlin of Kilmaley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GAA are introducing admission charges for the knockout stages of the county leagues despite clubs protesting against such a move.