O’Dea determined to drive Banner to thirteenth title
*Banner Ladies football manager, JJ O’Dea. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Mention Banner Ladies football club and immediately the name of J. J. O’Dea will come into the conversation.
*Banner Ladies football manager, JJ O’Dea. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Mention Banner Ladies football club and immediately the name of J. J. O’Dea will come into the conversation.
*JJ & Eva O’Dea. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SPORT is a huge part of life in the O’Dea household and this weekend will again highlight the fact that family members will have to choose which fixture to attend.
EVAN TALTY has stepped down as manager of the Clare intermediate ladies football side.
*Clare intermediate ladies football manager, Evan Talty. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography To get to the All-Ireland intermediate ladies football championship final this season Clare will have to beat the highest ranked team in the competition in this Sunday’s semi-final.
*Clare’s Chloe Moloney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography AN ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINAL awaits Clare’s intermediate ladies footballers despite their one point loss to Louth.
*Clare manager, Evan Talty. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare make the long journey to Newry on Sunday to take on Down in the opening round of the All-Ireland intermediate ladies football championship.
*Chloe Morey in action for Clare. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography The eternal conundrum of how to optimise performance while revelling in the journey is something that Chloe Morey has possibly cracked ahead of her latest tilt at the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
*Photograph: Ryan Byrne / Inpho IN WHAT WILL go down as one of the greatest Munster Finals in recent times, Clare suffered an agonising defeat after two periods of extra time.
Kilkishen’s Alannah Ryan is close to full fitness for Saturday’s final. Photograph: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane Contesting the Munster senior and junior camogie championship finals on this Saturday, a week after playing in the provincial minor A final is “a huge sign of the progress being made by Clare camogie” according to team mentor Brendan Foley.
*Zi Yan Spillane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A FIRST MUNSTER FINAL appearance since 2012 is the reward for the Clare senior camogie team following their four point replay win over Tipperary.