Feakle finish top of Group 2 to progress to last eight
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin FEAKLE had eight points to spare over Corofin to ensure they are back in the Clare SHC quarter-finals for the second year running.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin FEAKLE had eight points to spare over Corofin to ensure they are back in the Clare SHC quarter-finals for the second year running.
*Adam Hogan gets to the sliotar before Cathal McInerney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. First blood in Group 2 to Feakle who justified their seeding with a fully merited victory over Cratloe in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.
*Feakle’s Shane McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BEATEN semi-finalists twelve months ago, it won’t come as any surprise that followers of Feakle hurling want to see their side take the extra two steps this year and bridge a thirty six year gap to the last time that the Canon Hamilton trophy spent the winter in the …
*Feakle’s goal scorer Martin Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE are through to the semi-finals of the Clare senior hurling championships for the first time since 2016.
*Feakle’s Eoin Tuohy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE guaranteed themselves top spot in Group 4 of the TUS Clare senior hurling championship when proving too strong for East Clare rivals Broadford.
Eoin Tuohy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE MOVED closer to a place in the quarter finals of the TUS senior hurling championship when they defeated Clarecastle at Shannon on Saturday afternoon.
*Feakle’s Shane McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE are tired of “hard luck stories” and the East Clare club are targeting a return to the knockout stages of the TUS Clare SHC for the first time since 2020.
*Killian Bane scored the equalising goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A last gasp goal from Killian Bane snatched a dramatic share of the spoils for Feakle after Newmarket-on-Fergus seemed poised to secure a second successive group victory in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.
*Feakle’s Adam Hogan is one of the county’s most exciting prospects. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill While 2021 was ultimately a successful one for Feakle after garnering their first senior silverware since 1988, there’s still no hiding from the disappointment of a premature championship exit.
Despite being reduced to fourteen men midway through the second half when Oisin Clune was sent to the line on a second yellow card, Feakle held on for a one point victory over Newmarket-on-Fergus.