Green Light for Wearing of Shorts After Congress Vote
- On May 22, 2025, delegates of the Camogie Association convened at Croke Park and voted to permit players to wear shorts during official matches.
- The vote followed protests and controversy caused by a rule requiring skirts or skorts, with strong player opposition and prior failed motions on the issue.
- The motion passed overwhelmingly with 98% of 133 delegates supporting, enabling individual players the choice to wear shorts or skorts while maintaining team kit uniformity.
- The Camogie Association president Brian Molloy thanked volunteers and delegates representing over 120,000 members including 94,000 players, while the GPA welcomed the vote as a victory for player choice.
- The new rule takes effect immediately and will apply for the upcoming All-Ireland Championships starting the weekend following the vote, ending recent debates over players’ attire.
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The most embarrassing of athletic debates is over: As of midnight last night, camogie players are free to sport the bottoms of their choosing. At an emergency meeting of the Camogie Association held last night in Dublin to quell increasingly loud protests, delegates repealed an antiquated rule that prohibited players of the ancient Gaelic game from wearing shorts, as their male counterparts always could. The vote was one-sided: The Camogie Asso…
Camogie Association president Brian Molloy describes skort/short vote outcome as a ‘historic day for the association’
Camogie Association president Brian Molloy has described tonight’s Special Congress decision which grants players the option to choose between wearing skorts or shorts for their playing attire as “a historic day for the association.”
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