Westmeath minor manager Johnny Greville has continued his war of words with the county board.

Greville was incensed to be informed that the county's minor hurlers had been withdrawn from the All-Ireland 'B' championship as they had no jerseys to play in!

The county board released a statement denying this fact and stated that the minors were never entered into the 'B' championship in the first place, adding that Greville had been informed of this decision.

However, the Raharney clubman released a statement last night strenuously denying that he had any knowledge of that decision being made.

The row is allegedly borne out of the fact that following the Leinster MHC semi-final defeat to Dublin, the Westmeath players either kept or swapped their jerseys, a situation that the county board found 'unacceptable.'

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- johnny greville (@GrevilleJohnny) July 21, 2015

 

The Westmeath County Board statement in full:

'Westmeath GAA would like to take this opportunity to clarify matters as the items discussed on Twitter contain inaccuracies which require correction.

Westmeath GAA are very pleased with the progress made by Westmeath Minor Hurlers this year under the stewardship of Johnny Greville who has brought a new dimension of professionalism to the preparation of the team.

All of us were naturally disappointed that our team exited the Leinster Championship at the semi final stage but we do know that the base for progress is through the highest grade of championship proper.

To that extent, Westmeath GAA did not enter a Minor team in this years B Championship and this matter was discussed thoroughly through County Management Committee and the decision communicated accordingly.

Hence the question of us pulling out of a Championship that we did not enter is disingenuous and we are very disappointed with the manner in which this has arisen in the media through twitter today.

We appreciate that people become passionate about matters in which they believe strongly in but we do expect everyone to have their facts correct.

In relation to the matter of jerseys & appropriate gear for the Minor team and for all of our teams in both Hurling and Football, Westmeath GAA do like all our fellow County committees endeavour to fully support all the players who don our County Colours.'

Certainly after the Leinster Minor Hurling Semi final, a set of Jerseys went missing which was unacceptable. There has to be pride in wearing one's colours and we expect all players who represent Westmeath to have the pride in them to retain their colours at all times.

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