*Fionn Hickey gets to the ball ahead of Paddy Fitzgerald in the semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES” have been exhibited by St Joseph’s Tulla en route to the Dr Harty Cup final but a ten percent improvement is required if they are to surprise favourites Ard Scoil Rís in the provincial decider.
TWO MONTHS ON from his retirement from inter-county hurling, Aidan Harte is still experiencing a championship-like buzz ahead of Saturday’s Dr Harty Cup final.
ST JOSEPH’S TULLA competing in the Dr Harty Cup final is the “stuff of dreams,” manager Terence Fahy admitted.
*Clonlara’s Séimí Gully is the Ard Scoil Rís goalkeeper. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTOME of Saturday’s Harty Cup final, coveted provincial medals will be heading home to Clare.
*Ronan O’Connor and Evan Maxted show their delight at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ST JOSEPHS’S TULLA’s qualification for a first ever Harty Cup final due to the dogged determination of their young hurlers.
A PERFORMANCE brimming with character saw St Joseph’s Tulla advance to their first ever Harty Cup final.
Clare schools celebrated provincial success on the camogie field.
What makes St Joseph’s run to the Dr Harty Cup semi-final all the more impressive is the fact that they had to produce comebacks to see off St Colman’s College and now Christian Brothers College.
A first Dr Harty Cup semi-final awaits St Joseph’s of Tulla after another spirited fightback earned them victory over Cork’s Christian Brothers College at Kilmallock on Saturday afternoon.
With places in all five finals still up for grabs, the scramble for positioning preoccupies this week’s final round of group matches in the new Clare Under 15 Post-Primary Schools Hurling Championships.
