September 12 free of fixtures to support ladies
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Wednesday September 01 2010
THE GAELIC games community will have no excuses for not supporting the county camogie teams in their All-Ireland final double-header in Croke Park on September 12 as the day has been left free of matches in the domestic championships.
Three years ago, the Fixtures committee of the time scheduled two Senior football quarter-finals among a total of five matches which clashed with a great day for Wexford fans at headquarters as a gap of 32 years was bridged since the county's last All-Ireland Senior title.
And with the Intermediates also in action on Sunday week - the first time Wexford have been involved on the double since 1977 - the sensible option has been taken on this occasion as the WFC Senior football championship semi-finals will go ahead on the previous day instead.
The C.C.C.C. were helped by the fact that most competitions are fairly well on course time-wise, with no county champions needed for Leinster action until October 24 when the Intermediate hurling winners will face Kilkenny while the Junior football victors will meet Dublin, both away from home.
Wexford Park will host that Senior football double bill on Saturday, September 11, with Kilanerin playing St. Anne's at 4.30 p.m., while Adamstown will challenge Castletown at 6 p.m. The latter duo last met in a semi-final in 1999 when Castletown won by 1-9 to 0-6 in Bellefield, and they have also triumphed in two of their three meetings since then. However, Adamstown did come out on top in their last encounter, forging a 0-10 to 1-6 second round success five years ago.
Meanwhile, it's all of 15 years since the last semi-final between Kilanerin and St. Anne's, with the Gorey District side emerging victorious by 0-9 to 0-7 on that occasion. And significantly, while Kilanerin have also won five of their six games since then, the sole Anne's success was in the one which counted most - the 2001 final when they came through on a 3-8 to 0-13 scoreline.
Also down for decision on September 11 are the Junior football championship semi-finals, but in effect they are two deciders since both finalists this year will be automatically promoted to Intermediate ranks as part of the overall re-structuring. This means that the stakes will be extremely high in St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy, when last year's runners-up, Monageer-Boolavogue, take on Clonard at 1 p.m., followed by Geraldine O'Hanrahans facing Davidstown-Courtnacuddy at 2.30 p.m.
The Jack O'Leary Intermediate football semi-finals are on September 18.
