*Noel Purcell gathers possession for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SIXMILEBRIDGE have qualified for an eighth Clare SHC quarter-final in nine years after a ten point victory over St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield saw them put back to back wins together.
ACTION kicks off this Sunday in the first round of the Clare ladies football senior championship.
*Saoirse Crowe. Photograph: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo A STRONG Clare cohort has been included in the Irish Rugby U20 men and women’s squads for their upcoming summer tournaments.
*Reigning senior champions, Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LADIES FOOTBALL championship pairings have been made in Clare.
CRUSHEEN, Sixmilebridge, Clonlara, Newmarket-On-Fergus, Doora Barefield, Kilmaley, O’Callaghan’s Mills and Inagh-Kilnamona are all marching on to quarter-finals despite a mixed bag of results this weekend. Clooney-Quin continued their good run of form in the competition so far as they romped to an easy win over Corofin, just missing out on a top-four spot. A monster …
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*Jamesie O’Connor addresses the St Flannan’s Harty players. Photograph: Chris Copley ST FLANNAN’S COLLEGE didn’t adapt to the conditions in the Harty Cup final but are focused on bouncing back in the Croke Cup.
*Amy Lenihan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography THERE WILL BE A strong Miltown Malbay support in Sunday’s ladies football final but not for the neighbouring Kilmurry Ibrickane parish.
*Clarecastle/Ballyea’s Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE race for the Clare senior camogie title (McMahon cup) continued at the weekend when there were some high scoring games.
*Breffni Horner leaves Eoghan Thynne behind. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CRUSHEEN beat St. Joseph’s Doora/Barefield by 10 points to make the last eight again in the race for Canon Hamilton.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE were no major surprises as the race for the Clare senior camogie championship continued with the conclusion of the second round.