*Seamus Foudy and Jason McCarthy hold up Martin Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin The race for this year’s Clare Cup has been blow wide open after Feakle suffered their first set-back of 2021 against Inagh-Kilnamona last Saturday.
Two of the favourites to claim the 2021 Clare senior camogie championship are to meet in the group stages.
*Referee James Owens with captains John Conlon and Seamus Callanan before Sunday’s game. Photograph: Joe Buckley A former Clare TD has said protests will need to be held over the controversial decision by James Owens during Sunday’s Munster senior hurling semi-final.
*Clare’s Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The arrival of GAA championship time always creates huge excitement not just with players and management but amongst supporters also so it doesn’t come as any surprise to find that excitement levels are huge in Clare this week ahead of the opening rounds in both the Munsster senior football …
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*Seadna Morey in control for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Sixmilebridge regrouped following their surprise first round loss to Feakle by overcoming Clooney/Quin in the second round of the Clare Cup while Clonlara and Feakle both maintained their unbeaten run to two games.
Kilmaley’s Sean O’Loughlin with Ballyea’s Morgan Garry. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clooney/Quin, Feakle, Kilmaley, Clonlara and Crusheen collected wins as the first round of the Clare Cup began over the weekend.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Reigning Under 14A champions Sixmilebridge sent out a warning sign to any potential usurpers of the newly revamped Under 15A Hurling Championship following an opening 8-17 to 0-11 victory over Clarecastle on away soil.
The race for the U15 A and B hurling championships gets underway on Bank holiday Monday with twelve games listed for decision, three in the A grade and the remainder in the B competition.
Munster GAA is “asleep at the wheel”, Kilmaley’s Conor Clancy told this week’s meeting of Clare GAA.
*Conor Clancy. Photograph: John Mangan A two-time All-Ireland winning Clare hurler has stressed the need for more GAA coaches to be hired by the County Board.
