Breaking Camogie Assocation give green light to wearing of shorts after special congress
Following a special congress at Croke Park, the Camogie Association has voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing shorts to become part of the official kit for the code.
The ballot saw 98% vote in favour of the change. And as a result players will have the option of wearing shorts or skorts, starting with this weekend's games in the All-Ireland senior, premier junior and Under-23 championship matches.
Tonight's decision follows on from the stance taken by a number of county teams in recent weeks, starting with Kilkenny and Dublin wearing shorts ahead of their Leinster semi-final, before changing into skorts after being told the game would not be played.
There would be further controversy in Munster though as the provincial final was deferred a day before the game as Cork and Waterford had indicated that they would be wearing shorts.
A motion went before the 2024 Camogie Congress in Kildare to allow players to wear shorts fell well short of the 66% support required to pass as only 45% voted in favour.
With that motion failing it was widely expected that the issue would not be put before congress again until 2027, however the recent furore prompted the association to call tonight's vote.
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