*Mark Rodgers in action for Clare. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. KICKING off the hurling year in January with the Munster senior hurling league is a chance for Clare to set their standards for the entire year, star forward Mark Rodgers has said.
*Deidre Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DEIRDRE MURPHY is to leave her role as Head of Operations with Clare GAA.
*Peter Duggan in action for Clare in the All-Ireland semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare GAA had a surplus of €270,186 for 2023, the annual convention of the association was informed this week. This was down from €614,066 in 2022.
*Loyal Clare supporter John Joe Costelloe and David McInerney. Photograph: Martin Connolly It’s exactly a decade on from when David McInerney first embraced a winter programme as part of the Clare senior hurling squad.
It’s two wins from two outings for Clare’s senior hurlers with hopes high of more to come in the Munster SHC and All-Ireland campaign.
*Photograph: John Mangan Ratification of sub-committees, an U19 league and question marks on a supposed missing account were among the talking points at the March meeting of the Clare County Board.
*Competing schools pictured at the recent launch in Cusack Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Starting a new U15 post-primary hurling competition represents “a step forward on a lot of fronts” for underage development in the county, former Clare manager Donal Moloney has said.
*Winners of the Club Clare Golf Classic – Conor Gilligan, Sean Neylon, Martin McGivern, Tom Galvin. Captain John Casey’s prize was played for at Dromoland at the weekend when Hugh O’Neill emerged as the winner with 99.
*Cathal Malone in Lahinch. Photograph: John Mangan The Clare Echo’s hurling coverage is brought to you in association with Cellnet. Cathal Malone has been on the Clare senior hurling panel since 2014, last year’s season stands out at his best to date but he’s determined to go bigger and better for the campaign ahead.
*Davy Fitzgerald. Photograph: Joe Buckley A renewed appeal for a set of accounts for the Clare hurling supporters club has been sought from the Clare County Board.