Top flight tie off due to dearth of umpires

The dearth of top-class umpires in Munster finally reared its head as a Division One men’s game was unable to be played due to the absence of sufficiently experienced officials.

The province has long relied on a small pool of volunteer umpires who are assigned to Division One games every weekend by the Munster Hockey Umpires Association.

But with many unavailable due to injury or personal circumstance, Cork Church of Ireland B and UCC were each told to supply an official for their clash at Garryduff.