Gaelic Games In Westmeath Will Go Ahead This Weekend

Delegates had discussed the possibility of postponing fixtures until September 13th.

Games across the Westmeath Football Championships will go ahead this weekend. 

Delegates finalised the plans for all fourteen fixtures at a meeting last night. 

A chairman's meeting is taking place this lunchtime in Croke Park, so officials decided to wait for it's conclusion and potential further advice from the GAA before making any postponements. 

Westmeath County Chairman Billy Foley also confirmed that no spectators will be allowed at games in accordance government guidance. 

Elsewhere, a move towards a split inter-county and club season moved closer last night. 

It's believed there was real support for the proposal at last night's meeting of the Fixtures Task Force. 

The GPA have lobbied for a 23 week inter county season.

Further task force meetings are in the works, but any real change is unlikely to happen before 2022. 

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