Final day of National Coursing meeting postponed to next Sunday

Yesterday afternoon should have seen the conclusion of the 2015 National Meeting at Powerstown Park, Clonmel, but the weather intervened and the third and final day of action had to be postponed.

Freezing temperatures overnight and no significant uplift in the early part of the morning meant officials at Clonmel had no choice but to concede to the conditions. A decision was made to postpone the meeting until next Sunday morning, when the action will get underway at 11.30am.

Irish Coursing Club CEO DJ Histon explained: “The reason we couldn’t go ahead with coursing is because we were on to the Met Office but could get no clear indication when sun was going to break through the cloud cover.