*Cratloe’s David Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill An experienced Cratloe side proved too strong for Clarecastle in this senior hurling championship first round game at O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge this Saturday evening.
*Action begins this weekend in the Clare SHC with four games down for decision on Saturday. It may be argued that the GAA is more political than political organisations themselves, off-the-field antics can certainly strengthen this theory across multiple aspects of the Association.
Conor McGrath is a doubt for Cratloe in Saturday’s championship clash with Clarecastle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As has been the case for the past decade, the bulk of the players who represent Cratloe are senior level are facing into another very busy club championship campaign.
Stream Of Sydney, winner of the John Whelan Memorial Kennedy Cup A3 525 1st Semi-Final, pictured with James Corden & Emma Buckley. The Final of the valuable John Whelan sponsored Memorial Kennedy Cup at Limerick Greyhound Stadium is the main focus of attention for Greyhound people this coming weekend.
*The Tulla Pipe Band in Cusack Park on county final day. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE GAA is out of tune when it comes embracing the county’s reputation as the home of traditional music.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley REPAIRS to the footpath on Kilmurry Rd in Sixmilebridge are to be carried out after damage was caused from the roots of trees in the vicinity.
COOLMEEN’s Niamh Markham took home a bronze medal at the Irish Life Health National Track and Field Championships held earlier this month.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WORKS IN SIXMILEBRIDGE need an overall view given the locality’s population increase over the past ten years, the village’s sole representative on Clare County Council has said.
*Podge Collins in action for the Clare senior footballers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING AN ALL-IRELAND quarter-final for the first time since 2016 marked a positive campaign for Clare’s senior footballers but the inability to produce consistent displays irked Podge Collins and his teammates.
TWO BEST FRIENDS will be cycling across the country later this month in memory of a three year old girl from Shannon Banks who died in April from a very rare form of cancer.