Camogie
Camogie ( Irish : Camógaíocht ), sometimes called Frauenhurling called, is an Irish team game. The game has almost the same rules as hurling , hence the name. The game is played mainly by Irish women and girls. In contrast to hurling, a Camogie team has 12 instead of 15 players and the clubs are also slightly smaller. In contrast to the sometimes very rough hurling, no body contact is allowed here.
Camogie players use a club known as a hurley to drive a ball called a sliotar into the opponent's goal or to pass it to a teammate. Players are allowed to catch the ball and take the ball up to five steps before it has to be released. Points are scored at an H-shaped goal on the opposing team's sideline. A goal (under the crossbar in H) scores three points, a goal (over the crossbar) scores one point. Camogie games are played on a field between 130 and 145 meters long and 80 to 90 meters wide (slightly larger than a soccer field).
Camogie has been around since 1904 and is played by over 100,000 players in 550 clubs, mainly in Ireland but also in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship is fought by teams from Ireland's 32 counties and some foreign teams. The championship attracts up to 35,000 viewers and is broadcast on Irish television.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mary Moran: A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta, Dublin 2011
- ^ John Arlott: Oxford Companion to Sports and Games . Flamingo, London 1977
- ^ Camogie Playing Rules . ( Memento of July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) The Camogie Association