*Rory O’Connell takes on Piaras Ó Sé. Photograph: Chris Copley SURPRISES and near-misses cropped up in the opening round of the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
*Cian Broderick. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIXTEEN teams divided into four groups of four will begin a journey this weekend that all will be hoping will lead them to senior ranks for 2025.
QUARTER-finals of the €3000 to the winner Martin Fahy Memorial A4 525 Yards Stake formed the spine of Saturday night’s ten race programme at Galway Greyhound Stadium.
*Eoin Guilfoyle of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK defeats for Inagh/Kilnamona have allowed Newmarket-on-Fergus to take top spot in Division 1A of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup.
*Shane McGrath and Stephen Conway battle with Patrick Donnellan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE or Newmarket-on-Fergus will join Inagh/Kilnamona in the FutureTicketing Clare Cup semi-finals.
*Fred Hegarty under pressure from Shane McGrath and Oisin Donnellan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA remain top of the Future Ticketing Clare Cup Division 1A table and they are still unbeaten following their latest outing.
*David Considine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Inagh/Kilnamona remain the only unbeaten team in Division 1A of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup but they dropped their first point of the campaign on Saturday when they were held to a draw by Clooney/Quin.
*Tensions simmer over during the meeting of Clarecastle and Tubber. Photograph: Chris Copley INAGH/KILNAMONA and Clarecastle are still unbeaten following the fifth round in Division 1A and 1B of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup.
*Kevin Hehir returned to action after a spell out injured and travelling. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HIGH scoring was the order of the day as round four in the FutureTicketing Clare Cup took place at the weekend with all but one of the games going ahead on Friday evening.
*Gerry Reidy, Páraic McMahon, Ger Kennedy and Marie McMahon. NORTH CLARE is forecast to see a sitting councillor lose their seat for the second election in a row.