Teams profiled as Clare senior ladies football championship commences
ACTION kicks off this Sunday in the first round of the Clare ladies football senior championship.
ACTION kicks off this Sunday in the first round of the Clare ladies football senior championship.
*Mikey Keating clings onto possession under pressure for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MAJOR shocks have brought the TUS Clare SFC to life following the second round of games held over the weekend.
*Cormac Murray takes on Shane Nihill. Photograph: James Downes ST JOSEPH’S MILTOWN have set up a winner-take all final round with St Breckans and have consigned Wolfe Tones to the relegation play-offs.
*St Joseph’s Miltown manager Martin Guerin with selector Jim Marrinan. Photograph: James Downes ST JOSEPH’S Miltown face off with reigning intermediate champions Wolfe Tones this Saturday in what they’ve labelled as “a massive game”.
*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.
*Seanie Malone and Shane Hickey square off. Photograph: James Downes KILMURRY IBRICKANE took the spoils in the West Clare derby against St Joseph’s Miltown to begin their Clare SFC campaign with a win.
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’s Miltown exited the championship at the hands of rivals Kilmurry Ibrickane in the quarter-finals by a margin of eleven points last year, they’re hopeful of closing the gap and claiming the bragging rights this weekend.
*Micheál Murray was named man of the match. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Willie Clancy week has begun and St Joseph’s Miltown kicked off the celebrations on a high hitting the right note to be crowned O’Gorman Cup champions for the second time in three seasons.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s match-winner Cathal Talty keeps the ball from Conall Meade and Enda O’Gorman. Photograph: James Downes. KILMURRY IBRICKANE will host St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in the semi-finals of the Cusack Cup after overcoming neighbours St Joseph’s Miltown.
*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.