All Ireland champions Cork will begin the defence of their title against Galway, in the opening round of the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship this coming Saturday (June 20th) at 3.00pm in O’Connor Park, Tullamore.
The match was announced this afternoon at the official launch of the 2015 Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship in Croke Park.
The game is part of a double-header tie with the Leinster GAA Senior Championship hurling semi-final meeting between Galway and Laois at 5.00pm.
Players from this year’s Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship, including Cork captain Ashling Thompson joined with the President of the Camogie Association Catherine Neary and Annette Ní Dhathlaoí, Head of Marketing, Liberty Insurance to officially launch the championship series.
Following on from the success of last year’s campaign, Our Game Your Game 2015 was also unveiled with a new video featuring Thompson and Kilkenny’s Katie Power.
This year, the campaign features the stories of inter-county players; Niamh McGrath, Sarah Dervan, (Galway), Ashling Thompson, Briege Corkery (Cork), Katie Power, Edwina Keane, (Kilkenny), Caoimhe Costello, (Limerick) and Mary Leacy, (Wexford).
The Association also announced plans for the selection of a Players’ Player of the Year, across three grades; Senior, Intermediate and Junior. The recipients will be announced at the Camogie All Star awards in Citywest on November 7th.
Speaking at the launch Camogie Association President Catherine Neary said: “We are looking forward immensely to championship 2015 and the meeting of Cork and Galway in the opening round, as part of a GAA double-header should prove to be a major draw for Camogie and GAA fans."
It was also confirmed that the Liberty Insurance All Ireland Camogie finals (taking place September 13th) have been designated as a flagship event during the first European Week of Sport which is running from the 7th to the 13th of September. The European Week of Sport is a new initiative from the European Commission and supported by the Irish Sports Council, aimed at promoting sport and physical activity across Europe.
See www.camogie.ie for full fixture details and tickets.
Saturday June 20th
Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie Championship Group 1
Limerick v Offaly, Newcastle West, Limerick, 2.30pm, Cathal Egan
Galway v Cork, O'Connor Park, Tullamore, 3.00pm, Ray Kelly
Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie Championship Group 2
Dublin v Kilkenny, Parnell Park, 2.30pm, Alan Lagrue
Sunday June 21st
Liberty Insurance Junior A Camogie Championship
Kerry v Clare, Ardfert, Kerry, 2.30pm, Andrew Larkin
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