GAA Board to consider Glanworth implications
THE Cork GAA County Board is this week considering what effect Glanworth’s positive test for Covid-19 will have on county championship competitions, which are due to resume from Friday, July 25.
The Avondhu club was confirmed to have had a player test positive for the virus last weekend and immediately suspended all training and club activity. The question now arises as to what effect this will have on their participation in the Intermediate Football Championship. The club are due to meet neighbours Mitchelstown in Mallow on Sunday week, July 26.
“Cork County Board has been informed by Glanworth GAA that a player has tested positive for Covid-19,” a statement from the County Board read.
“The club has implemented the GAA guidelines on dealing with a positive case, which have been issued to all clubs. The Competitions Control Committee will meet in due course, following consultation with Croke Park, to consider the implications, if any, for county competitions. Further details will issue if necessary.”
It’s understood that the player in question had travelled from Dublin, but when he was feeling unwell didn’t line out with the team, thereby limiting potential contact with his team mates and mentors.
The County Board is also due to consider arrangements for supporters attending fixtures from next weekend. Other counties – Kerry and Tipperary, for example – are planning on implementing an e-ticketing regime to be as Covid compliant as possible.
The benefits of an e-ticketing structure in the new normal are that the numbers attending a game can be strictly monitored and that contact tracing details are provided as part of it. The numbers in attendance at games from July 20 and the next phase of the reopening will be limited to 500.
Players, management teams and match day officials – and media in attendance – will count as part of the overall attendance permitted.