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Cork GAA has no plans to sanction Cork City’s Blackrock club following street infractions of Covid-19 regulations after the club won its first county hurling final in nearly two decades.
The club, better known as the Rockies, won their 33rd Cork Senior Hurling Championship when they defeated Glen Rovers 4-26 to 4-18 after extra time in front of just 200 people in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon. .
However, there was anger later after images surfaced on social media of the team being greeted by fans outside the clubhouse on Church Road in widespread violation of social distancing guidelines.
“We ask clubs to remind their own members not to participate in any post-match celebrations that violate government guidelines,” said Tracey Kennedy, President of the Cork GAA.
“But personal responsibility is a very important issue in all the guidelines and each of us has to take responsibility for our own actions. It’s easy to blame a club, but none of us have to attend games or celebrations.
“Cork GAA did its best to enforce all regulations on social distancing in the final, but what happens after the games, each club has its own responsibility to manage its own arrangements.”
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However, the county board at this time has no plans to sanction any club for violations of the Covid-19 guidelines, and would have to seek Croke Park’s advice to see if it can sanction a club, he said.
Blackrock GAA was not available for comment, despite repeated attempts. Fine Gael local councilor Des Cahill said the street celebrations were disappointing, but not an intentional violation of the rules.
“Blackrock is just like every other parish in the country and obviously after winning the county after a lapse of 18 years, emotions got the better of people and they didn’t maintain social distancing, which was disappointing.”
The club had been meticulous in their pre-match Covid preparations. “Unfortunately, the emotions escalated after the victory and the guidelines were not met on the street,” Cahill said.
In contrast, however, North Cork GAA, Charleville limited the celebrations of his victory in the Senior A hurling over P. O’Neills in Páirc Uí Chaoimh to a primarily online event.
“We thought, what happens if they win? So we had the plan that if they won we would do it online. We had tentatively reserved the contact for the online broadcast, ”said Aileen Browne, president of Charleville GAA.
“So the players went back to the clubhouse after the game to eat and we did a live broadcast on our Facebook page where we took the guys to a separate room, introduced the whole team, and did some group interviews.
So far, the broadcast has been watched by more than 1,000 people. Subsequently, the players left the dressing room at 7:05 p.m. and paraded the cup for about 400 meters to show it to the youth of the club.
“All the young people came in with their flags and their families and it only took a few minutes. I’d say it was over in less than five minutes and it was only promoted to the youth members and it was for their benefit, ”said Browne.
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