Teams profiled as sliotar throws in on U21 championship
*Clooney/Quin’s Jack O’Neill. KEENLY CONTESTED clashes await when the sliotar is thrown in for the U21 hurling championships this weekend
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Bridge knock Avenue Utd out of Munster Junior Cup
BRIDGE UTD have knocked Avenue Utd out of the Munster Junior Cup as the reigning league champions continue their struggle to get going this season.
Niall Gilligan’s farm firm records combined profits of €207k in 2023 & 2024
*Niall Gilligan. A FARM enterprise operated by All-Ireland winning Clare hurler, Niall Gilligan recorded profits of €100,000 last year.
Clare athletes claim medals at European lifesaving championships
(L-R). Amelie Carolan, Evan McMahon, Susan Meehan, Oisin O’Grady, Leana Liddane, Ferdia Hayes, Elin Blake, Jude Collins, Aoibh Blake. NINE Clare athletes made a splash at the European Lifesaving Championships held in Poland.
Competition for places ‘driving standards’ in Kilmaley
*Brian McNamara’s return has been a big boost for Kilmaley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COMPETITION for places in the Kilmaley side is “driving standards” within the team as they contest a first Clare SHC semi-final in seven years.
PLAYER RATINGS: Superior spirit & drive of Kilmaley stark contrast to poor Sixmilebridge showing
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY face off with Éire Óg in this weekend’s Clare SHC semi-final but they got to the last four with a truly dominant vicory over Sixmilebridge.
Dublin man accused of harassing ex Clare hurler Páidí Fitzpatrick over nine month period
*Páidi Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A 38-year old Dublin man has appeared in court in connection with the alleged harassment of ex Clare hurler, Páidí Fitzpatrick over a nine month period.
Bridge Utd getting closer to big breakthrough
*Bridge Utd’s Lee Mulready. Photograph: Joe Buckley INCHES away from claiming a first Premier Division title since 2006, Bridge Utd are trying to bring a different mentality as they look to claim one of the major titles in Clare soccer.
Mills & Whitegate seal semi-final spots with Tubber, Tulla, Ruan & Clarecastle all in quarter-finals
*Jacob Loughnane controls the sliotar for O’Callaghans Mills. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. O’CALLAGHANS Mills and Whitegate advanced to the semi-finals of the TUS Clare premier intermediate hurling championship after topping their respective groups.
Rampant Kilmaley ensure that it was a ‘Bridge too far for last year’s finalists
*Kilmaley’s Sean Kennedy delivers the ball into attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY advance to their first Clare Senior Hurling Championship semi-final in seven years but one wouldn’t have thought it from what seemed a grizzled veteran’s performance.