*Luke Hayes gets away from Peter Power. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HAVING LEFT their worst performance until their last outing, Newmarket-on-Fergus have been left deflated with their exit from the Clare SHC.
*Aidan Harte. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FORMER GALWAY hurler, Aidan Harte is to join the management of the Clare U20s.
*Clonlara players celebrate reaching the semi-finals. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA, Crusheen, Feakle and Scariff are the semi-finalists in the Clare SHC following an exciting weekend of hurling in the county.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEMI-FINAL pairings for the penultimate stage of the Senior, Intermediate and Junior A hurling championships are now known.
*Eoghan McMahon strikes under pressure from Niall O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A ravenous Crusheen raided for three first half goals to blitz previously unbeaten Newmarket-on-Fergus and advance to their first senior hurling championship semi-final in four years in Cusack Park.
*High flying Clonlara will meet Éire Óg in the quarter-finals. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ONE OF THE favourites to lift the Canon Hamilton will be eliminated at the quarter-final stage.
*Seamus McCaul and Conor Cleary battle for possession. ALL QUARTER-FINAL places in the Clare senior hurling championship have been filled so there’s plenty to discuss on the latest episode of The Water Break.
*Jamie Fitzgibbon and Caimin Morey compete for the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN HAVE qualified for the quarter-finals of the Clare senior hurling championship and Sixmilebridge have been eliminated from the race for the Canon Hamilton.
*Dylan McMahon holds off Conor O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA secured top spot in Group 2 of the Clare SHC and more importantly a place in the quarter-finals while strengthening their status as one of the leading contenders for honours.
*Sean Rynne and Inagh/Kilnamona must defeat Kilmaley to keep their championship bid alive. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CALCULATORS will be at the ready with club officials and patrons at this weekend’s TUS Clare senior hurling championship games as score difference may be required to determine the final positions of teams in Groups 2 and 4.
