*Supt Ollie Baker. EAST CLARE’S Garda resources will not be diminished despite the area being without a Superintendent under the newly amalgamated Garda Division with Tipperary.
*Labhaoise O’Donnell finished with a hat-trick for Scariff/Ogonnelloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENTERING THE FINAL round of the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship, title holders Scariff/Ogonnelloe and Feakle/Killanena are among the sides to have booked their place in the knockout stages.
*Conor Whelan finished as Whitegate’s top scorer. Photograph: Ruth Griffin BODYKE finished the group stages of the Clare IHC unbeaten while Ruan and Whitegate ended their last game of the round with a draw to ensure they all advanced to the knockout stages.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin SIX GAMES were played across the weekend and midweek in the fourth round of the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
*Corofin’s Gearoid Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The race for the intermediate hurling championship title is heating up and an exciting battle is developing for the quarter final places.
*All clubs pictured at the championship launch on Monday evening. Photograph: Aidan Ryan FRESH FROM Clare’s All-Ireland triumph in the Premier Junior Camogie Championship, attention swiftly moves to the club scene with the race beginning in earnest for the local championships.
*Whitegate’s Ian Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHITEGATE and Corofin handed out 28 and 24 point respective beatings in the opening round of the Clare IHC which also saw Inagh/Kilnamona, Smith O’Briens and Sixmilebridge record victories.
*Ronan Monahan weaves through the Smith O’Briens defence of Evan Connolly, Cian Nolan and Mark Stritch. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TWO MORE teams will be relegated from the senior ranks this season so the opportunity to jump from the intermediate grade to the top tier is all the greater for the fifteen teams in action.
*Clare captain, Eoghan Gunning. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIX CLARE HURLERS have been named in the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Hurling Team of the Year while captain Eoghan Gunning has been named Hurler of the Year.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN has dropped four members of the Clare senior hurling panel ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final versus Dublin.
