All things Camogie.

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123439193#Comment_123439193

I know I'm being pedantic here however men don't play camogie so there's no men's option to compare with.

greenspurs

And whether or not the Leinster final goes ahead this weekend is still not known ..

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441153#Comment_123441153

But they do wear something different, something more comfortable. Camogie players are simply asking to have the same comfortable option that men have, that ladies footballers have also. It shouldn't lead to cancellations of matches, fines etc it's beyond archaic and totally a joke that players cannot have that simple option.

zetecescort

https://www.rte.ie/sport/camogie/2025/0514/1512857-leinster-camogie-final-going-ahead-kilkenny-to-protest/

not sure what they are trying to achieve by not consenting to photos

VinLieger

I get they have trained hard and want to play but its not helping by giving the Camogie association an out in the statement by saying they will change if forced instead of forcing the association into a postponement and make them look pathetic like they did with the Munster final.

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123448643#Comment_123448643

Thing is, the group stages of the All-Ireland Championships are due to begin the following weekend, so if this Kilkenny v Wexford Leinster Final doesn't go ahead as planned, it can't happen until both sides are out of the All-Ireland.

And since realistically, these provincial championships are really just stand-alone warm-up competitions before the "real" championship begins (much like the Walsh Cup was in Leinster hurling), it'd have even less interest or relevance if the All-Ireland championship was already over.

At least with Cork v Waterford in the Munster Final, they're in the same group in the All-Ireland Championship, so there's the option of possibly doubling up their group meeting as the rescheduled Munster Final as well. But Kilkenny and Wexford are in different groups, so the same option doesn't exist with this one.

callaway92

Cork and Waterford sharing Munster title. Absolutely meaningless competition in Camogie anyway unfortunately.

Ruginator

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123448554#Comment_123448554

A disappointing effort. They sbould have stood with Cork and Waterford and show a united front

Uncle Pierre

Well, Special Congress takes place this evening….

Does anyone have the actual wording of the motion to go before the delegates?

And ideally, also the wording of the motions that were defeated last year, so we can see what exactly is different now?

davetherave

Last year there were two different motions, one to add shorts to the options of skirt and skirt, (Meath and GB) another to only have shorts.(Kerry and Tipp)

Uncle Pierre

Thanks. But am guessing you don't have the wording of tonight's motion?

I can't find it online anywhere. I believe it's to allow for the choice of skorts or shorts, and therefore possibly even exactly the same as the Meath & GB motions from last year. It'll be interesting to see how it goes anyway….

Glebee

Nothing would surprise me with camogie congress..

greenspurs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123474210#Comment_123474210

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No , nothing would .....

Water John

Well, they've added a new word to my vocabulary, portmanteau.

zetecescort

98% in favour

https://www.rte.ie/sport/camogie/2025/0522/1514364-green-light-for-wearing-of-shorts-after-congress-vote/

VinLieger

I think it's safe to assume that they were embarrassed into this and would absolutely prefer if skorts were still the only option.

Trampas

You’ll probably find there’ll be people out there keeping stats on who’s wearing what.

Water John

A good end to the saga. Push forward now with a higher involvement of women in all sports.

Uncle Pierre

Well, after all that kerfuffle, seems the Wexford players chose to wear skorts in their match against Clare last Saturday -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8PfdjbIPgc

I know the fight was all about having the choice of what to wear, but makes you wonder about that GPA survey that was carried out….

The White Feather

The Cork U23 team that beat Kilkenny played with skorts too whereas Kilkenny played with shorts. But this was because the Cork team had some issue with the supplier and they didn't have shorts ready in time. Maybe Wexford had the same issue!

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123488518#Comment_123488518

The Wexford team all wore shorts when taking to the field against Kilkenny for their Leinster Final a week earlier, and only changed into skorts "under protest" when instructed to do so.

And Camogie Association President Brian Molloy said that because of possible supply issues, they'd give teams until 1st July to comply with the part of the rule that shorts must have the Camogie Association crest on them. So seems there'd have been nothing wrong with Wexford using the same shorts they wore for the warm-up for that earlier match:

Now, don't get me wrong. It's still great that players have the choice. My main point here is that not for the first time, there has to be some doubt cast over how the GPA portrays the findings of a player survey.

greenspurs

Even though the All Ireland series started at the weekend , not one mention ,nor one minute of footage , of it ....

Glad to see normal service has resumed........

They did have the official launch of the Six1 news on Monday though....

2 days after it started .....

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123490755#Comment_123490755

The Sunday Game had maybe 90 seconds of Cork hammering Limerick, shown near the end of the programme. But overall, yes, it's normal service has resumed….