AUDIO: Milk Cup Chairman explains decision to cancel parade

Dale Farm Milk Cup Chairman Victor Leonard spoke with Coleraine Times Sports Editor Steven Crawford about the decision to cancel the opening parade on Sunday evening.
By Steven Crawford
Published 26th Jul 2015, 23:54 BST
Victor Leonard, Chairman of the Dale Farm Milk Cup Organising Committee, Chris Sutton, former Chelsea and Blackburn striker and Jason Hempton, Commercial Director, Branded Products, Dale Farm; pictured at Lodge Hotel prior to the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Milk Cup. Picture By Declan Roughan / PresseyeVictor Leonard, Chairman of the Dale Farm Milk Cup Organising Committee, Chris Sutton, former Chelsea and Blackburn striker and Jason Hempton, Commercial Director, Branded Products, Dale Farm; pictured at Lodge Hotel prior to the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Milk Cup. Picture By Declan Roughan / Presseye
Victor Leonard, Chairman of the Dale Farm Milk Cup Organising Committee, Chris Sutton, former Chelsea and Blackburn striker and Jason Hempton, Commercial Director, Branded Products, Dale Farm; pictured at Lodge Hotel prior to the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Milk Cup. Picture By Declan Roughan / Presseye

Mr Leonard said the committee has a ‘duty of care’ towards the young players and only took the decision after an afternoon of heavy rain.

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