Bricks shake off Spa to secure back to back wins & place in Clare SFC quarter-finals
*Caoilfhinn O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK to back wins for Kilmurry Ibrickane have them heading to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC.
*Caoilfhinn O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK to back wins for Kilmurry Ibrickane have them heading to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC.
*Padraig Kelly in action for St Breckans. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography STARTING guns have signalled in the race for the Jack Daly, there were no massive surprises among the early fallers and no fatal blows have been sustained following the first round of action.
*Jamie Stack gets away from Shane Nihill. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST BRECKANS ran out eight point winners over Wolfe Tones in Group 3’s opening round in the TUS Clare SFC.
*Colm O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT’s only two years since St Breckans contested the county final but their standing as championship contenders is not as strong as recent years.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILRUSH SHAMROCKS are Garry Cup champions for the third time after overcoming St Breckan’s in the Division 2 decider on Friday evening.
*Tadhg Lysaght of Kilrush Shamrocks in action with St Breckans’ Mark O’Donnell. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. LEAGUE promotion was the main aim for St Breckan’s and Kilrush Shamrocks when they commenced their Garry Cup campaigns, that objective has been achieved and it’s bonus territory to be vying for silverware this weekend.
Padraig Kelly of St Breckan’s. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. ST BRECKAN’s have won promotion back to the Cusack cup (division 1 football league) and a place in the Garry cup final thanks to a merited semi-final win over Clondegad at Lisdoonvarna on Wednesday evening.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Caoilfhinn O’Dea takes on Ennistymon’s Brian McNamara during their Cusack Cup clash. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEIGHBOURS Éire Óg and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield are through to the knockout stages of the Cusack Cup while relegation from the top tier awaits Kildysart and Corofin.
*Lissycasey’s Cian Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’s Doora/Barefield, Lissycasey and Éire Óg lead the way for honours in the Cusack Cup with Kilrush Shamrocks and Clondegad both managed by Kilmurry Ibrickane men pushing for promotion from the Garry Cup alongside St Breckan’s and Doonbeg.
*Dean Ryan holds off Euan Lineen in the meeting of Éire Óg & St Joseph’s Miltown. Photograph: Mike Brennan THREE teams are tied at top of the table in the Cusack Cup following the fourth round of action this Easter weekend.