Clare SHC off to a flier as Kilmaley stun champions Ballyea

Tony Kelly couldn't help his side to a campaign-opening victory.

Ballyea's Peter Casey. File picture: Eamon Ward

As starts go, the opening day of the Clare SHC on Saturday was certainly explosive as champions Ballyea were left reeling by a barrage of second-half scores from a rampant Kilmaley side as they crashed to 12-point defeat.

It was brilliant by Kilmaley, but a complete collapse by the two-in-a-row champions as they failed to register a single score from play in the second half as a 0-11 to 0-8 interval lead quickly evaporated before being on the receiving end of decisive beating.