Duddy joins Galway U20 management & Lynch departs
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANNON teacher Padraic Duddy has joined the management of the Galway U20 hurling team while Clooney/Quin’s Fergal Lynch will not be involved with the side next year.
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Collins admits Cratloe would have been willing to play replay instead of penalty shootout
*Colm Collins celebrates Cratloe getting an equalising score in Cusack Park. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. VICTORIOUS CRATLOE boss Colm Collins has said they would have preferred to have played a replay rather than letting the Clare SFC semi-final be decided on a penalty shootout.
Cratloe knock out Éire Óg on penalties
*Podge Collins landed the winning penalty for Cratloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE HAVE ENDED Éire Óg’s reign as Clare SFC champions, winning on a penalty shootout.
Cratloe in stronger position with sole football focus
*Dermot Coughlan is tackled by the Collins brothers David, Podge and Sean. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE’s sole focus on football leaves them in a stronger position than previous outings in the last four of the Clare SFC.
‘Humdinger’ on the cards for clash of Clooney/Quin & Cratloe
*Clooney/Quin’s Dannan Fox. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A “HUMDINGER” has been predicted for the meeting of Clooney/Quin and Cratloe this weekend where the winner will secure a place in the TUS Clare SHC quarter-finals.
Wolfe Tones & Cratloe bidding to get hurling campaigns back on track
*Wolfe Tones defender, Sam Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WOLFE TONES are bidding to get their season back on track when they do battle with Cratloe on Saturday.
Cratloe’s experience paves the way for victory over Lissycasey
*Podge Collins leads an attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The importance and value of experience was highlighted again at Clarecastle this Saturday afternoon when Cratloe got their TUS senior football championship campaign off to a winning start with a two point win over Lissycasey.
Goal-den start for Newmarket-on-Fergus
Peter Power takes on Liam Markham. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Newmarket-on-Fergus got off to an emphatic start to the County Senior Hurling Championship when lowering Cratloe for the first time in eleven years in Cusack Park on Friday evening.
Cratloe concentrating on hitting the ground running
*Cratloe’s Conor McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It’s nearing a decade now since Cratloe’s last taste of senior championship glory and while they should have added to their historic 2014 county hurling and football double, four county final de-feats (two in hurling and two in football) along with a host of agonising semi-final exits have only …
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Colm Collins leaves an endearing mark on Clare football
*Colm Collins and Eoin Cleary celebrate beating Cork in this year’s Munster SFC. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Last Saturday evening’s loss to Derry in Pearse Park, Longford signalled the end of Clare’s involvement in the race for Sam Maguire for 2023.