*Aidan McCarthy receives his prize from St Francis Credit Union Lending & Business Development Manager, Dave Noble. CAPTAIN Aidan McCarthy set the way with a standout display for Inagh/Kilnamona to pick up the St Francis Credit Union / The Clare Echo player of the week.
*Fred Hegarty celebrates scoring Inagh/Kilnamona’s first goal of the championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA’s shift to playing more as a team has been credited as a central reason for the club advancing to a first Clare SHC final in five years.
*Seán Rynne celebrates at the final whistle for Inagh/Kilnamona. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA have ended Éire Óg’s reign as county champions and more importantly for them have advanced to a first Clare SHC final since 2021.
*Inagh/Kilnamona defender Keith White. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. REGARDLESS of how Sunday’s semi-final against county champions Éire Óg will go, Inagh/Kilnamona are “going to come out fighting,” their manager has insisted.
*Seamus McCaul and Conor Cleary battle for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL stage of the Clare senior hurling championship sees the battle to lift the Canon Hamilton crank up a gear.
*Michelle Caulfield charges out of defence for Truagh/Clonlara. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. TRUAGH/CLONLARA ended Inagh/Kilnamona’s reign as Clare senior camogie champions, coming from eight points down to win by eight.
*Inagh/Kilnamona defender, Shane Woods. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. ‘CHARACTER and leadership’ of Inagh/Kilnamona has been strengthened with the manner in which they have made the semi-finals of the Clare SHC.
*Hannah Mai Neylon of Clarecastle/Ballyea takes on Clooney/Quin’s Mary Kate McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. RELEGATION fate was the crucial aspect in of the final round of group games in the Clare Credit Unions Senior Camogie Championship, with Clarecastle/Ballyea and St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield both dropping down to intermediate for next year.
*Shane O’Donnell and Shane Woods will cross paths once again. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL pairings have been set for the TUS Clare senior hurling championship.
*Aidan McCarthy of Inagh/Kilnamona rises highest to win the sliotar ahead of Jamie Moylan. Photograph: Charlotte Cole. INAGH/Kilnamona are back in the semi-finals of the Clare SHC after withstanding a Cratloe comeback.