It proved to be a disappointing weekend for Clare club sides in Munster and All Ireland action with losses for hurling,football and camogie sides.
Newmarket suffered a heartbreaking last minute 1-10 to 0-10 defeat to De La Salle in O’Garney Park in their Munster Club Hurling Semi Final.
The sides were level entering the last minute of additional time before Johnny Keane scored the game’s only goal to seal their place in the Munster final in a fortnight’s time.
The Blues manager Bob Enright was devastated at the loss:
Thurles Sarsfields won the other Munster club semi final by 2-20 to 2-15 against Sarsfields of Cork.
Elsewhere Clare intermediate football champions O Curry’s lost their Munster semi final to St Vincent’s by 0-07 to 0-06 while Truagh Clonlara’s season ended with a 3-10 to 0-11 loss to Myshall in the All Ireland junior camogie club semi final in Dr Cullen park.