The Clare Minors won well last night in O' Garney Park against Kerry. The club were delighted to be the venue for another Inter-County fixture after successfully hosting the U20 Fixture between Clare and Cork a couple of weeks ago. Last nights fixture also went off well, illustrating that the Bridge is an excellent venue with its 1200 seat capacity, nearby parking, railway station closeby, hall availability for catering and large amount of willing volunteers/stewards.

To further delight the home crowd last night, the club had 4 representatives on the field of play in the Minor game in Mark Sheedy, Fiachra O' Bhraoin, Matthew O' Halloran and Fionn Hayes who bagged 2 points on the night. Having 4 club players on the Minor team is a great achievement for the boys themselves and the club are very proud of them and their achievements.

30 of our U9s played an exhibition match at half time and gave a guard of honour to the Clare team as they emerged for half time. This was a great experience for our young lads to play in front of a large crowd.

U9s getting ready to take the field at Half Time in the Clare v Kerry Minor match

Guard of Honour for Clare Team

Coach peter Kearney delivers an inspiring speech to his team before the U9 exhibition match (Photo Credit: John Kelly)

Warmup

Half Time Exhibition Match

Full Report on Minor Match Here

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40859753.html

Clare advance to Munster Minor semi with easy win over Kerry

Oisin Whelan finished with 1-12 to his name as Clare had far too much for an outmatched Kerry side

TUE, 26 APR, 2022 - 21:21

EOIN BRENNAN

Munster Minor Hurling Championship Quarter-Final 

Clare 2-31 Kerry 0-7 

Clare expectedly marched into a Munster Minor Hurling Semi-Final showdown with defending champions Cork after overpowering Kerry in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge on Tuesday evening.

Early home blitzes effectively broke Kerry’s spirit as the Banner raided for the first eight scores of both halves to build up an unassailable lead. The visitors took the wind advantage but were quickly grounded by Clare attacking duo Oisin Whelan and Jack O’Neill who combined for all but two points of their side’s handsome 1-16 first half tally.

Centre-forward O’Neill impressed with four first quarter points from play while Whelan’s trio may have been accentuated by a goal but he was thwarted on two occasions. The Clarecastle target man did clinically find the net in the 23rd minute before finishing with Clare’s last four points to ensure a 1-16 to 0-4 interval cushion.

With full-forward Whelan adding four additional points on the restart to sandwich a 35th minute Cian Neylon goal to soar 2-23 to 0-4 clear by the two-thirds mark, both O’Neill and Whelan were withdrawn. James Organ took up the scoring responsibilities with four further points before the hour mark.

Kerry kept battling in vain, mainly through the leadership Jack Enright and Sean McElligott. However, following back-to-back wins, Clare have much-needed momentum for their trip to Cork at the penultimate stage next Tuesday evening.

Scorers for Clare: O Whelan (1-12, 10f); J O’Neill (0-6); J Organ (0-7, 3f, 1’65); C Neylon (1-0); F Hegarty, F Hayes (0-2 each); S McMahon, M Collins (0-1 each).

Scorers for Kerry: S McElligott (0-5f); Jack Enright (0-2).

Clare: M Sheedy; E Gunning, F Treacy, J Cahill; S McMahon, J Hegarty, F Ó Braoin; M O’Halloran, D Stritch; J Organ, J O’Neill, M Collins; C Neylon, O Whelan, S Scanlan.

Subs: F Hegarty for O’Neill (38), D Keane Hayes for Collins (41), F Hayes for Whelan (44), P Ó Sé for Stritch (50), E O’Regan for O’Halloran (53).

Kerry: T Godley; R McGrath, C Nolan, D Nolan; G O’Riordan, L Kennelly, K Sheehan; S McElligott, L Rochford; L Óg O’Connor, J Enright, K Best; K Boyle, C O’Sullivan, B O’Connor.

Subs: R Hickey for O’Riordan (19), D Corridon for O’Sullivan (41), R Reen for Best (42), T O’Flaherty for Kennelly (58).

Referee: A Tierney (Tipperary).