O’Donovan warns of Cork club ‘fixtures crash’

Cork County Board secretary Kevin O’Donovan has warned of a “fixtures crash” next August, adding that Cork cannot continue to follow other counties in taking a complete break from club championship action during the summer months.

The draws for the 2020 Cork county championships have been brought forward from early December to Tuesday, November 19. This is to give local fixture makers additional time to map out a masterplan for 2020 that will ensure clubs are not “squeezed into a tin can” when the club scene goes into overdrive following the conclusion of the inter-county season next August.