*Clarecastle’s Paul O’Connell takes on Tubber defender Joey Droney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARECASTLE claimed their place in the Clare PIHC final for the second year in a row, once again proving too strong for Tubber.
*Coolmeen’s Dylan O’Halloran rejoices at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COOLMEEN consolidated their status in the Clare intermediate football championship while ending Michael Cusacks’ two-year stint in the second tier.
*Mark Rodgers in action for UL. Photograph: Sport Action Photography CLARE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED with a total of 27 hurlers involved with Fitzgibbon Cup panels across the country.
*Conor Tierney was among St Josephs Doora/Barefield’s goal scorers. Photograph: Ruth Griffin The race for the intermediate hurling championship got underway at the weekend with all four scheduled ties going the way of the favourites.
*Tubber’s Ronan Monahan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Tubber’s intermediate hurlers ended a ten year spell without silverware when they defeated Parteen in a high scoring division 2 hurling league final at Clarecastle on Tuesday evening.
With a tally of 5-10 between them the sparkling form of Domhnall McMahon and the Earley brothers Clive and Blaine proved too much for Sixmilebridge in this intermediate hurling championship quarter final tie at Eire Og on Sunday afternoon.