Derby final put back a week to avoid All-Ireland clash

The date for the final of the 2017 Irish Greyhound Derby has been pushed out to the fourth Saturday in September to avoid a clash with the All-Ireland Football final. 

That was the most significant feature of the fixture list for 2017, which was revealed yesterday afternoon. The Derby, run over six rounds, will get underway on Wednesday, August 17.

There is an inevitable knock-on effect from the Derby being a week later than previously, and that comes in Limerick, where the Irish Leger, rather than finishing on the last weekend of October, as it did this year, will come to a close on Saturday, November 4.