Cork GAA certain championship format is compliant with new rule

County board chairman Marc Sheehan insists that Cork’s premier senior championship is fully “in step” with the new 16-team rule

Blackrock celebrate winning last year's Cork Premier SHC. County board officials insist the championship, which includes 12 clubs and eight divisional sides and colleges UCC and CIT is compliant with the new 16-team limit. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

The Cork County Board chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary are confident the Cork premier senior championship is fully compliant with the new 16-team cap voted into rule at Annual Congress.

Following a report in Tuesday’s Irish Examiner that Croke Park has yet to determine if Cork’s top-tier championship conforms to the 16-team limit, county board chairman Marc Sheehan, vice-chair Pat Horgan, and secretary Kevin O’Donovan have each insisted that Cork’s premier senior championship is fully “in step” with the new rule and there will be no need to alter a format which came into effect for the first time only last year.