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WITH Spring in the air, the Ballycasey based Clare Cricket Club will be getting back in action quite shortly. Richard Morton is secretary of the club and he said that its players will begin training after Easter and it’ll soon be all go at the club grounds. “We put down a proper, professional grade, artificial cricket strip there last year,” he said. “We’ve reseeded the ground with proper cricket grass seed and we’re going into our second full season with our home pitch.” While all are welcome at the club, most of the players are based in Shannon. “We do draw members from all over Clare and increasingly fellows come up from Limerick to play with us,” said Richard. “But it has always been based in Shannon and the core of the playing members are based in Shannon. “We have a lot of guys who have come in from different places, like myself, and they’re working in the Shannon Free …
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