*Oran Cahill scored his first senior championship goal for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg went into this second round senior hurling championship game at Cusack Park on Saturday evening needing a victory and they emerged as deserving winners.
*Cilléin Mullins and Tony Kelly will cross paths this Friday. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Whether you call it ‘Moving Weekend’ or ‘Make-or-Break’, Round 2 of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship will definitely determine the lines of demarcation between promotion or demotion.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There were comebacks aplenty as the Under 15 finals ramped up this week in both codes.
The death took place last week of former Clare hurler and well known golfer Bernie Hoey, Newpark, Ennis.
Sixmilebridge won their second Clare title in a week when the club’s junior B hurlers captured league honours on Sunday evening with victory over Clooney/Quin.
*Oisin Donnellan. Photograph: Sport Action Photography A rip-roaring wrestle for supremacy still couldn’t unearth a winner amidst a frantic finale as Clooney-Quin and Feakle had to be content with a share of the spoils in O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge.
*Tony Kelly and Ballyea are viewed as the main side capable of stopping Sixmilebridge’s three in a row bid. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill At long last, it’s the return of the Clare SHC and Eoin Brennan previews the hotly anticipated action.
*Peter Duggan. Photograph: Eamon Ward Clooney/Quin’s championship preparations have received a major boost with All Star, Peter Duggan set to return to their ranks.
*Davy Fitzgerald. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Sixmilebridge’s Davy Fitzgerald has called time on his five year tenure in charge of the Wexford senior hurlers.
*Feakle’s Oisin Donnellan. Photograph: Sport Action Photography Feakle secured a first Clare Cup title in over three decades with a memorable nine point win over Kilmaley.
