Clare SHC quarter-finals throw up tremendous ties
*Aidan McCarthy and Aaron Fitzgerald will renew rivalries. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOUR excellent quarter-finals are on the cards in the TUS Clare SHC following Monday’s draw for the last eight.
Kilmaley
Kilmaley full of life after topping Group of Death to be in full fettle for quarter-finals
*Kilmaley goalkeeper Bryan O’Loughlin picks up the break. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. KILMALEY maintained their unbeaten run in this year’s championship as they exited the Group of Death in top spot and in a healthy position entering the quarter-finals.
‘Absolutely mad’ competition for places in Kilmaley & Scariff ‘will give it everything’ in final round
*Kilmaley’s Eoin Enright. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. UNBEATEN KILMALEY have very high competition for places on their starting team with players “absolutely mad” to break into the first fifteen while Scariff are determined to roll over despite the end of their championship aspirations.
One-sided outcomes kick off camogie championship
*Lynda Daly was among those to impress for Scariff/Ogonnelloe. ONE-SIDED affairs marked the start of the Clare Credit Unions Senior Championship on Friday evening.
Senior teams profiled as Friday night fixtures kick off camogie championship
*Áine O’Loughlin of Truagh/Clonlara in action with Scariff/Ogonnelloe’s Susan Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE race to be crowned Clare Credit Unions senior camogie champions gets underway on this Friday evening with four games down for decision.
The Water Break: Goals start rolling as first casualties fall in Clare SHC
*Peter Duggan is tackled by Shane Woods. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THIRTY one goals were scored across the course of the weekend in the second round of the TUS Clare SHC.
Group of Death much Cleary now for Kilmaley after second half goal-fest
*Kilmaley’s Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE MAY have been confusion over the actual score at half-time when the sides were level but the scoreboard suggested otherwise and there were no such queries by the final whistle as Kilmaley romped to a twelve point victory over Cratloe with a powerful second half display.
Kilmaley back to square one following ‘nuts’ eleven point comeback
*Conor Cleary was central to Kilmaley’s round one win. Photograph: Brian Culbert ALTHOUGH they produced the comeback of the round in the opening batch of games, Kilmaley manager Brian Culbert insists it’s back to square one as they aim to pick up successive victories this weekend.
Carmody steps down as Clare senior camogie manager
*John Carmody. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. JOHN CARMODY has stepped down as manager of the Clare senior camogie team.
Adapting to online market key to survival of Western Herd
*Maeve Sheridan of Western Herd Brewing. TEN YEARS ON from its foundation, Western Herd Brewing Company continues to serve as an example to all small businesses in Clare.