Derry accept ruling as minor final appeal fails

DERRY County Board will take no further action following the rejection of their appeal against the result of the Ulster Minor Football final.

The provincial council’s Competitions Control Committee, meeting on Tuesday night, ruled that it could not deal with the appeal and accordingly adopted the referee’s report.

The appeal was based on the awarding of a point to Tyrone which television pictures subsequently showed was wide. Tyrone won the game and the margin of victory was a single point.