Croke Park to host camogie club forum

The Camogie Association is to break new ground with the hosting of its first ever Club Forum at Croke Park on Saturday, October 11.

The Camogie Association is to break new ground with the hosting of its first ever Club Forum at Croke Park on Saturday, October 11.

The event which will replicate previous events staged by the GAA, will see an open invitation for clubs throughout the country and beyond to give their views on current issues within the Association.

As well as listening to the views of the elected officers and development officers within camogie.

"We are inviting all clubs to participate," Camogie President Liz Howard stated.

"We want to have workshops with them to get their feelings. We also want them to know where we are coming from so there is a synergy between the work we do.

"Our development officers will be speaking and we have some very good speakers lined up on the day."

Irish Sports Council chief executive Ossie Kilkenny is also expected to address the forum, and Howard believes that it is important for club members to understand the importance of the Irish Sports Council and the Local Sports Partnerships network.

"We are hoping to have Ossie Kilkenny of the Irish Sports Council, because again he gives a good overview of where the Sports Council fits in to our game.

"Of course they have been extremely supportive of camogie and given us funding for our Development Officers.

"We have a very good relationship with John Treacy and Ossie Kilkenny and we want clubs to understand the role of the Sports Council and also we want to have a look at the Sports Partnerships, and the relationship with the Camogie Association.

"Traditionally the GAA hasn't had to work with the Sports Partnerships but the more inclusive that we are and the wider we spread our wings, I think the wider the game is and the wider the family of Gaelic games is as well."

The Tipperary native, who will watch her last Gala All-Ireland Camogie Championship finals this Sunday as camogie president, says that while the current club structure continues to grow within Ireland there are some concerns on the international front.

"We have had a number of new clubs being founded and we look at Laois and Offaly and the spin-off from Feile na nGael, there are a number of new clubs starting there and that really energises me and to build on that (is key).

"We have lost very few clubs, we have had about 20 new clubs this year which is terrific.

"Last week I was over at the American finals. I would be a bit concerned as to where the game is at there.

"They are affiliated to the North American GAA Board, but I think there is work needed on both sides to make it work effectively because instead of increasing clubs have decreased there.

"But on the plus side then you have Washington, a team made up of totally non-Irish people and the same with Denver, all non-Irish.

"Very strong in San Francisco and Chicago but we need to work with the North American GAA to progress camogie over there," she admitted.

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