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THE CLARE Camogie Board have been given some leeway on appointing a new management team ahead of their Munster senior championship campaign, following the withdrawl of semi-final opponents Waterford at the weekend. They will now play either Tipperary or Cork in the Munster senior final in six weeks time rather than the two week semifinal period first envisioned.
A meeting of the executive of Clare Camogie on Wednesday night expressed their disappointment with the resignation of three of the senior management team the previous weekend. This was a regular meeting of the executive, with the issue sur- rounding the senior county team top of the list.
“This year the executive have funded and supported pre-season training in gym and the funding of floodlit playing pitches from January to March for the training of teams. This was a much needed support to the team and management. Training was going well and a panel of close on 40 girls completed pre-season training and until mid-March the panel was 35 strong. Issues around Ashbourne Cup and work, dual players and club commitments and then exams were present; this did lead to small numbers travelling to Wexford which was disappointing to all involved, players management and the Board. However, it was felt that this could be worked through as these issues have always been present at this time of the year. Thus the board have accepted the resignations despite not yet having received formal written notice,” concluded the statement released by the county board following the meeting.
A committee of three people have been appointed to rebuild the management team, including current selector Tom Hogan who remains on with the senior panel. Tom will continue to lead the team, which currently has 28 committed players on the panel, until this has been resolved and preparations will continue for the Munster final on May 14 and the commencement of the All-Ireland series three weeks later.