Camogie Association calls vote on skorts issue

The Camogie Association has reacted to the contention implicit players being forced to deterioration skorts arsenic opposed to shorts by calling a Special Congress for 22 May to ballot connected the issue.

Kilkenny and Dublin teams were forced to alteration into skorts earlier past weekend's Leinster Championship semi-final aft taking to the tract wearing shorts.

Both sides were told were told by the referee that the crippled would beryllium abandoned if the players did not change.

A ballot volition instrumentality spot astatine the Special Congress which if passed, volition springiness players the enactment of wearing skorts oregon shorts from 24 May.

"The Special Congress is being called to see motion(s) to supply each players with the prime to deterioration skorts oregon shorts portion playing camogie," said a Camogie Association statement.

"The Association had projected to woody with this contented astatine adjacent year's Congress but having listened to subordinate feedback, the Association recognises that waiting until 2026 is not acceptable for many."

Previous attempts to alteration the skort regularisation did not walk astatine the Camogie Association's Annual Congress successful 2024.

Camogie is governed by the Camogie Association of Ireland, which is intimately linked to the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and alongside the Ladies Gaelic Football Association is scheduled to formally integrate into the wider GAA successful 2027.

Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said connected Thursday: "Our extremity is to deliver, arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, a best-in-class playing azygous designed for pistillate players and allowing for idiosyncratic choice."

Following the stance taking by the Kilkenny and Dublin teams successful past Saturday's crippled astatine Blanchardstown, Cork and Waterford players person said that they volition deterioration shorts successful Saturday's Munster Senior Final.

A fig of Dublin nine teams person worn shorts successful fixtures this week aft the county's camogie committee told referees to let games to proceed adjacent if players didn't deterioration skorts.

Dublin skipper Aisling Maher described past weekend's occurrence arsenic a "career low" adding that she was "sick of being forced to deterioration a skort that is uncomfortable and unfit for purpose".