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Cork Camouflage Chief Paudie Murray believes her plans and preparations for the next All-Ireland Championship campaign have been ruined.
Just three days before his team’s first-round clash against Offaly, which was scheduled for next Saturday at Birr, Murray heard shocking news that Faithful County had given the rebels a ride.
“This is very disappointing news for us as we had obviously been physically and mentally prepared for the Offaly match,” said the Cork supreme on the decision made by the midlands team.
“And what is also annoying is that the news was transmitted to us so close to the date of the game.
“Yesterday afternoon I heard about the walk from Cork’s disguised spokesperson, Marian McCarthy, to whom the people of Croke Park had given the news.
“Also, a walk in the current Covid-19 pandemic is much more awkward and inconvenient than it would normally be due to all the safeguards you have to take regarding social distancing when connecting with bus travel and food organization, etc. “added Murray, whose team is also scheduled to face Wexford on Saturday October 31st, and Irish champions Galway on Saturday November 7th.
Galway has agreed to move the game against Cork to Sunday, November 8, but the Camogie Association has not yet sanctioned the date change.
And the step of Offaly comes on the heels of the possibility of a strike by the Cork camouflage team due to a clash of championship dates between camouflage and women’s football matches.
On November 7, in addition to the camouflage contest between Cork and Galway, the Cork soccer team will face Kerry in the first round of the Munster Championship.
In addition, the All-Ireland camouflage quarterfinals are scheduled for November 14, the date on which the Cork players will face Cavan in their second tie with All-Ireland.
Additionally, the Irish semi-finals in both codes are scheduled for the weekend of November 28-29.
The clash of the games has prompted Cork’s camouflage player Laura Treacy to raise the strike option and Murray fully understands the significant level of frustration and annoyance harbored by the five players featured in both codes: Maebh Cahalane, Libby Coppinger, Fiona Keating, Hannah Looney. and Ciara McCarthy.
“Obviously it is a very unsatisfactory situation and the five dual players have repeatedly said that they are not going to choose between playing in one code over the other,” said the Cork supreme.
“But I think it is up to the Women’s Soccer Association, rather than the Camogie Association, to resolve the impasse and thus allow the two players to play both camouflage and soccer.
“This is my ninth year as the coach of the Cork Camouflage team and this issue comes up quite regularly. On four occasions the dual player dilemma has been resolved, but each time it was the Camogie Association that gave ground and altered the dates of the matches in question.
“In a situation like this, there has to be a give and take, and it is time for the Women’s Football Federation to take this reality into account.
“Furthermore, the Gaelic Female Players Association should be involved in the process rather than remain on the sidelines as it has done in the past.”
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