Semi-final draws held for Clare SHC
SEMI-FINAL pairings have been made for the TUS Clare senior hurling championship.
Kilmaley
Rampant Kilmaley ensure that it was a ‘Bridge too far for last year’s finalists
*Kilmaley’s Sean Kennedy delivers the ball into attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY advance to their first Clare Senior Hurling Championship semi-final in seven years but one wouldn’t have thought it from what seemed a grizzled veteran’s performance.
Inamona & Truagh/Clonlara thundering ahead in senior race
*Eimear Begley of Truagh/Clonlara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TRUAGH/CLONLARA and Inagh/Kilnamona lead the way with successive victories seeing them hold top spots in their respective groups following the second round of the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship.
O’Neill rolls back the years to nab player of the week
*Mikey O’Neill receives his award from fellow Kilmaley teammate Seán Kennedy of St Francis CU. MIKEY O’NEILL rolled back the years as Kilmaley made it three wins from three to seal top spot in Group 4 of the Clare SHC to be chosen as the St Francis Credit Union/The Clare Echo player of the week.
The Water Break: Eruptions of excitement already with Clare SHC quarter-final pairings
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin is fouled by Diarmuid Mullins of Crusheen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TEAMS have only been pulled out of the hat but anticipation is for the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SHC.
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 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.