*Eimear Kelly tries to get a block in. Photograph: Veronica McMahon A fortunate goal three minutes into the second half proved crucial as Galway ended Clare’s All-Ireland senior camogie ambitions for 2021 at a sun splashed Kenny Park in Athenry this Saturday afternoon.
Experience is a key ingredient in any championship and so it proved at sun splashed O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge this Saturday afternoon where reigning champions Kilkenny got their All-Ireland senior camogie championship campaign off to a winning start.
*Niamh O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Embroiled in a Group of Death for camogie and a welcome Group of Life for ladies football, there’s no room for error on either front for Niamh O’Dea and Co. this weekend.
*Ger O’Connell. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography There is a lot of positivity in the Clare camogie camp ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland senior championship first round clash with the reigning champions Kilkenny according to the Clare manager Ger O’Connell.
*Little space is afforded by either Marian Quaid and Becky Foley. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Limerick’s maintained their current hold over neighbours Clare after completing a league and championship double in Clarina on Saturday afternoon.
Clare’s senior camogie side have secured their place in Division 1 of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League for another season.
*Members of the Clare senior camogie panel. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Being involved in a relegation play off is the last place any GAA team wants to be and the Clare senior camogie team will confirm that.
*Members of the Clare management, Conor Dolan, Barry O’Connell and Ger O’Connell. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s consistently inconsistent nature in backing up performances heightened the frustration of of manager Ger O’Connell.
*Limerick capitalise on a Clare turnover. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A successive defeat has left Clare’s senior camogie side in a relegation battle of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League Division 1.
*An injured Ciara Doyle is carried off the field by Stephen Cusack & Claire Commane. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s senior camogie side shows one change from the starting fifteen which had a five point defeat to Galway in the opening round of the National League.
