The Magheracloone Mitchells GAA club. Image: TwitterA massive sinkhole caused significant damage to the Magheracloone Mitchells GAA club on Monday
Magheracloone Mitchells GAA club expect their facilities to be out of action "for a number of years" following a sinkhole opening up on the pitch on Monday club Chairman Francis Jones has said.
Speaking on Morning Ireland on Tuesday morning, Jones said that: "The whole complex is unusable."
However Jones did reveal that other local clubs had offered their pitches to Mitchells for the foreseeable future: "Thankfully local clubs have contacted us offering their facilities, and we're very grateful for that. Lucky enough now it's coming to the end of the season, so teams are winding down on that front."
Speaking on the severity of the incident, he said: "The biggest thing for us is the shock of it and the devastation to our football club and our community."
Local News landsinking in Magheracloone gaa groups some pictures coming in to us here at BRTV we under stand nobody was on the grounds at the time more to follow pic.twitter.com/H1CN11TDIQ
— Border Region TV (@BorderRegionTV) September 24, 2018
Investigations as to what caused the sinkhole are currently underway.
