*Ballyea’s talisman, Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill While their second successive Canon Hamilton trophy success last October was a historic breakthrough for Ballyea, one would have to search back half a century to find the last time that a Clare club managed to garner a three-in-a-row of county senior crowns.
*Kevin Sheehan will be coaching the Ballyea senior hurling team this year. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KEVIN SHEEHAN will coach the Ballyea senior hurlers in 2023 as they go in search of a third Canon Hamilton trophy in as many years and a fifth since they made the breakthrough in 2016 when he was the team’s …
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*Ballyea’s Robbie Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THREE-TIME CLARE SHC winning manager, Robbie Hogan has called time on his second tenure in charge of the Ballyea senior hurlers.
*Oisin O’Donnell scored 1-04 for Crusheen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN saved their senior status and sent Smith O’Briens into a relegation battle less than a year after their promotion.
*Patrick Kelly catches the sliotar above Gearoid O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SCORING DIFFERNENCE is going to play a key role in influencing the make-up of the participants in the knockout stages and relegation play-offs of the Clare SHC, Clarecastle’s senior hurling manager has said.
*Crusheen’s Ross Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN’S “high standards” on and off the field will need to be applied this weekend as they aspire to collect their first win of the Clare SHC while Inagh/Kilnamona still have question marks on the fitness of Conner Hegarty and Kevin Hehir.
*The experienced Cian Dillon will be at the heart of the Crusheen defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Having experienced the heartbreak and deflation of being relegated before an eleventh hour provincial reprieve, if there ever was a kick in Crusheen, it has to come in the next two months.
*Killian McDermott goes to ground as Paddy Vaughan closes in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Crusheen manager, Kevin Sheehan has expressed his hope that he will remain in charge of the Blood and Bandages next season.
*Clarecastle’s Killian McDermott. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Ten-time Clare SHC champions Clarecastle have been relegated from the senior ranks for the first time in their history while Crusheen one of the top teams in the county in the past decade have also dropped to the intermediate grade.
*Fergal Lynch goaled in the opening half. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clooney-Quin are on the brink of consolidating their senior hurling status after completing back-to-back relegation group wins with a commanding victory over Crusheen in Shannon this afternoon.
