Wexford GAA postpone club fixtures for Electric Picnic

Wexford GAA has taken the step to call a gap weekend in their club schedule to coincide with the Electric Picnic music festival at the end of August.

The decision was based on the events of last year, when several clubs sought postponements and re-fixtures on account of the festival.

The county's relatively early exit from the inter-county championships in hurling and football in 2025 also played a part in the decision.

"The CCC based it on what went on on that weekend last year," Wexford chairman John Kenny told the Irish Independent. "We had requests coming in from all over the place and everybody wanting to play their matches on a certain day at a certain time.

"So we just had the weekend free in the calendar. Unfortunately, we were out of our inter-county championships earlier than we had hoped this year and we just had the weekend to play with and we said we'd put it in then."

Kenny admitted that clubs and mentors were not universally happy with the decision, in light of the recent gap weekend called to coincide with the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which was held in Wexford this year.

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