Contingency plans ready

WICKLOW GAA will continue to monitor developments in relation to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on the scheduling of club fixtures for the month of April, with the purpose of establishing the viability of those games, according to assistant secretary Paul Wilson.

Wilson has said that the county board has ‘contingency plans’ in place relating to ramifications stemming from the blanket ban on sporting activity until March 29, designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

‘We have contingency plans in place, based on how long the games will be suspended for,’ Wilson told the Wicklow People. ‘After a certain amount of time, it will start to affect the league and then, possibly, the championship. Once we figure out when we are back, we will be going to the clubs with a proposal with what we think is the best course of action.’

Last Thursday, along with the LGFA, Camogie Association, FAI, IRFU, and other sporting governing bodies, the GAA announced the suspension of all activity at club, inter-county, and education levels until March 29. This included all games, training and team gatherings at all age grades.

As a result, all matches across the national football and hurling leagues were suspended, including the Wicklow footballers’ final two Division 4 games against Antrim and Wexford.

Following on from this, on Monday, the Dublin county board revealed that they would be suspending all club championship matches that were scheduled for the month of April.