Clonard disillusioned as hooter plan scrapped

The chairman of the Wexford club that successfully proposed the clock/hooter five years ago says the Congress decision to scrap the system will deter clubs from putting forward motions.

Despite being passed by Congress on two occasions, delegates in Cavan on Saturday elected to do away with the mechanism even though each county ground is in the process of having one installed.

Wexford were among a number of counties who believed the concerns about the clock/hooter in trials last year were convincing enough to scrap the plan to introduce it for this year’s senior inter-county championships.