Camogie Club Set Up
Step 1
Contact Camogie County Board Secretary and County Development Officer
Details of all county secretaries on www.camogie.ie
Identify the potential new club area
 Urban
 Rural
 Non traditional area ( i.e. football tradition/non national community)
If there is no camogie county board; approach provincial camogie council and provincial
development officer and identify the new club area. Details of all provincial secretaries are
available on www.camogie.ie
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Step 2
Contact GAA Club
- Club Chairperson or Secretary
- Introduce yourself/ reasons for making contact
- Would the hurling club support the set up of a camogie club?
- Set up a meeting with GAA Club and Camogie county development officer
- Identification of personnel who would assist in set up and development of a club
- Facilities at GAA Clubs disposal
Topics to be discussed at the meeting.
- Question: What is the hurling structure like within the club,
- Is there a separate juvenile hurling section?
- How many teams (hurling) juvenile to adult?
- Discuss using clubs facilities; Equipment/ hall/ playing fields in the event of setting up
a Camogie club (goodwill etc)
- Explore idea of having unified go games/coaching from u12 down to u8 for the first
two years ( buddy system)
- How many schools in club’s catchment area mixed/girls only?
- Get schools principals name/contact no/address
- Is there hurling coaching in the schools?
- Do they participate in Cumann na mBunscol competitions?
- Do they have an active club school link?
- Do they hold VHI Cúl camps?
- If there is no Camogie club in the target area find out are girls in the area playing with
another local club
- Set a time line for club formation and recruiting of personnel.
Step 4
Having identified schools within the catchment area
- Contact school principal re school visitations
- Get numbers of girls in each class junior infants to 6th
- Arrange taster Camogie coaching in the school(s)
- Run Mum and Me or Come hurl with me programme for parents for 4 weeks
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Step 5
- Club Formation/open night.
- Invite parents to an information night promoted through GAA Club personnel,
newsletter through schools through personal approach.
- Followed by the new clubs first meeting of its officers.
Step 6
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County board support - BUDDY SYSTEM
Run Comhairle Programme (Administration programme for Club Officers)
2 contact sessions
Run club coaching workshops for interested Parents (2 contact sessions)
Step 7
Club Open Day / Fun Day
Step 8
 Set training times and nights for different age groups
 Run Mum and me programme at same time
 GAA hurling coaches to shadow and assist new camogie coaches
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Camogie Club Formation – The next steps
1. Get a copy of the Camogie Association’s Official Guide. It can be downloaded from
www.camogie.ie Section 4 deals with membership and Section 5 deals with the set
up of the club.
2. Hold a meeting to sort out committee- decide is it part of GAA club committee/
stand alone committee for Camogie. Positions needed on a committee to be
outlined
3. Send a letter to the county Secretary stating that a new club has formed and what
grades they wish to take part in. Give details of new committee members
4. Set membership cost for players in order to cover Registration of players and player
insurance. Have a playing membership cost and cost for non playing members
5. Registration form and how to fill it in- send 2 copies to registrar in county board with
€300 affiliation fee (See Section 21 of Official Guide)
6. Registration form must be updated if new members join the club
7. Details of insurance company- send same registration form to insurance company.
Don’t forget to register and insure anyone involved on committee, coaching
volunteering etc
Insurance
All persons involved with a camogie club must be insured (See Rule 23 of the Official Guide).
Insurance is available through the Camogie Association’s preferred insurance company
Willis. For further information contact:
Camogie Personal Accident Insurance Scheme,
Willis Administration Service,
4 Grand Mill Quay
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
01 6396343
€8 – underage
€18- over 18 years
1. Ask county secretary about county board meetings. Attend a meeting so to
introduce yourselves as a new Camogie club. Have any questions you need
answering prepared in advance.
2. Registrar must keep a record of all paid up playing and non-playing members
3. Sort out start-up grant application – tax exemption form needs to be completed in
conjunction with this.
4. Set up and remind committee members of meetings. You can send free texts from
the phone company websites such as www.vodafone.ie and www.o2.ie etc.
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5. Treasurer- set up an account with a bank that does not charge fees. Have two
signatures on the cheque book- usually treasurer and Chairperson.
6. Set up fund-raising committee and look for Sponsorship. For instance get
photographs of the new sponsor with the new team into the press and let radio
know. It is important to try and establish good PR for the club
7. PRO:
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Visit schools and introduce yourself and the club. Aim to have regular spots
on school notice boards- Distribute information about club activities to
children in schools.
Contact person who does up mass newsletters in the area.
Get paper and radio contactsTry to have regular slots on papers like club
activities, match reports or player profiles.
First club Meeting
Confirm all officers’ attendance and acceptance of the positions above
Find out about pitch contacts/ times of day it can be used by the girls
Source Team Coaches
Officers to keep record of expenses incurred like stamps/phone calls/printing/photocopying
Arrange courses to be completed over first year of club existence:
- Administrator training- goes through officers positions
- Camogie Foundation level Coaching Course
- First Aid Course
- Code of Ethics Course
- Referees course- subject to demand
Local sports partnerships provide excellent First Aid and Code of Ethics training. Check out
your local LSP for further information.
For information on the Coaching Courses, Referees courses and Administrator training
contact the RDO in your area (see www.camogie.ie for details).
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