Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
Laurie Ryan
Parish persistence pays off for Doora/Barefield to end Banner’s drive for five
*Aisling Reidy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s marquee ladies football final will not feature Banner Ladies for the first time in 17 years after being dramatically dethroned at the penultimate stage by determined neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield on away soil on Sunday.
Freeman steps down as Clare ladies football manager
*Wayne Freeman. Photograph: Ben McShane/Sportsfile WAYNE Freeman has stepped down as manager of the Clare intermediate ladies football team.
Six Clare players on ladies football team of the league
*Siofra Ní Chonaill and Aisling Reidy. Tom Beary/Sportsfile SIX CLARE players have been included on the team of the league for Division 3.
‘Winning gives a reason to drive on’ says commuting Considine
*Clare’s Roisin Considine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ROISIN CONSIDINE’s return to the Clare ladies football squad was made all the sweeter after she won her first league medal with the county.
Caoimhe helps to provide the light following ‘dark days’ for ladies football in Clare
*Caoimhe Harvey lifts the Division 3 title. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill VICTORIOUS Clare ladies football captain Caoimhe Harvey says they have been left with a “fantastic” feeling after securing league glory.
Clare going ‘all guns blazing’ to match league promotion with silverware
Amy Sexton offloads while Áine Kelly closes in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s ladies footballers are going “all guns blazing” for success in Division 3 of the Lidl Ladies Football National League.
Laurie Ryan leads the way with Athlone Town
*Laurie Ryan. LAURIE RYAN captained Athlone Town to success in last Sunday’s Sports Direct FAI Cup Final.
Banner Ladies favourites to beat West Clare Gaels and claim fourteenth title
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It will be a gala occasion for Clare ladies football on this Saturday at Miltown when the senior championship final will be the centrepiece.
Clare’s comeback comes up agonisingly short against Kildare
Aisling Reidy is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S HOPES of All-Ireland glory in the intermediate ladies football final were dashed by Kildare on Sunday afternoon.
