*Clare’s Fidelma Marrinan with Leitrim’s Claire Qwens. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography It’s back to the drawing board for a shellshocked Clare after suffering their third successive opening round defeat in Ballinasloe this afternoon at the hands of a never-say-die Leitrim.
Experience is a key ingredient in any championship and so it proved at sun splashed O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge this Saturday afternoon where reigning champions Kilkenny got their All-Ireland senior camogie championship campaign off to a winning start.
*Niamh O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Embroiled in a Group of Death for camogie and a welcome Group of Life for ladies football, there’s no room for error on either front for Niamh O’Dea and Co. this weekend.
Niamh O’Dea will make her first appearance of the year for the Clare senior camogie side as they fight to retain their status in Division 1 of the National Camogie League.
*Members of the Clare senior camogie panel. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Being involved in a relegation play off is the last place any GAA team wants to be and the Clare senior camogie team will confirm that.
*Evan Talty. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Having been a member of the management team last season, newly appointed Clare ladies football manager Evan Talty is well versed on what Clare face this season.
*Clare’s Alannah Ryan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Cutting down on the concession of soft goals is the main objective of the Clare senior camogie panel as they begin preparations for their second encounter of the year.
*Ziyan Spillane takes on Ciara Grogan, both of whom are included in the Clare team. Photograph: Sport Action Photography Feakle/Killanena’s Ziyan Spillane is to make her Clare senior camogie debut this weekend.
Two Clare ladies footballers were included on the intermediate team of the championship which was announced on Saturday night.
Clare’s ladies footballers have sealed their place in the TG4 All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2016.
