Regrading Cork clubs this year just wouldn’t have been fair, says vice-chair Horgan

At the end of this year, 13 hurling teams and five Intermediate A football teams were to be relegated to the junior ranks

A general view of Pairc Ui Chaoimh

Cork County Board vice-chairman Pat Horgan has said it wouldn’t have been “fair” or “reasonable” to proceed with plans to regrade from intermediate to junior 18 club teams later this year.

At the end of this year, 13 hurling teams (11 from Lower Intermediate and two from Intermediate A) and five Intermediate A football teams were to be relegated to the junior ranks, but this mass regrading will not now take place. What has been decided instead is that nine intermediate hurling teams, four less than the original 13, will drop down to junior level at the end of 2022.