*Tubber’s Ronan Monahan struggles to keep his footing, his goal was decisive for their first round win. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. There were no major shocks as the race for the inaugural premier intermediate hurling championship got underway with four first round games at the weekend.
*Clarecastle’s James Doherty in possession. Photograph: Chris Copley The first ever Premier intermediate hurling championship in Clare gets underway on this Thursday evening when last year’s beaten finalists Tubber take on Tulla.
*Neil O’Brien with some of the injured ewes. Photograph: Joe Buckley HALF A DOZEN ewes were left badly injured with a further one missing following an “traumatic” attack in Kilkishen.
*Pat O’Brien. Photograph: John Mangan CULTURAL CHANGE and a lack of young customers are the biggest challenges facing Clare publicans according to the former owner of The Blacksticks Pub, Pat O’Brien.
ALBERT Long and John Collins had a weekend to remember with success in the feature events in Galway on Friday and Saturday.
RUAN’s Isobelle McInerney emerged victorious in the Munster Poc Fada.
*Shane Punch. RUAN’s Shane Punch and Isobelle McInerney, Jamie Moroney from O’Callaghans Mills, Broadford duo Áine Boland and Ava Reddan plus Sophie Sheedy of Scariff/Ogonnelloe will represent Clare in the MD Sports Munster Poc Fada Final this Saturday.
*Caimin Morey of Sixmilebridge dispossesses Newmarket-on-Fergus’ Shane Lynch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXMILEBRIDGE ended Newmarket-on-Fergus’ reign as Clare Cup champions with The Bridge advancing to the semi-finals of the competition alongside Inagh/Kilnamona, Crusheen and Clonlara.
CLARE’s senior hurling side will not be climbing the steps of the Hogan Stand this summer but there was success for some Clare hurlers in Croke Park over the weekend.
O’Callaghans Mills’ winning run continued at Scariff on Thursday evening when they made it four from four in the willwego.com Clare Cup with victory over Scariff at the latter’s venue. O’Callaghans Mills 1-20 Scariff 0-17 The winners were boosted by the inclusion of two players who hadn’t been available to them in recent weeks. Seanie Boyce …