No major shocks in opening round of Clare Cup
*Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare GAA’s adult club season got underway at the weekend with first round games in the Clare Cup as well as Divisions 2, 3 and 4 hurling leagues.
*Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare GAA’s adult club season got underway at the weekend with first round games in the Clare Cup as well as Divisions 2, 3 and 4 hurling leagues.
*Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Veronica McMahon SHOWINGS against Cork and Kilkenny in their opening outings of the National Camogie League have left the Clare manager optimistic for the season ahead.
ALL-IRELAND final fever has descended on Coláiste Muire as they go in search of national glory this Friday.
An exciting new chapter for Clare Camogie begins in earnest this weekend when both the senior and junior sides take to the field in the opening round of the National Camogie Leagues.
*Donal Madden, Ray McInerney and Ray Stewart with the Tulla intermediate hurlers in 2020. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA have turned to one member of their championship winning side from 2008 to manage their senior hurlers this year.
*Colm Browne has returned to the Master Fixtures committee. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWLY elected Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating has begun the process of reorganising the make-up in personnel on the Association’s sub-committees.
MORE THAN one thousand people came out in Clare across Friday evening to pay their respects to the late Ashling Murphy.
*Clonlara’s Colm O’Meara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION commenced in the U21 hurling championships at the weekend with the four semi-finals in the A competition now known while six teams remain in the race for B honours.
*Kilmaley’s U14 side. The growing final rivalry of Kilmaley and Clooney-Quin reached new heights in the last bumper weekend of underage hurling action when it had to take extra-time to decide an Under 14A thriller in Broadford last Sunday morning.
*David Fitzgerald’s fitness is a big concern for Inagh/Kilnamona. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A very tight affair is predicted for Sunday’s Clare SHC final between Ballyea and Inagh/Kilnamona with the fitness of Aidan McCarthy and David Fitzgerald cited as influential in determining the outcome.