O'Byrne Cup final postponed

Andy McEntee faces a fixture pile up over the next few weeks following the postponement of today's O'Byrne Cup final clash with Westmeath in Portlaoise.
If, as expected, the GAA confirm the refixture of the final tomorrow for the weekend of Saturday 17th or Sunday 18th February then that will mean Meath will play six weekends in succession before the next break in the NFL which is scheduled for the weekend of 11th March.
That will mean that Meath will play nine games in just eight and a half weeks since they opened their O'Byrne Cup campaign away to Carlow on 3rd January.
Today's O'Byrne Cup final fixture was shrouded in controversy with the decision to fix it as part of a double-header with an All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final between An Gaeltacht and Moy in Portlaoise.
The logic of bringing Meath and Westmeath to Portlaoise for a 4pm start drew the ire of both Meath manager Andy McEntee and of Westmeath boss Colin Kelly. 
Traditionally the O'Byrne Cup final is played at a home venue for one of the teams, but with Pairc Tailteann scheduled to host an All-Ireland Club hurling match on Sunday it was expected the game would have been fixed for Mullingar.
However Leinster Council pressed ahead with the plan of hosting two games on the same Portlaoise pitch despite weather warnings all week for heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday.
As it transpired the rain was even heavier than expected and both Portlaoise and Mullingar were deemed unplayable and therefore forced the postponement of the O'Byrne Cup to create even more fixture headaches.