Teams profiled as sliotar throws in on U21 championship
*Clooney/Quin’s Jack O’Neill. KEENLY CONTESTED clashes await when the sliotar is thrown in for the U21 hurling championships this weekend
Cratloe
The Water Break: Bodies on the line help Doora/Barefield & Éire Óg make Clare SFC decider
*Tom McDonald and Joe Rafferty celebrate for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Éire Óg will put their Clare SFC title on the line against neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield after both sides emerged victorious in the semi-finals.
Disruption to water supply in Shannon Town, Sixmilebridge, Cratloe, Quin, Kilkishen & Kilmurry
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN, Sixmilebridge, Cratloe, Kilkishen, Quin and Kilmurry are experiencing a loss of water supply following operational issues at Castlelake Water Treatment Plant.
Doora/Barefield get date with destiny after reaching first Clare SFC final since 2012
*Joe Rafferty, Cian McDonough and James Curran celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield have advanced to a first Clare SFC final since 2012 after deservedly beating Cratloe.
Cratloe hopeful of fielding stronger team for semi-final
*Rian Considine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE’S character has stood to them as they put the finishing touches on their preparation for a third Clare SFC semi-final in as many years.
Senior & intermediate football sides are sixty minutes from a final appearance
*Cratloe’s Sean Collins in action against Fionn Kelleher and Diarmuid Boyle of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL ACTION in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships are the focus of this weekend’s GAA action.
Tromora Cross justifies billing for Quilty’s Hogan
TROMORA CROSS owned by Quilty’s David Hogan justified top billing to win the unraced final in Limerick.
Second half wides costly for Ennistymon who emptied themselves on the pitch once again
*Cillian Rouine charges forward. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ENNISTYMON were within fingertips of reaching successive Clare SFC semi-finals but are left to rue kicking ten wides in the second half of Sunday’s quarter-final.
Semi-final pairings set for senior, intermediate & junior football championships
*Cratloe and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield will meet for the second time this year. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL pairings have been made for the Senior, Intermediate and Junior A football championships in Clare.