KILMURRY IBRICKANE exited the Munster LGFA senior championship in their first outing, losing out to Waterford champions Gaultier while Liscannor were the only Clare side to progress in provincial action.
COORACLARE and Liscannor kicked off their respective Munster campaigns with home victories.
*Victorious Kilmurry Ibrickane captain Amy Sexton. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography KILMURRY Ibrickane won the Clare LGFA senior title for the second time when overcoming Fergus Rovers by five points in a competitive affair.
*Shauna Melican. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHAUNA MELICAN leads Fergus Rovers into battle for their first senior county final in over quarter of a century but they do so brimming with confidence buoyed from their underage success.
*Louise Cleary in action for Fergus Rovers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IT’S the prospect of a senior double with a twist in the Cleary household this Sunday with wife and husband, Louise and Conor bidding for glory in the ladies football and hurling deciders.
*Louise Cleary of Fergus Rovers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FERGUS ROVERS took down the might of the Banner to set up a novel county showdown with Kilmurry Ibrickane.
Fiona Breen under pressure from Edel McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIX will become four as the stage is set for the quarter-finals of the Clare LGFA quarter-finals this weekend.
*Ailish Considine drives forward for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SUCCESSIVE wins in the Clare LGFA senior championship have sealed places in the knockout stages for Banner Ladies, Kilmihil and Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Edel McNamara of Kilmihil gets away from Éire Óg’s Amy Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FAVOURITES Kilmihil, Kilmurry Ibrickane and Banner Ladies all began their Clare LGFA senior championship bids with winning starts while Liscannor reigned supreme over Burren Gaels to mark a successful jump to senior.
*Niamh O’Dea in action with Megan Downes Rigney in last year’s county final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THIRTY two teams spring into gear as the Clare ladies football championships kick off this weekend.