GAA set to reopen walk-ways on June 8th
The GAA is set to partially reopen some of its facilities on Monday 8th June as part of Phase 2 of the lifting of Coronavirus restrictions.
Should the country move to Phase 2 as planned, GAA clubs will be able to re-open designated walking tracks on June 8th, subject to engagement with Croke Park around a facilities management plan.
However, they do not envisage a return to training in small groups in Phase 2 and pitches and playing areas are to remain closed. However, as per the government roadmap, this may be reviewed in Phase 3 for June 29th.
The GAA has also confirmed that it will publish its Return to Safe Activity Document when the government signals that the country has moved to the second phase of its plan.
This document will require approval from the government’s own expert group on Return to Sport, which we continue to work with. This group currently considers Gaelic games a ‘Phase 4’ sport.
Should the country move to Phase 2 as planned, GAA clubs will be able to re-open designated walking tracks on June 8th, subject to engagement with Croke Park around a facilities management plan.
However, they do not envisage a return to training in small groups in Phase 2 and pitches and playing areas are to remain closed. However, as per the government roadmap, this may be reviewed in Phase 3 for June 29th.
The GAA has also confirmed that it will publish its Return to Safe Activity Document when the government signals that the country has moved to the second phase of its plan.
This document will require approval from the government’s own expert group on Return to Sport, which we continue to work with. This group currently considers Gaelic games a ‘Phase 4’ sport.
Progress has also been made in re-configuring the 2020 GAA Kelloggs’ Cúl Camps and subject to the country moving onto the next phase of its recovery, we will provide more details about this initiative.
The GAA has stuck rigidly to the government’s plan and dates from the outset of this outbreak and will continue to do so, taking advice from medical experts and our own Advisory Committee.
It re-affirm its position that no one is keener to return to games and general games-related activity but this will only be considered when it is acceptable to do so to maximise the safety and well-being of its players, members and wider society.