*Clondegad’s Seán McAllister. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE, Cooraclare, Ennistymon and Clondegad kicked off their U21A football campaigns with impressive victories.
*Tom Curran will be part of the St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ACTION begins in the U21 A, B and C football championships this weekend with a total of twenty three teams chasing honours, all but one of which will see action in the opening round.
*Lissycasey’s Michael Kelly and Michael Nash of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in action in last year’s U21A final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORMATS for the U21 championships in hurling and football will change, days before the football competition was due to kick off.
*Ciaran Downes was the star man for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMIHIL have prevailed in the Clare SFC relegation final for the second year in a row, this time to send reigning intermediate champions Wolfe Tones back out of the top tier.
*Kilmihil’s Ciaran Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMIHIL will line out in the Clare SFC relegation final for the second year running but this time round they have produced much stronger performances.
*Evan O’Gorman cleans up in the Wolfe Tones defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WOLFE TONES consolidated their Clare SHC status in rousing fashion when firing the last eight points in a remarkable final derby twist
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Daryn Callinan is tackled by Aaron Brennan of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONTRASTING fortunes unsurprisingly didn’t change for the final stanza of Group 3 as Kilmurry Ibrickane maintained their perfect start to this year’s championship with a fifteen-point win over Wolfe Tones.
*Peter Duggan is tackled by Shane Woods. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THIRTY one goals were scored across the course of the weekend in the second round of the TUS Clare SHC.
*Shane O’Donnell is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have qualified for a tenth successive Clare SHC quarter-final after dismantling the challenge of Wolfe Tones when recording a fourteen point win.
*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.