Clare GAA opt against keeping Walsh as U20 football manager
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MAURICE WALSH will not continue as manager of the Clare U20 footballers.
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The Water Break: Race for Jack Daly to begin in earnest with upsets in the offing
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEW RULES have brought a renewed lease of life to gaelic football and the race for Jack Daly begins this weekend with an added sense of excitement.
Emmet McMahon ruled out for remainder of year with knee injury
*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE footballer Emmet McMahon is to miss out on the entire club championship with Kildysart through injury.
‘We want to be peaking coming out of phase one’ – Walsh & Clare U20s ready for championship opener
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONSHIP ACTION descends on Doonbeg this weekend with Maurice Walsh’s Clare U20 footballers determined to make their mark from the off when they welcome Waterford to West Clare.
Walsh in running to be next Clare U20 manager
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MAURICE WALSH is on course to be appointed as the next manager of the Clare U20 footballers, The Clare Echo understands.
The Water Break: Nine left in the race for football glory but Éire Óg lead the way
*Darragh O’Shea and James Curran try to win possession from Kildysart’s Keith O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NINE teams are left standing in the race for honours in the Clare senior and intermediate football championships.
Shannon Community Partnership want town’s untapped potential to blossom
*David Brown, Derek Clune, Donna Marie O’Neill, Sam Stephen, Nick Condon. Front: Siobhan Boyd, Joanne Begley, Sue Corcoran and Geraldine Lambert. Photograph: Joe Buckley BUILDING Shannon’s reputation as a thriving and progressive town with a vibrant and interconnected community is the vision of a new community development and advocacy body.
McNulty resigns as CDSL Fixtures Secretary
*Eoghan McNulty (left) has stepped down as CDSL Fixtures Secretary. Photograph: Natasha Barton EOGHAN MCNULTY has resigned as fixtures secretary of the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL), four months after his election to the position.
Shannon Town banking on young guns to make successful step up to Premier Division
*Fionn McInerney will be among the young players expected to deliver for Shannon Town. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN UTD have no choice but to rely on their successful Youths side of last season to step up for their first team.
Dose of ambition delivered to Doora/Barefield
*Conor O’Brien & Tom McDonald in action for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography QUARTER-FINALISTS LAST SEASON, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield got reacquainted with the taste of knockout football in the top tier and are anxious to sample it some more.