All things Camogie.

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123765252#Comment_123765252

It's definitely a thing in the LGFA. Even the 'help' guides on Foireann tell clubs that they must pay it, and go on to tell them how to pay it:

For that €150, they end up with the choice of five adult tickets, or twenty children's tickets (i.e. U18s) plus two adult tickets.

In practice, what clubs generally do is take the children's tickets, buy as many more of them as are required (and obviously a few more adult tickets too), and organise a bus to Dublin to give the girls a day out.

The LGFA club in my own place is only a few years old but they've done this every year so far, and were inspired to do so mainly because many other clubs here in Wexford were already doing the same.

greenspurs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123765644#Comment_123765644

Would never ever ever happen .. ever.

kksaints

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123765644#Comment_123765644

Wexford had a camogie league match on once after a hurling league match. Was a disaster for the camogie as 95% of the attendance left in the gap between the two matches and the camogie players didn't get to warm up properly because all the youngsters ran onto the pitch after the hurling match and took ages to get off again and then went home once they did.

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123766266#Comment_123766266

Am from Wexford myself, and I remember that one.

There'd been a couple of other double-headers in the years leading up to it, with the camogie always on first, and most of the crowd not coming into the ground until it was either over or nearly over.

So for that one, Camogie actually asked to go second, thinking people would be more likely to stick around for a while after the hurling match, instead of coming in early.

People didn't stick around….

kksaints

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123766362#Comment_123766362

I felt sorry for the players as not only did they not get their warm up interrupted, it also must have been very disheartening for them to see most of the crowd leaving before their match had even started.

It was worth a try but it didn't work and I wouldn't be in any rush to try it again.

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123766504#Comment_123766504

IIRC, the schedule for the day had a relatively short time (no more than 30 minutes) between the end of the hurling match, and the start of the camogie. Bear in mind this was long before we had floodlights in the Park, so they had to be conscious of the possibility of quickly fading daylight at that time of year if it had turned out a gloomy or rainy day.

The kids were always going to come on the field at the end of the hurling match to do the usual thing of autographs and pucking around.

It's not so much an issue there when there's 45 minutes before end of first match and start of second (as generally happens even with a double-header of club matches). The kids have maybe 15 or 20 minutes before the pitch is cleared, and then the teams for second match come out for their warm-ups.

Tombo2001

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123766266#Comment_123766266

I'm talking about a Croke Park scenario where that wouldnt come into play.

greenspurs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123770381#Comment_123770381

People would leave...

Fairly easy to understand ...

StormForce13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123764211#Comment_123764211

You raise a good point there, albeit unintentionally!

Justin has been hung out to dry here by the Association, because all that has been reported is that his report is "out of order" without any clarification as to what that means. Did he spell a word wrongly, or leave out a fada, or get the final score wrong, or forget to sign it in the right place? Is/was he informed of the error and provided with an opportunity to rectify his mistake? Or will his report be filled forever in the Camogie Association's overflowing "out of order" section of their archives?

(I'm not holding my breath.)