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THE issues of fixtures will be ad- dressed at the upcoming Ladies Football convention. According to the Secretary, Michael Fitzpatrick, fixtures continue to be a problem, particularly at minor level.
“Again this competition [minor] did not finish until November because some clubs did not stick to the fixture plan,” he points out in his report that will be delivered at the annual con- vention on Tuesday.
He said he feels the Junior A cham-
pionship should be played before the B, the intermediate before the junior and senior before the intermediate.
He added that the fixtures com- mittee must look at rule 339 of the official guide of 2007 or rule 347 of 2009, which states ‘A team failing to fulfil a championship fixture may forefit its place in the competition and the game may be awarded to its opponents.”
He also pointed out that the team is liable to a suspension of six months. “As we are on rules another which we may have to look at for 2010 is
rule 156 of 2007 which states that the county committee may fine a club for not attending county board meetings.”
In his report, the secretary points out that some clubs are inclined to play unregistered players at under- age. “This is a very dangerous habit, as if a player should receive an injury and are not registered, they are not covered.”
As part of his report, he will also go through, in detail, the on field mat- ters of ladies football in Clare, which experienced a very successful year.