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Clare Underage Hurling Board Urge Clubs For Greater Compliance With Covid Guidelines

Bórd na nÓg Iomant are pleading with clubs in Clare to abide by Covid-19 guidelines in order to ensure that underage championships are completed on time. The U-14 and minor competitions are currently underway but games are being played effectively behind closed doors due to Government guidelines. Clarification has been issued that one parent per child are permitted to attend games along with a maximum of 40 people per club to include a panel of 24, team mentors, club officials and stewards. In a statement to clubs, the underage board outlined that “we understand and are fully thankful that most clubs have done their best to adhere to the guidelines to date, we are aware that some clubs have not and especially in allowing an open gate policy for underage games. This cannot be allowed to happen again under the current restrictions”. It also stated that unless all clubs comply there will be no option but to suspend fixtures while …

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Semi Final Places Secured In Clare Senior LGFA Championships

Clare Ladies Senior Football Championship: Cooraclare 1-9 Doora Barefield 1-6 Last year’s intermediate champions Cooraclare sealed their spot in this year’s senior semi-finals with a hard fought win over Doora Barefield on Monday evening. The Sky Blues made sure of their passage straight to the last four as group winners with a second consecutive victory in another composed showing. Keeva Corry’s first half goal proved the defining score of the game as the West Clare outfit built up a 1-4 to 0-3 interval lead. The opening quarter was keenly contested with the home side having a number of missed chances before Keeva Corry got them off the mark. Chloe Towey was prominent throughout the contest in the Doora Barefield attack, and she pointed either side of a good effort from Nicola Keating. Aisling Morrissey found the range to end the first quarter as Cooraclare led 0-3 to 0-2 at the opening water break. The second quarter was a cagey affair, …

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Clare Camogie Round Up

Intermediate Championship   Tulla 4-05 Eire Og 4-14  A strong first half performance secured an intermediate semi-final place for Éire Óg when they made the short journey to Tulla on Saturday evening.   The townies raced into a 6 point lead with five of their forwards raising white flags before Tulla halved the lead with a well struck goal just before the water break.   Éire Óg worked hard to regain the momentum in the second quarter and outscored their hosts by 3-05 to 1-02, leaving the half time score at 3-11 to 2-02.  Tulla defended well in the second half and pointed after two minutes of play. An Amy Russell point restored Éire Ógs 12-point lead, while her sister Jodie stretched the lead to 15 with a superb goal. Tulla dominated the final quarter, scoring 2 goals and two points, but the comeback was too late and the final score of Éire Óg 4-14 to Tulla 4-05 means the end of the …

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Eire Óg Roar Into Clare SHC Quarter Finals With Victory Over Cratloe

Clare SHC: Eire Óg 1-18 Cratloe 0-15  1-11 from Danny Russell helped Eire Óg through to the Clare SHC quarter-finals as the Townies set up a last eight showdown with Feakle. With 38 minutes on the clock, Cratloe led by 0-14 to 0-8, but from here to the final whistle, they mustered just one further score as Matthew Shannon’s side dominated the closing stages. The comeback was sparked by Danny Russell’s opportunist 40th minute goal as he whipped on a breaking ball in the square to flash the ball past Gearoid Ryan and sparked a period where Eire Og outscored last year’s beaten finalists by 1-10 to 0-1 in a 12 point turnaround. The return of David Reidy to the midfield engine room was a boost for Eire Óg while Russell’s movement up front caused problems throughout. Cratloe also lost full-back Mikey Hawes to a leg injury early in the game and his absence from the defence in the closing …

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Clare Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final Previews

Derrick Lynch looks ahead to a massive weekend of action where three semi-final spots in the Clare SHC will be filled. Ballyea v Kilmaley This one has the potential to be the tie of the round as two of the front runners for the Canon Hamilton go head to head. There is also that derby element which will add extra spice, while Kilmaley will know that Ballyea have made that progress that they so desperately crave over recent years. The 2016 Munster champions are unbeaten so far in this year’s campaign, having overcome a stern test from Crusheen in the opening round before a comfortable victory against Clooney-Quin saw them book their spot in the last eight. Any analysis of that particular victory is almost a pointless exercise with the game well over long before Rory McGann blew the full-time whistle. The tenacity of Paul Flanagan and Jack Browne in defence allied with the work-rate of Pearse Lillis in the …

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2020 Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final Previews

Clare IHC Quarter Final Previews Former Clare player and current Scariff Bay Community Radio commentator Leo Doyle looks ahead to a massive weekend of action in the Clare intermediate hurling championship with three quarter-final ties down for decision. Scariff v Tulla This is without question the tie of the round, and probably one of the best ties of the entire weekend because both of these are in the reckoning for the championship. Tulla were nervous against Scariff that first night in Shannon because they were newly down from senior and that was understandable. The pressure is always on the team that comes down to go straight back up because you find that if you are there for a few years, it can take you a while to come out of it. Once they found their feet, they put in a solid performance. Scariff regrouped from that and put in a really good performance the last day against Parteen, and were …

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Shannon Town U16 Squad Ready For Historic Afternoon

Derrick Lynch The stars of the future for Shannon Town will make history this weekend as they become the first group from the club to contest the SFAI U-16 National Cup semi-final. The squad are the first from Clare to reach this stage in over 25 years, and booked their spot with a fine win in Mayo last weekend with Charlie Morrisson getting both goals in that victory. Cork outfit Carrigaline are the visitors to Shannon this Saturday afternoon for a 2pm kickoff and Shannon Town coach Stephen Dolan says it is an exciting prospect for everyone involved. “This is one of the biggest games in the history of underage soccer in Shannon Town. We are the first team from the club to get this far in the competition so it is great to be there. We made history last weekend in winning that game so we are hoping to make more this weekend and get to the final. It …

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Clare IFC Wrap Up

Clare IFC Wrap Shannon Gaels 2-11 Kilfenora 2-6 Shannon Gaels moved back into the last four of the Clare intermediate football championship after seeing off a stern test from Kilfenora. It was a fitting way for the current crop to mark one the greatest achivements of the past with last Sunday marking 50 years since the Gaels were last crowned senior football champions. Their bid to get back to the top tier took its latest step with this win, as goals in either half from Darragh Bohannon and Niall Ellis proved the crucial scores, with Ellis helping himself to 1-3 over the course of the hour. The opening quarter was lively with the Gaels holding the lead by minimum at the first water break. It was Kilfenora who raced out of the blocks as Pat Connolle got the first of his two goals to send them into an early 1-1 to 0-3 lead. Shannon Gaels recovered well to notch the …

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