Major fixtures headache for Leinster GAA after big club clash is fogged off
It appears as though the Leinster Council will have to plump for a midweek refixture with Castletown's hurlers in action again this weekend.
The Leinster Council has been handed a major fixtures headache after tonight’s St Loman’s-Castletown clash was fogged off.
The provincial club football quarter-final, due to be played at Lakepoint Park in Mullingar, fell victim to the weather with the decision to postpone the game made less than three hours before throw-in time - when the Castletown contingent would have been well on their way to the midlands from Wexford. The Leinster Council has said that a decision on when the game will be refixed for will be made tomorrow, though there is precious space in the calendar for it now, with both sides having expressed their misgivings about the midweek fixture in the first place.
The other three quarter-finals took place last weekend but as Castletown’s hurlers were in action in the Leinster junior championship, the footballers’ clash was pushed back to Tuesday evening. Castletown have 10 dual players and with the hurlers beating Moorefield last Saturday, they have now qualified to play Wolfe Tones of Longford in the quarter-final this coming Sunday. The senior football semi-finals are due to take place the following weekend with the final the weekend after that, so it raises the prospect of another midweek trek for the Wexford club.
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Ardee St Mary’s of Louth await the winners in the senior football semi-final on Saturday week, with Cuala and Tullamore facing off in the other semi-final.
St Loman’s and Westmeath star John Heslin voiced his displeasure at the prospect of a midweek fixture after his side strolled past Dunshaughlin in the first round, saying that he would be unable to take a half day from work. “Bills have to be paid,” he said. “This football craic is only for a bit of fun. Playing on a Tuesday night is tough on people, I hope they realise that.”
Castletown chairman Paddy Flood, citing the fact that the team would have to leave Wexford at 3pm to avoid rush hour traffic, said that “you are nearly getting punished for your success”.
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