St. Patrick's GAA clubman Hammy Dawson has gone ahead with his threat to launch a one-man sit-in protest ahead of the Limerick City Junior A hurling final between Na Piarsaigh and Crecora in Clarina.
Dawson is upset at his club being forced to give Crecora a walkover in last weekend's semi-final of the competition as eight of his fellow clubmen were on duty with the Limerick senior and junior footballers.
Quoted in the Limerick Leader, Dawson said:
We asked for a postponement, offered to play today (Bank Holiday Monday) but they wouldn’t hear of it.
We were then forced into giving a walkover. Fixing that game made no sense but refusing to reschedule was worse, showed no respect for either hurling or football, certainly showed no respect for this club or for the players involved. We don’t blame Crecora, we blame the City Division board. They were wrong from day one to fix the match for that date.
But if they try to go ahead with that I will lie in the middle of the pitch - that game will not take place. I’ll do everything I can physically to make sure of that. It’s a disgrace.
He's a man of his word.
St Patricks Club delegate Hammy Dawson sits in middle of Ballybrown pitch in protest to the way his club was treated pic.twitter.com/upnVXwQCCJ
— Limerick GAA (@LimerickCLG) June 7, 2014
Here comes trouble #hammydawson pic.twitter.com/2QrmDAKrSg
— Padraic Kennedy (@podgekennedy) June 7, 2014
Never mind #skygaa, there's a man doing a sit-in on a pitch in Limerick to block a match going ahead! pic.twitter.com/bRzLCB3UMN
— cliona foley (@ponyyelof) June 7, 2014
