*Donal Moloney listens from a distance as the Clare minors speak in a huddle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill After the highs of their Munster championship campaign which ended in a penalty shootout loss to Tipperary in the final, Clare’s minor hurlers were brought crashing back down to earth this Saturday afternoon.
CLARE’s minor hurlers hopes of securing a fifth provincial crown were devastatingly crushed after losing to Tipperary on penalties.
*Goalscorer Oisin Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare completed a unique double over Cork in the space of three days after the minor hurlers produced the performance of the year to dethrone provincial and All-Ireland champions Cork on Tuesday evening.
*Clare’s Jack O’Neill chased by Conor Tobin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare got off the mark in this year’s Munster Minor Hurling Championship in impressive fashion when seeing off Waterford in Cusack Park Ennis this evening.
There was mixed luck for two Clare schools as the race for the Dr. Harty cup continued this Wednesday afternoon.
ST FLANNAN’S COLLEGE are Dean Ryan champions for the thirteenth time.
St. Flannan’s College, Ennis are through to the semi-final of the Dean Ryan Cup, Munster colleges junior A hurling championship.
It was the ultimate never-say-die crescendo as Eamonn Breen’s injury-time goal snatched a famous title clinching victory for Sixmilebridge in Cusack Park.
Inagh-Kilnamona received a major shot in the arm on home soil on Monday evening when gaining some retribution on chief rivals Sixmilebridge by 0-20 to 1-15 to finish on top of the Under 15A Hurling Championship group table.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Last year’s beaten Under 14 Football Championship finalists Ennistymon have blazed an early trail in the Under 15 equivalent over the past week with successive opening victories over Clondegad and Kilrush/Killimer.
