*Rian Considine takes on Damien O’Loughlin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CRATLOE got their Clare SHC campaign back on track with minimal fuss against a Corofin side still finding their feet in Clare’s top tier.
*Cratloe’s Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE’s hurlers know Sunday’s second round is an “all or nothing” game.
BURNPARK JAYTEE took his career stats to ten wins from sixteen outings.
*Bus Éireann. BUS ÉIREANN have said the safety of children travelling to school on their services is of “paramount importance” while stressing that there will be “sufficient capacity” on the buses.
*Bus Éireann. A CLARE TD has said the wrong part of the county has been chosen for inclusion in a pilot school bus transport scheme while the manner of communication from Bus Éireann has been slammed as “very poor”.
*Jamie Moylan goes to ground. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CHAMPIONS Cratloe and Ennistymon are both through to the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SFC after they played out an entertaining draw on Sunday afternoon.
*Adam Hogan gets to the sliotar before Cathal McInerney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. First blood in Group 2 to Feakle who justified their seeding with a fully merited victory over Cratloe in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.
*Enda Boyce. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRESH from starting the defence of their title as senior football champions with a win, Cratloe’s senior hurlers will be bidding to have a winning first outing.
*Podge Collins pushes off the challenge of Eoin O’Brien. Photograph: Ruth Griffin REIGNING CLARE SFC champions Cratloe got their bid for back to back titles off to a winning start on Friday but their first round showing won’t win any championship, manager Colm Collins has stressed.
*Cathal McInerney weighs up his options. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CRATLOE’s defence of their TUS Clare Senior Football Championship title began with exactly what manager Colm Collins wanted out of it, two points on the table and no injuries on the sideline.
