Sligo withdraw from All-Ireland Under-20 'B' hurling championship
Sligo Chairman Sean Carroll
Sligo have withdrawn from this year’s All-Ireland ‘B’ U20 HC as the county will “not be in position to field a team.”
Citing issues around a small playing pool and other hurling commitments, a statement released by the county board outlined that “it was not possible to do the preparation that would be appropriate for a team representing the county.”
Sligo have now given a walkover to Derry in the Richie McElligott Cup who coincidentally were the team that beat Sligo in the semi-final of last year’s competition.
The Yeats County outlined that the decision followed consultation “with all of those identified as potential panel members and team management.”
“This is not a decision that we ever wanted to make and we do so with regret but we were left with little option following consultation with team management,” said Sligo Chairman Sean Carroll.
“It is a real pity because it is exactly the kind of competition in which we would like to be involved, in order to bring players on for the benefit of both clubs and county teams.”
The statement concluded that “Sligo GAA will take some time to review how this has happened, and why, so that we can learn and improve in future years and thus ensure that the momentum created in Sligo hurling in recent years can be supported and maintained.”
