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Irish Independent
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Wicklow camogie captain says players' skorts protests have been vindicated
When camogie's congress met in 2024, attempts to make shorts part of the sport's playing kit fell well short of receiving the two-thirds majority needed to enter the camogie rule book. Over recent weeks, camogie players have protested the mandatory wearing of skorts. Then fixtures fell by the wayside altogether when it became clear that players could refuse to change out of shorts and into skorts when asked to by officials. Wicklow's players who made it clear they would take that step, and their Leinster Junior Final against Louth was subsequently deferred.
Irish Independent
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Wicklow camogie issues countywide survey to players for thoughts on skorts
The results will inform how Wicklow delegates vote on the issue at Special Congress on May 22 Wicklow People Today at 02:30 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.
