Local students Lara Costello (St. Patrick’s Comprehensive School, Shannon) and Diarmuid O’Sullivan (St Joseph's Spanish Point) have been elected as the Clare Regional Officers of the Irish Second-Level Students' Union.
All year long Ballyea’s motto has been ‘you win or you learn’, throughout 2016 they have taken lessons from every game resulting in them being crowned the ultimate winners and 2016 Clare SHC champions.
Robbie Hogan nearly stepped away from the Ballyea senior job at the end of 2015 after serving three years at the helm but somehow destiny pulled him back for one more year but as the saying goes ‘character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries’.
On Sunday, Ballyea make their first appearance in a Clare SHC Final since 2003 and one characteristic that Ballyea have shown more than other years is 'honesty'.