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No resolution in sight yet

“IT is not a life and death issue,” according to Clare senior hurling manager Mike McNamara. “There are no fatalities at the end of this. It is sport, you get on with it and you get on with what is best for Clare. Votes are irrelevant if you are going forward in a positive manner.”

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Hill’s hat could hold the key

COMMENT THE Clare GAA County Board; every journalist’s dream machine. The stories just keep cascading from their midst, most of them threatening appendicitis, resulting from the side-splitting laughter they spread so effortlessly. Take Johnny Hill; Lissycasey’s answer to Russell Brand.

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Delegates all ears for letter

WHEN secretary Pat Fitzgerald told this week’s county board meeting that there was just one item of correspondance, the gathering of delegates knew it was a letter from members of the senior hurling panel.

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Moloney magic sinks Limerick champs

Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-11  Drom Broadford 0-5 PERHAPS this was Kilmurry Ibrickane’s plan all year. Ease through the Clare championship without over-taxing themselves and up the ante once the Munster club campaign starts.For much of the first half, Kilmurry displayed a hunger and quality not evident during their defence of the county championship. Peter O’Dwyer set the tone right from the throw-in when he barrelled past the Drom-Broadford midfielders before placing Stephen Moloney, who kicked an excellent point after just 15 seconds. A minute after Seánie Buckley kicked a wide, Micheál Reidy scored the Limerick champions’ first score from play after Ray Lynch and Johnny Shanahan had held off Darren Hickey and Enda Coughlan to set him up. Such was Kilmurry’s subsequent dominance that Drom-Broadford didn’t score again until three minutes into the second half. Playing with the strong wind, which blew towards the scoreboard end in Quilty, Stephen Moloney added two excellent points from play, the second of which was …

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Dream ends for Whitegate

South Liberties 1-11  Whitegate 1-9 WHITEGATE’S dream of contesting the Munster club intermediate hurling final was dashed at Cusack Park on Sunday by a physically stronger and sharper South Liberties outfit from neighbouring Limerick.

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Munster Draws

Munster and All-Ireland U-21 hurling champions Clare will begin the defence of their titles with a provincial semi-final clash with arch-rivals Limerick.

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Quarter final places at stake in Harty Cup

THE final round of games in the group stage of the Dr Harty Cup, Munster colleges senior hurling championship, will take place next Wednesday and whether or not St Flannan’s, St Caimin’s and Limerick’s Ard Scoil Rís, who have a strong Clare involvement including team captain Cathal McInerney, progress is very much in their own hands.

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High-flying Cratloe have too much for St Patrick’s

Cratloe 0-12  St Patrick’s 0-6   HIGH-flying Cratloe have presented Munster Council chiefs with an unexpected fixtures headache after their intermediate footballers overcame the handicap of an early sending off to completely outclass St Patrick’s, Limerick, in the second half of this fiercely contested provincial opening tie. Cratloe’s senior hurlers are this week gearing up for a tilt against Waterford champions Ballygunner in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship following their last-gasp win over reigning champions Clonlara in the decider on Sunday, November 1.With at least 10 dual stars in contention for a starting place on both teams, Cratloe will be anxious to ensure there is an adequate rest period between both games.  Four years ago, Cratloe suffered a drubbing when they travelled to the backyard of Cork champions Roscarbury in the first round of the provincial intermediate football series. The odds seemed to be stacked against Cratloe booking a place to meet Cork champions Valley Rovers in this year’s Munster …

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