Quarter-final draw throws up derby ties in senior football championship
*Darren Hickey keeps a firm hold of Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THREE derbies are on the cards in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare senior football championship.
*Darren Hickey keeps a firm hold of Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THREE derbies are on the cards in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare senior football championship.
*Maccon Byrne gets past Brian Curtin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL QUARTER-final places have been filled in the Clare senior and intermediate football championships.
*Gavin Cooney wrestles with Sean Rynne and Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUARTER-FINAL pairings are now known in the Clare senior and intermediate hurling championships.
*Dylan McMahon and Clonlara are back in the quarter-finals of the Clare SHC. ALL quarter-final places have been filled in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate hurling championship following an exciting weekend of third round action.
*David McNamara picks out a pass as Mossy Gavin tries to get a block in. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TO EMERGE from the ‘Group of Death’ unscathed was no mean achievement as Éire Óg completed a flawless group campaign in a far from flawless war of attrition with Ballyea in Cusack Park.
*Gavin Cooney rounds Thomas Collins to score Éire Óg’s second goal. Photograph: Ruth Griffin ÉIRE ÓG have claimed top spot in Group 3 and have subsequently advanced directly to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC following a commanding fourteen point win over Lissycasey.
*Cian Burke of St Breckan’s tackles Corofin’s Gearoid Cahill. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography HEADING into the final round of group games in the adult football championships this weekend eleven of the twelve teams are still in with a chance of making it to the knockout stages.
*Aaron Griffin is Lissycasey’s main injury doubt. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LISSYCASEY have “nothing to fear” when they meet championship favourites Éire Óg in the third round of the Clare SFC on Saturday evening.
*Niall McMahon fends off the challenge of Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE Óg’s hurlers targeted building a panel at the beginning of the year, the foundations are solid with two wins from two championship outings.
*Liam Corry surrounded by Ian Galvin and John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG have edged closer to the Clare SHC quarter-finals after overcoming Clonlara in the second round of the championship.