*Shane O’Donnell is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have qualified for a tenth successive Clare SHC quarter-final after dismantling the challenge of Wolfe Tones when recording a fourteen point win.
*Éire Óg’s Darren Moroney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill YOUNG PLAYERS are taking their chance with Éire Óg which is strengthening their bid to take spot in Group 3 of the TUS Clare SHC.
ACTION kicks off this Sunday in the first round of the Clare ladies football senior championship.
*Mikey Keating clings onto possession under pressure for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MAJOR shocks have brought the TUS Clare SFC to life following the second round of games held over the weekend.
*Gavin Murray gets away from Joe Rafferty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CHAMPIONS ÉIRE Óg delivered another commanding display to secure their passage to the knockout stages of the Clare SFC.
*Colm Walsh O’Loghlen receives his award from Martin Daly. ÉIRE Óg began their title defence in the TUS Clare SFC with a statement 2-23 0-11 win over Cratloe with Colm Walsh O’Loghlen earning himself Martin Daly Autos/The Clare Echo player of the week award.
*Marco Cleary catches the sliotar above Mark Delaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FIRST blood was decisively inflicted by a rampant Éire Óg who despite being rescued to 14 late on, overpowered Newmarket-on-Fergus to get an early head of steam in Clarecastle.
*Ballyea and Kilmaley face off in one of the ties of the round. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXTEEN teams enter the championship arena this weekend as the sliotar gets thrown in for the eagerly awaited TUS Clare senior and premier intermediate hurling championships.
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUARTER-FINALISTS for the last nine years, Éire Óg’s hurlers are eager to emulate the club’s football counterparts in their quest for championship glory.
*Padraig Kelly in action for St Breckans. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography STARTING guns have signalled in the race for the Jack Daly, there were no massive surprises among the early fallers and no fatal blows have been sustained following the first round of action.