Late Geasley point secures Senior Camogie League title for St Finbarr’s against Éire Óg

St Finbarr’s 0-13 Éire Óg 1-9 A late point from Farrah Geasley saw St Finbarr’s win the Cork club senior league title at Castle Road on Monday night. Credit must go to both clubs for a highly competitive game considering the torrential rain and driving wind. Both played their part, with the Barrs having the wind … Read more

Vote to allow shorts in camogie would not have come without ‘extreme action’ says Dublin captain

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Camogie Association Special Congress passes motion to allow players to wear shorts – The Irish Times

After 121 years, it only took the Camogie Association a little under half an hour to make history at Croke Park on Thursday night as 98 per cent of delegates at Special Congress backed a motion allowing players the choice of wearing shorts or skorts. Less than three weeks after a protest by the Dublin … Read more

Leinster camogie finalists made one last stand on skorts, let’s hope they never have to again – The Irish Times

Most supporters at Saturday’s double-header of Leinster camogie finals in Carlow were wearing shorts and, frankly, a swimsuit or two on the terrace wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow, given the sizzling heat. Every player from all four teams wore shorts too during their warm-ups and, in the case of senior finalists Kilkenny and Wexford, also … Read more

Dublin camogie breaks ranks and allows games go ahead even if players refuse to wear skorts – The Irish Times

Dublin camogie has instructed its referees to allow games to go ahead even if players refuse to wear skorts, despite the sport’s rules stating that games should be abandoned when it happens. On Tuesday night, a full round of senior league games took place across the county with several teams lining out in shorts in … Read more

Denis Walsh: Camogie players are right to protest about skorts

Last month Tess Howard was awarded an MBE for “services to inclusive sportswear for women and girls”. Howard is a British international hockey player who assumed an advocacy role on an issue that shouldn’t need advocates. In 2023, she persuaded her own federation and the International Hockey Federation to give its athletes a choice between … Read more

Antrim camogs dominate the McKeever Sports Queen’s University Future Stars – The Irish News

NO fewer than 11 Antrim underage players feature in the fourth McKeever Sports Queen’s University Future Stars camogie team that collected their awards on Tuesday night at a gala dinner in the Whitla Hall in Queen’s. There are three awards each for St Killian’s, Garron Tower and St Dominic’s, Belfast, who won the Dr Cunningham … Read more