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Quarter-final ties known for senior & intermediate championships
*Jason McCarthy and Liam Corry will cross paths again. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUARTER-FINAL pairings have been unveiled for the Clare SHC, IHC and Junior B competitions.
Older drivers should get fine & no penalty points for first speeding offence – Breen
*James Breen. Photograph: Gary Collins OLDER DRIVERS should receive no penalty points and only a fine when caught for their first offence of speeding, a former Clare TD has argued.
Scariff/Ogonnelloe & Truagh/Clonlara still unbeaten while The Bridge get up and running
Aoibhín McNamara loses her footing but controls the sliotar with Fiona Tuohy close behind. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SCARIFF/OGONNELLOE and Truagh/Clonlara remain unbeaten following three rounds in the Clare senior camogie championship.
Tulla, Ogonnelloe, Doora/Barefield & Parteen secure Clare IHC quarter-final spots
*Sean Withycombe is choked up by Éanna Doyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Action continued in the Clare intermediate hurling championship (IHC) over the weekend with six of the quarter-finalists vying to win the Paddy Browne Cup now known.
Inamona beat Wolfe Tones but both sides advance to quarter-finals
*Cian O’Rourke battles with Eoin Fitzgerald INAGH/KILNAMONA are back in the hunt for the Canon Hamilton, qualifying for the last eight along with Wolfe Tones despite overcoming the Shannon side.
Upsetting the odds is ‘what we train for’ say Smith O’Briens & Clooney/Quin
*Brendan Foley. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CAUSING THE biggest upsets in this year’s Clare SHC is what Smith O’Briens and Clooney/Quin have been training for.
Scariff/Ogonnelloe & Truagh/Clonlara make statements as camogie campaign kicks off
*Mairead Scanlan was the top scorer for Scariff/Ogonnelloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REIGNING CHAMPIONS, Scariff/Ogonnelloe kicked off the Clare Senior Camogie Championship in emphatic fashion with Truagh/Clonlara and Newmarket-on-Fergus also recording wins.
Smith O’Briens stun Inagh/Kilnamona in Shannon
*Eddie Bourke beats the challenge of David Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill According to the saying ‘hunger is the best sauce’ and at a sun splashed Wolfe Tones grounds in Shannon this Saturday afternoon Smith O’Briens showed by far the greater hunger as they eked out a surprise but merited one point win over a fancied …
Senior camogie sides profiled with race for McMahon Cup to get underway
*Alva Rodgers and Scariff/Ogonnelloe begin the defence of their county and provincial titles. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The race for the Clare senior camogie championship commences on this Friday evening with ten teams in two groups of five chasing honours.