Kilkishen

Strong finish earns Scariff top spot

*Patrick Crotty strikes to put Scariff in front. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SCARIFF sealed their place in the quarter finals of the TUS Clare senior hurling championship but not before they were given a stern test by neighbours O’Callaghans Mills who were already consigned to the relegation battle before this tie.

Mills Gunning for neighbours in potential ‘knock-out’ opener

*Cormac Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BLOOD may be thicker than water but the villages of O’Callaghan’s Mills and Broadford are thankful that the lakes of Lough Gar and Doon Lough separate them as their East Clare derby rivalry is elevated to unprecedented heights in Clonlara this Friday evening (7.30pm).