Freemount object to Cork board proposals - 'We are not happy with the process'

Delegates at tonight’s first Cork County Board meeting of the year will be asked to vote on proposed changes to the county junior A hurling, junior A football and U21 football championships, but Freemount are leading objections due to misgivings over the process employed.

Currently, only divisional champions — eight in football and seven in hurling — advance to the county junior A championships, but it is proposed to expand both to 16 teams. In football, the finalists in all eight divisions will progress, while the teams in the seven divisional hurling finals (Beara do not have a championship) will be joined by two ‘wildcard’ clubs, chosen by the county Competitions Control Committee based on results in recent times.

In addition, a premier U21 football championship, mirroring the hurling competition set up in 2016, is mooted.