*Sean Stack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIXMILEBRIDGE’s efforts to blood new players at senior level this year is an experience taught to manager Sean Stack by the dominant Newmarket-on-Fergus side of the 1960s and 1970s.
TEMPLE STREET HOSPITAL will be the beneficiary from the Newmarket-on-Fergus Agricultural Show Society’s annual tractor run this coming weekend and one local family have hailed the lifesaving work of the staff at the Dublin facility.
*Grace Carmody. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMALEY have one foot in the semi-finals of the Clare Senior Camogie Championship.
*Wreaths laid at the new memorial where the crash occurred in 1961. Photograph: Joe Buckley FAMILIES who lost loved ones in a 1961 plane crash in Newmarket-on-Fergus have said they have received closure through the unveiling of a memorial at the site.
*A hurley breaks off Peter Power as Dylan McMahon keeps him under pressure. Photograph: Ruth Griffin MIXING YOUTH WITH EXPERIENCE has been credited by the Newmarket-on-Fergus senior hurling manager for their positive run to date in this year’s championship.
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.
*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.
*Myles Cummins and Breda Casey with Breda’s sister Eileen Crosby (left). Photograph: James Treacy MYLES CUMMINS AND Breda Casey had a trio of winners to mark the return of greyhound racing.
*The Newmarket-on-Fergus senior hurlers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A blistering finish ensured that Newmarket-on-Fergus completed their group campaign in the best possible fashion to effectively seal a quarter-final place in Cusack Park, Ennis on Friday evening.
Conor McDermott tries to block Aidan Moriarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA’s strength in depth helped them get off the board in their second outing of the Clare SHC and they’re hoping it will do the trick once again as they bid for successive victories.