A BODYKE hurler is recovering after sustaining a head injury which forced the abandonment of their intermediate championship tie with Whitegate on Friday evening.
Scariff was the venue for the fourth round clash between Bodyke and Whitegate in the TUS Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship on Friday evening.
With an approximate twenty four minutes played in the game, the match was abandoned after Bodyke’s Éanna Doyle sustained a head injury. In what was an accidental collision, his head is understood to have made contact with the knee of a Whitegate player.
Referee Joe Mullins made the decision to abandon the contest during the wait for emergency services to arrive in Scariff. Twenty five minutes had been played with Whitegate holding a 1-5 0-6 advantage at this stage.
Fortunately, local medics including Dr Michelle McNamara and Catherine Skelly were on scene and able to assist while Éanna was in and out of consciousness over the course of an hour and a half on the pitch.
One ambulance arrived on scene at 20:15 in Scariff and a call was also made to the Irish Coast Guard to assist with the Killaloe unit deployed.
Based at Shannon Airport, the search and rescue helicopter landed in Scariff at 20:35. Éanna was placed into the helicopter at 20:50 and it took flight at 20:53. From here, he was transported to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) for further treatment
He returned home to Bodyke on Saturday morning and is recovering well.
Officials in Clare GAA have confirmed that both clubs are in contact to determine when the game will be refixed for.
