Limerick GAA reschedule club games after reaching Tailteann Cup final
Limerick GAA have moved quickly to reschedule all grades of their club football championship, following Sunday's win in the Tailteann Cup semi-final.
This has left dual clubs with prospect of 10 games in just 11 weekends.
Initially pencilled in for the week ending June 22nd, all games were pushed back a week when Jimmy Lee's side negotiated Wexford in the quarter final. This has moved again, after a fifth Tailteann Cup victory in a row on Sunday.
The original plan was to have played three rounds of the six grades by mid-July.
However, a meeting of the CCCC on Monday within the county has confirmed that the opening round will take place on or before July 20th, with some inter-county squad members set to be in action within five or six days of the 12th of July meeting with Kildare.
A decision not to alter the hurling championships, of which there are seven grades, means that rounds two and three of the football competitions will likely take place in August and September.
There will be a scramble to make the Munster Championship dates in early November, with dual clubs facing into 10 group games, as well as potentially three knockout rounds.
Limerick has successfully filled all their spots in the Munster Championships through the years, with other counties having missed deadlines preciously.
Most grades now contain 12 teams, with two groups of six teams. The Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship has tested fixture makers with its eight-team championship, with each side meeting across seven rounds.
Granagh Ballingarry, for example, who play at this grade, could face 12 games in as many weekends, while other clubs in this competition will entertain similar challenges with their sister football clubs.
Meanwhile, ahead of that historic Tailteann Cup decider with the Lilywhites, the Shannonsiders will be hopeful of a fully fit trio. Iain Corbett (illness), James Naughton (ankle) and Emmet Rigter (hamstring) were all called ashore earlier than planned last Sunday but will be assessed in the coming days.
The return to action for vice-captain Barry Coleman proved vital to overturning the deficit against Wicklow.
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