*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare will be “going as strong as we can” according to manager Brian Lohan when he and his management team sits down to name the side which will line out against Westmeath in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League.
*Clare’s Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY KELLY WILL CONTINUE as Clare senior hurling captain for 2023.
*Loyal Clare supporter John Joe Costelloe and David McInerney. Photograph: Martin Connolly It’s exactly a decade on from when David McInerney first embraced a winter programme as part of the Clare senior hurling squad.
*Michelle Caulfield will be hoping to win a first senior championship this weekend. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It won’t surprise anyone that Truagh/Clonlara have retained the same management that led them to their first Clare senior camogie championship final last year.
*Paul Flanagan is nominated for the first time. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EIGHT CLARE HURLERS have been nominated for PwC All Stars.
*The Newmarket-on-Fergus senior hurlers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A blistering finish ensured that Newmarket-on-Fergus completed their group campaign in the best possible fashion to effectively seal a quarter-final place in Cusack Park, Ennis on Friday evening.
*Ian Galvin finished with 0-06 for Clonlara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clonlara’s superior strength-in-depth finally soared to the surface as they hit the last five points to pip Whitegate for the second successive season in Cusack Park, Ennis.
*A dejected John Conlon at the final whistle in Sixmilebridge on Saturday. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA MANAGER, Donal Madden refused to be drawn on reports that they dropped key players for their Clare SHC opening round due to disciplinary reasons.
*Oisin Clune lined out at midfield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Raymond Bane emerged as the Feakle hero at Sixmilebridge this Saturday evening as he fired over the winning point with the second last puck of the game to give his side victory by the minimum margin over Clonlara.
*Dylan McMahon has been moved to the centre-back berth for Clonlara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Everything appeared to be motoring along nicely for Clonlara until the Clare Cup Final a fortnight ago.
