Clarecastle condemned to  relegation fight

Broadford were full value for a 0-13 to 0-9 win as they eased away from the Magpies in the second half

 

Twelve-time champions Clarecastle have been plunged into the relegation mire for the second successive season as they crashed to their third defeat of this year’s Clare SHC campaign in the biggest match of the concluding weekend of the round-robin stage of the championship.

With the eight quarter-finalists all but complete prior to a ball being pucked in the final group games, save Newmarket-on-Fergus being confirmed as the last team through when Feakle failed to win by a cricket score over neighbours Whitegate, most interest centred on Clarecastle’s tie with Broadford in Cusack Park on Sunday.