The present cold snap continues to affect sporting fixtures in Ireland and Britain with the steeplechase course at Thurles found to be unfit for racing ahead of Sunday’s fixture.
The hurdle course was found to be fit for racing with the ground described as heavy. A further inspection of both courses is to be held at 7.30am on Sunday morning when the situation will be assessed.
The hurdle course at Navan was passed fit for this afternoon’s fixture.
This afternoon’s meeting at Haydock has been abandoned due to a frozen track, while earlier officials at Ascot called off today’s high-profile meeting.
Today’s Coca-Cola Championship matches in Cardiff and Blackpool were the highest-profile casualties of the recent snowfall in Britain as their matches against Leicester and West Brom respectively were postponed.
The game between Scunthorpe and Roy Keane’s Ipswich had been postponed earlier this morning.
In rugby union, Newport Gwent Dragons and Biarritz will try again at Rodney Parade at 1.35pm after their match was called off last night because of a partially frozen pitch.
Northampton’s clash at Treviso has been put back by one hour to 2.30pm due to adverse weather in Italy.
MATCHES OFF
Championship
Blackpool v West Brom
Cardiff City v Leicester
Scunthorpe v Ipswich
Division One
Colchester v Carlisle Utd
Division Two
Aldershot v Bradford
Bury v Macclesfield
Cheltenham v Burton Albion
Darlington v Northampton
Port Vale v Chesterfield
Rotherham v Dagenham & Redbridge
Crewe v Torquay