Penrose to miss semi-final as appeal request 'not received in time'

The one-match suspension for Tyrone's Martin Penrose still stands after his request for an appeal hearing was not submitted within the specified period.

A meeting was held by the GAA's Central Hearings Committee at Croke Park yesterday evening to hear the cases of both Penrose and Conor Gormley, following incidents during Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final win over Monaghan.

Gormley had been given a retrospective one-match ban for an altercation with Monaghan's Dessie Mone just after half-time, however the sanction proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee was overturned by the CHC.

The Carrickmore defender is free to play for Tyrone in Sunday week's All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo. He was exonerated as the CHC 'decided that on the basis of the evidence provided and the submissions made on behalf of both parties, the infraction as alleged is not proven and that the disciplinary action be at an end'.

But Penrose, who was automatically banned for his sending-off against Monaghan, remains unavailable for the Mayo game as Tyrone officials apparently failed to submit their request for a hearing within the allotted time.

Penrose clashed with Mone in an off-the-ball incident as the teams left the pitch at half-time. He was seen to strike Mone and when the sides reappeared for the second period, and referee Cormac Reilly brandished a red card to the forward.

Penrose's hearing did not take place yesterday due to a technicality which the CHC explained in a statement: "Martin Penrose was sent off for striking with the hand. A hearing was requested as he chose not to accept the penalty proposed by the CCCC.

"The Hearings Committee found that the request for a hearing was not submitted within the period allowed for doing so and that the original penalty proposed by the CCCC applies."

The 2005 and 2008 All-Ireland SFC winner still has the option of taking his case to the Central Appeals Committee. If an appeal to the CAC is unsuccessful, the final option available to Tyrone would be the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).