Even ducks drowning as climate change hits sport

I think it was the forlorn tweet from Garryspillane GAA that put it into my head.

Unlike other GAA clubs notifying all and sundry of a long puck which wasn’t to take place, they were the ones sadly announcing the cancellation of their duck race on St Stephen’s Day (S. S. Day now and forever, and barring invasion by the Ruritanians next door, never to be known as Boxing Day).

The rain, incessant for the last few days, was too heavy even for a duck race.