Fitzmaurice: Amalgamation needed to solve fixture issues of LGFA and Camogie Association

Former Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes that amalgamation is the only the viable tonic to eliminate the issue of the unusual scheduling experienced by the LGFA and the Camogie Association.

Speaking on the RTÉ GAA Podcast, Fitzmaurice was reacting to another weekend of controversy after the All-Ireland Club Camogie semi-final between Galway outfit Sarsfields and Derry side Slaughtneil was moved to Gorey in Wexford on Sunday after Kingspan Breffni was deemed unplayable on Saturday.

Finding suitable locations is a troublesome experience for the two female codes, especially as they are mostly reliant on GAA grounds to host their fixtures.

Last month, Armagh women played their first-ever senior game – a challenge match with Down - at their new home base at McKeever Park while Cork camogie can boast owning their own pitch from 2012, as well as a new clubhouse five years later, in Mahon. Waterford women's football and Tipperary camogie have also announced plans recently to develop their own pitches.

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However, those grounds are few and far between leaving both associations in a tricky position.

"The answer probably is in the amalgamation of the associations," said Fitzmaurice.

"As the ladies' game, in both football and camogie, is getting bigger and bigger and getting more high profile and more and more kids are taking it up and playing it, which is all great, the pitches are going to be needed down the road anyway."

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) has submitted a motion for