All-ireland champs to appeal ban
CARNACON have vowed to appeal their disqualification from the Mayo ladies football championship.
With all eight of the club’s county representatives among the 12 players that withdrew from the Mayo panel last month, Mayo LGFA ruled that the reigning All-ireland club champions had brought the game into disrepute and voted 26-2 in favour of throwing them out of the championship.
“Understandably, the entire panel, management, club officers, our families and supporters are devastated by the sequence of events which have transpired,” read a statement from the club.
“The club is in the process of preparing an appeal of this decision to lodge with the Connacht LGFA.
“At the end of the day, all our members want is to play football and we hope to get this opportunity again in the not too distant future.
“We would like to thank the general public for their support and goodwill in this unprecedented situation.”
The board cited rule 288 of the LGFA Official Guide in making the decision to expel Carnacon, whose best known player is the legendary Cora Staunton.
The club has won the last 18 Mayo titles in succession as well as six All-irelands.
Meanwhile, the Mayo
GAA county board has announced plans for a training centre at Lough Lannagh.
It will be built on a 27-acre site and will comprise three pitches which will be the training base for the county senior teams as well as facilitating “the training and development of youth teams and the support of the ladies football team”.