Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
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Second U21A title for Scariff/Ogonnelloe
*Scariff/Ogonnelloe celebrate. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SCARIFF/OGONNELLOE are Clare U21A hurling champions for the second time after overcoming favourites Feakle/Killanena.
East Clare derby pits Feakle/Killanena versus Scariff/Ogonnelloe in mouth-watering U21 decider
*Ian Macnamara of Feakle/Killanena. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SATURDAY’s U21A hurling championship final will bring down the curtain on the domestic season in Clare and a mouthwatering contest is in store.
Feakle/Killanena and Clarecastle advance to U21A & B hurling finals
*Ronan O’Connor claims the sliotar in a ruck. Photograph: Ruth Griffin U21A champions Feakle/Killanena are back in the county final while Clarecastle progressed to the B decider.
‘We hurled like we wanted it more’ – Quilligan caps off fantastic year with Feakle
FEAKLE hurled like they wanted it more and so it proved as they secured the coveted title of Clare senior hurling champions.
Senior success is what Feakle have always been dreaming of – Daly
FEAKLE’s hurlers have been dreaming of winning a senior championship from a young age.
Star man McGrath savours special Feakle success
*Eibhear Quilligan and Shane McGrath celebrate in the dressing room. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. STAR MAN on Feakle’s march to a first Clare SHC title since 1988, Shane McGrath said they brought incredible energy as they claimed the club’s seventh senior championship on Bank Holiday Monday.
O’Donnell & Hogan named hurler & young hurler of the year as Clare win six All Stars
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHANE O’Donnell has been named Hurler of the Year and Adam Hogan Young Hurler of the Year with Clare receiving six All Star awards.
Delay to hurling final did Feakle ‘the world of good’ – captain Donnellan
*Feakle captain Oisin Donnellan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. HAVING an extra week to prepare for Monday’s Clare SHC did Feakle players “the world of good”.
‘Since those lads came out of diapers this has been their dream’ – Feakle manager Conway
FEAKLE’s success in winning a seventh Clare SHC title and a first since 1988 has been hailed as “an unbelievable achievement”.