Wicklow camogie issues countywide survey to players for thoughts on skorts
Wicklow People
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The Wicklow Camogie county board is surveying players to get their opinions ahead of a Special Congress vote on May 22 – a vote which will decide if players can have a choice between wearing shorts or skorts.
Last Sunday's Leinster Junior Final between Louth and Wicklow was postponed until after that May 22. According to Wicklow captain Casey Kelly, both teams had agreed to line out in shorts, not skorts, contrary to current Camogie Association rules. Kelly told this newspaper that the players would have refused to play if asked to wear skorts.
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TIPPERARY RHYS SHELLY His strategy of going short to go long with the return pass was central to Tipp's initial comeback while he was solidity personified in all defensive tasks; it might be overshadowed by more spectacular plays that were part of Tipp's last power surge but he initiated it by taking a Cian Kenny shot off the crossbar that would have put Kilkenny three up. 8.5 ROBERT DOYLE When Shelly wasn't there to be the last man standing, Doyle was, his goalline save from John Donnelly at the death ensuring that if his name wasn't that well known in Tipp before today, it will be now and for decades more, especially along the Kilkenny border. After a ropy opening quarter, continuously came out with the ball thereafter. 7 RONAN MAHER Moved from his customary no 6 spot to man-mark TJ Reid and for the most part, it worked; TJ was held to just a point from play and Tipp were held goalless. 7 EOGHAN CONNOLLY Titanic. 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