Colm Collins steps down as Clare manager
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COLM COLLINS has stepped down as manager of the Clare senior footballers.
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A serious performance that came up just a little short
*Clare manager, Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “One thing we said after the Donegal game was that whatever happened today there was going to be a serious performance and we did do that but just came up a little short”.
Breckans back in Cusack Cup final, Ennistymon & Clondegad reach penultimate stage as Doonbeg & Corofin drop down
*Padraig Kelly of St Breckan’s. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. All final round games in the Cusack and Garry cup football competitions were played at 2p.m. on Monday and at the end of play the teams going forward to the knock out stages and those making the drop down the ladder were confirmed.
Cooraclare edge closer to Garry Cup semi-final
*Cooraclare’s Micheál Garry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Cooraclare put themselves in a strong position to reach the semi-final of the Garry cup (division 2) when they defeated their neighbours Kilmihil in round 6 at Kilmihil on Tuesday evening.
Second half ‘capitulation’ very costly for Clare
*Emmet McMahon loses possession to Hugh McFadden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WAS A STARK TURNAROUND so far as playing championship games in Cusack Park was concerned for Clare’s senior footballers.
Miltown edge closer to a return to Cusack Cup
*Miltown goal scorer, Cormac Murray. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill St Joseph’s Miltown moved a step closer to a return to the Cusack cup when they defeated a hitherto unbeaten Kilmihil in round 5 of the Garry Cup last Tuesday evening.
The Water Break: David can’t afford to make mistakes when taking on Goliath
*Dara Moynihan takes on Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HOPES OF A 1992 repeat quickly vanished when Kerry had three goals tucked away by half-time, the latest episode of The Water Break attempts to pick up the pieces on where it went wrong for Clare’s footballers.
Double victories for McMahon & Murray
DOUBLE VICTORIES were recorded for Cooraclare owner James McMahon and Sixmilebridge trainer Stephen Murray in Galway over the weekend while Ollie Hester bowed out after twenty years at the helm.
Downes legacy still has fingerprints over football in Clare
*Clare selector, Declan Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LEGACY. Kerry may have the tradition of the two counties competing in Sunday’s Munster final but there’s a rich legacy among the personnel involved with the Clare cause.
Clondegad, Breckan’s, Ennistymon & Kildysart claim wins in Cusack Cup & Miltown lead the way in Garry Cup
*Colm O’Brien takes on Conor Finucane. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography THE RACE for the Cusack and Garry Cups has passed the halfway stage and Clondegad and St Joseph’s Miltown remain the leaders in Division 1 and 2 respectively.