Clare Echo’s 2023 Sporting Awards
*John Conlon celebrates at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IN ITS UNIQUE way, The Clare Echo sporting awards are the pinnacle of accolades that all athletes and coaches aspire to win.
Diarmaid Nash
Crehan & Nash the home favourites as Clare hosts Irish Nationals
*Colin Crehan. COLIN CREHAN and Diarmaid Nash are viewed as Clare’s greatest chance of success as the Irish Nationals take place in the county.
Mills bridge 20 year gap qualifying for Clare Cup final
*Bryan Donnellan rolled back the years for the Mills. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A twenty year gap was bridged at Dr. Daly Park in Tulla on Sunday afternoon when O’Callaghans Mills defeated Scariff to qualify for the FutureTicketing Clare Cup (senior hurling league) final.
Silver for Sean Considine in US
*Sean Considine. CLOONEY/QUIN’S Sean Considine won a silver medal at the US National Championships in Minnesota.
All-Ireland glory for Nash & Crehan
CLARE DUO, Diarmaid Nash and Colin Crehan secured a third senior doubles title in the O’Neill’s All-Ireland 4-Wall Senior Championships.
Clare Echo’s 2022 Sporting Awards
Diarmaid Nash at the Pat Kirby memorial in Tuamgraney. Photograph: Gordon Daly Back with a bang for the third year, The Clare Echo’s sporting awards applaud the great and good from within the county.
Scariff psyched to fire on all cylinders from the get-go
*Conor McNamara is back for another campaign with the Scariff hurlers. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Lessons from their first year back in the senior ranks in 2021 which saw them miss a quarter-final berth due to score difference sees Scariff determined to hit the ground with all guns blazing.
Kilmaley stay unbeaten & Mills account for Scariff
*Daire Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Kilmaley maintained their unbeaten run in Division 1A of the Clare Cup while O’Callaghans Mills proved much too strong for an under-strength Scariff in Division 1B.
‘We have the Gold Cup of handball’ – Tuamgraney basks in Nash’s glory
“WE HAVE THE GOLD CUP OF HANDBALL” was the declaration of PJ Counihan in Tuamgraney on Sunday.
