Advertisement
Croke Park. INPHO/Donall Farmer

Hawkeye on course for 2013 debut in Croke Park

Debates over controversial scores in GAA matches are set to be eased by the new system.

THE GAA ARE still on track to implement the score detection system Hawkeye for the 2013 season in Croke Park.

The association’s Director-General Paraic Duffy has confirmed that the technology is not ready for usage this season but certain issues have been resolved during regular testing in recent weeks.

“We’ve been testing hawkeye all summer and we’re actually really happy the way it is coming on. Unfortunately, it’s not ready for this year but we have made a huge improvement over the summer in terms of tackling the issues.

“There are all sorts of issues that wouldn’t have arise with tennis and cricket and so on because of the height of the posts. Things like the wind, the height and the posts wouldn’t arise elsewhere, but we’re happy that they’ve been resolved. We have used it every game as part of the test process.

“We are absolutely confident it will be in place for next year’s championship. It will be ready to go next year. It’ll definitely be in operation for next year’s championship, and I’d say from St Patrick’s Day on it will hopefully be ready to go.”

Curse of ’51? No such thing, says star of Mayo’s last All-Ireland success

“No All-Ireland final has thrown up a pairing as emotive and unique”

Close
4 Comments
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute John Ó'Ríordán
    Favourite John Ó'Ríordán
    Report
    Sep 19th 2012, 3:41 PM

    Well done GAA for leading the way with this technology for field sports.

    13
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Marcas Ó Callanáin
    Favourite Marcas Ó Callanáin
    Report
    Sep 19th 2012, 3:45 PM

    Will this mean the end of umpires in such games, or simply make their jobs a lot easier?,

    5
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Joe Canning
    Favourite Joe Canning
    Report
    Sep 19th 2012, 3:49 PM

    Lets hope they sort out the time wasting next. the last few years hat been a joke

    2
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Niall Patrick Kennedy
    Favourite Niall Patrick Kennedy
    Report
    Sep 19th 2012, 4:03 PM

    If they brought in the stop clock like women’s Gaelic and rugby it would sort it out. It never should’ve been done away with it

    13
Submit a report
Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
Thank you for the feedback
Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.