The Camogie Association has several programmes and initiatives which target different areas of the game.

Development Initiatives Booklet

This useful resource can be downloaded here.

M.N.A Programme

MNA Programme places a strong emphasis of developing and empowering female volunteers within our Clubs. Aims to enhance confidence, leadership capacity, and personal growth among participants, while also fostering a sense of community and mutual support.

The overall goal is to provide support to female along their development journey within camogie and ensuring support structures are in place in whatever role.

This programme will look at the development of female volunteers within clubs around the country. While assisting and allowing clubs to identify volunteers within their clubs, and provide education, resources, and supports which allow any club to embrace this programme.

Clubs are to nominate a female mentor who would receive the volunteer recruitment and personal development training.

The programme will ensure we are meeting and addressing the needs of our units and volunteers, to allow us to continue to grow this programme and its impact across our units.

Objectives of Programme

Identify and develop female mentors at grassroots level to help with the development and support of females along their journey of involvement in their local club and camogie as a whole.
To positively enhance perceptions about females in sport.
Increase the number of females within our sport through recruitment, development and retention of females.
Promote our initiatives to clubs and encourage involvement by more women in clubs.
Create and deliver a model directed at local level which can be engaged by all clubs to enhance the development of female where the greatest impact will be felt and seen
To increase opportunities for women to engage, enjoy and excel in all aspects of sport at a level of their choice.

For any queries regarding the M.N.A Programme please contact the M.N.A. Programme Lead: shauna.fox@camogie.ie

Go Games

Visit the Go Games information hub HERE.

Electric Ireland Hurl With Me

Hurl With Me by Camogie Association

Hurl With Me is an initiative for clubs to get involved in. It is inclusive programme with plenty of fun, providing an opportunity for female adults to get involved with their club. It is a 4–6-week programme where the adults learn new fun skills and assist with coaching the younger kids (I.e At Home, In School, Between Club Sessions). Over 1,000 people have participated in the Hurl with Me Initiative since 2020.

The Camogie Association will provide training for the Hurl with Me nominated trainer from the clubs taking part. By completing this training, the trainer can bring these skills back, and encourage more female adults to get involved and practice their new skills learn with their daughter – increasing physical activity levels for both parent and child.

The aim of this programme is to encourage parents and give them the opportunity to learn the basic skills of the game in a fun and supportive environment. By these female role models getting involved in the programme we believe this should also have an effect of increasing the younger girl’s interest in playing.

The mentor will deliver 4-6 skills and sessions over a number of weeks to parents/sisters/older adults in the club, who will then assist the younger girls with the new skillset from the Hurl with Me Coaching Tutorial. Having an older adult assist the young girls will further encourage the younger girls to stay in sport, assisting with player retention.

At the end of the 4–6 weeks there’s a national Day at the GAA Centre in Abbottstown where all of the clubs who have taken part in the Hurl with Me Programme are invited to attend. It is a fun and exciting blitz where both the parents/adults play a game of camogie, followed by the younger kids. Providing a fun day out for club members to play Camogie and encouraging participation for all ages!

For the Longer term, by getting involved in the programme – this may well be the first step in a parent becoming more involved in the club through coaching or an officer role. The Camogie Association endeavours to see more females involved in all aspects of the sport.

If your club are interested in getting involved in the MNA Programme and the Hurl with Me, please contact your county board.

A guide to the Hurl With Me Programme is available Hurl With Me Booklet