Tractor run to raise funds for Down Syndrome Clare
*Photograph: David Crimmins. A TRACTOR RUN in aid of Down Syndrome Clare takes place this Sunday in Newmarket-on-Fergus.
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Senior quarter-final pairings throw up heavyweight showdowns
*High flying Clonlara will meet Éire Óg in the quarter-finals. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ONE OF THE favourites to lift the Canon Hamilton will be eliminated at the quarter-final stage.
The Water Break – All quarter-finalists in the Clare SHC will believe they are good enough to claim the Canon
*Seamus McCaul and Conor Cleary battle for possession. ALL QUARTER-FINAL places in the Clare senior hurling championship have been filled so there’s plenty to discuss on the latest episode of The Water Break.
Bodyke continue unbeaten run as Ruan & Whitegate draw enough to push them into Clare IHC quarter-finals
*Conor Whelan finished as Whitegate’s top scorer. Photograph: Ruth Griffin BODYKE finished the group stages of the Clare IHC unbeaten while Ruan and Whitegate ended their last game of the round with a draw to ensure they all advanced to the knockout stages.
Bodyke eliminate Tubber from Clare IHC & Parteen/Meelick advance to quarter-finals
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin SIX GAMES were played across the weekend and midweek in the fourth round of the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
School bus ‘crisis’ prompts Cratloe complaint to Bus Éireann & Dept of Education
*A public meeting took place in Cratloe on Monday. A FORMAL COMPLAINT has been issued to Bus Éireann and the Department of Education following the cancellation of three routes in South-East Clare.
Objectors force cancellation of Newmarket-on-Fergus funfair but spirits not dampened
*Clodagh Lawlor on stage at the 19th Hole Festival in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Joe Buckley ALTHOUGH the 19th Hole Festival in Newmarket-on-Fergus proved to be warmly welcomed over the weekend, strong disappointment has been voiced with the manner in which a cohort of local residents forced the cancellation of a children’s funfair.
Blues must improve ‘disappointing aspects’ before quarter-final
*Sam Meaney and Eoin Guilfoyle both miss the high ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS plan to utilise their four-week window ahead of the Clare SHC quarter-finals to work on ‘disappointing aspects’ of their third round win over Wolfe Tones.
Sun shines in Dromoland as Smilla Tarning Sønderby claims Irish Open
Smilla Tarning Sønderby. FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row, it took a three way play-off to determine the winner of the Dromoland Castle hosted KPMG Women’s Irish Open.
Bunratty to bask in inaugural harp celebration
*Nora Casey, resident harpist at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, pictured with Bunratty Castle Entertainers. Photograph: Eamon Ward. COINCIDING with the sixtieth anniversary of the Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet, an inaugural two-day harp celebration will take place this weekend.
