Kilglass/Enniscrone cancel FAI summer camp due to Covid-19

Kilglass/Enniscrone announced last week that they would be cancelling their FAI summer camp this year due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Summer camps were given the green light earlier this month by the government, but there would still be restrictions to be followed which in some cases would make it difficult to ensure that the camps could go ahead. The GAA also intends to go away with Cúl Camps this summer.

A statement from Kilgass/Enniscrone said: “At a recent KEUFC committee meeting it was decided that the FAI summer camp due this August has been cancelled. It is not viable under current safety guidelines. We are disappointed as we sure many kids are but we believe it is the correct decision and hopeful we will be able to run it next year.”

Leitrim GAA announced last week that it would not be running Cúl Camps, but that individual clubs may do so if they wish.

Their statement said: “Leitrim GAA Management Committee has decided and informed its clubs that its Coaching and Games Department will not proceed with the organisation and running of the 2020 Kellogg’s Cúl Camps. The reason for this decision is exclusively around concerns for the safeguarding of health for all that exists in the current COVID era.

“While this is disappointing news for the clubs of the county who would have been the hosting venues for camps and ultimately for those who would have wished to participate, the decision is made in greater health interests of all concerned. Anybody who had previously booked on a Cúl Camp will be contacted directly via email from the GAA around the various options that are available to them at this stage regarding refunds.

“If an individual club wishes to take on the responsibility to proceed with a Cúl Camp, later this summer, it may make a decision to do so, once it is compliant with National Cúl Camp Policy, has ensured that all of the issues that need to be addressed in the current health and safety protocol have been complied with and that it is signed off on by the Club and the County Committee and ensures that it run in accordance with the current guidelines.

“The County Coaching and Games Department will be available to give any advice or training of coaches that may be required by the club to set up such a Cúl camp, but will not run or supervise any such camp as would have been the case in our county in previous years.”