*Scariff/Ogonnelloe’s Rachel Minogue. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Sport can be cruel and sport can be kind and both emotions were very much in evidence at Cusack Park on Saturday afternoon last.
Eimear Begley, Maeve Donnellan and Laura Foley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A CLEARLY delighted Truagh/Clonlara mentor Ryan Morris was lost for words. “Unbelievable, I cannot put words on this”, was his first reaction moments after the final whistle.
*Laura Foley gets away from Abby Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRUAGH/CLONLARA’s victorious senior camogie side made themselves a promise to replicate the success of the Clonlara hurlers.
*Michelle Caulfield and Laura Foley lift the McMahon Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WAS a busy week for Truagh/Clonlara’s joint captain, Michelle Caulfield and there were causes for celebration from start to finish.
*Truagh/Clonlara players celebrate with the McMahon Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRUAGH/CLONLARA ended Scariff/Ogonnelloe’s quest for a third Clare senior camogie chamxpionship in a row and in the process won the title for the first time in their history.
*Louise Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRUAGH/CLONLARA are facing into their third senior camogie final on the trot, looking to win silverware for the first time but “have nothing to lose” according to their coach.
*Michelle Caulfield storms through the challenge of Claire Commane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill GAELIC GAMES occupies a huge part of Truagh/Clonlara joint captain Michelle Caulfield’s life.
*Laura Foley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRUAGH/CLONLARA have advanced to the Clare senior camogie finals for the third year in a row.
*Labhaoise O’Donnell finished with a hat-trick for Scariff/Ogonnelloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENTERING THE FINAL round of the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship, title holders Scariff/Ogonnelloe and Feakle/Killanena are among the sides to have booked their place in the knockout stages.
*All clubs pictured at the championship launch on Monday evening. Photograph: Aidan Ryan FRESH FROM Clare’s All-Ireland triumph in the Premier Junior Camogie Championship, attention swiftly moves to the club scene with the race beginning in earnest for the local championships.