Keelan Sexton keeps Mike Brennan by his side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION is to heat up in the local gaelic football scene with quarter-final draws held for the Clare SFC, Junior A and B championships with the semi-final pairings known in the intermediate championship.
*Naomi Carroll returned to club action for Banner Ladies. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography With one round of league games to go, three of the four semi-final places in the Clare ladies football senior championship have been filled.
A nail-biting finale to Group 3 on Sunday afternoon saw the top three contenders only separated by scoring difference as Ennistymon and Kilmurry Ibrickane cemented quarter-final places while previously unbeaten Clondegad enter a play-off.
EVAN TALTY has stepped down as manager of the Clare intermediate ladies football side.
Burren Gaels’ Sally King with Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Katie McMahon. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography BURREN GAELS have a wind in their sails with their positive start to life in the top tier of the Clare LGFA senior championship.
*Cathal Malone gathers the ball before Josh Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON ANTICIPATE a “big battle” in their decisive group clash with Doonbeg while Kilmurry Ibrickane reman confident they will bounce back from their defeat to the North Clare side.
*Joey Rouine wins the ball ahead of Joe Campbell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON’s championship campaign has been brought back to life after recording a three point win at the expense of serial winners Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography The race for the various Clare ladies football championships continued last weekend but Sunday’s schedule was disrupted due to the thunder and lightening and heavy rain on Sunday evening which led to the calling off of the game between Kilmihil and Burren Gaels.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Michael O’Dwyer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Last year’s beaten finalists Kilmurry Ibrickane justified the favourites tag when opening their campaign on a winning note with a merited win over Doonbeg at a well appointed Hennessy Park in Miltown this Sunday afternoon.
*Doonbeg goalkeeper, Eamon Tubridy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill APPROACHES FOLLOWED IN THE Cusack Cup remain as the procedure in place for Doonbeg as they prepare for their opening outing in the Clare SFC.