White smoke emerges as Clonakilty-St Brendan’s College Corn Uí Mhuirí tie postponed

The 11th hour postponement has prevented a scenario whereby Clonakilty showed up at the Bishopstown venue and were awarded victory on account of the opposition not being present owing to their inability to field a team.

As a result of a school trip to Rome this week, St Brendan’s, or the Sem, had only eight players available for this top of the table Group 2 fixture. Pic: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD.

After a full day of back-and-forth conversations between Clonakilty Community College, St Brendan’s College Killarney, and Munster GAA PPS, Wednesday’s Corn Uí Mhuirí tie involving the Cork and Kerry schools has been postponed.

As late as 7.30pm on Tuesday evening, the game remained fixed for Wednesday afternoon (1.30pm) at Bishopstown’s 4G pitch, but it is understood that county board officials had entered the equation by that juncture in attempting to canvass Munster top-brass to postpone a fixture that St Brendan’s were unable to fulfil because of mass player unavailability.