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The first ever Camán Abú adult recreational hurling blitz took place in Mayo recently, as some 30 players descended on the Sportlann in Castlebar to have a go at the novel game introduced by Croke Park in recent years. Players from Ballina, Westport, and Claremorris, along with members of the Mayo Ladies Senior Football panel were on hand to give the event a strong launch - after being introduced to clubs in Mayo in the past few months.

Kilkenny were crowned the 2011 Legends Champions after a pulsating clash with arch rivals Galway at St Jude’s GAA Club, Dublin on Saturday last.

The inaugural Camogie Legends tournament will take place on Saturday, March 5 at St Jude’s GAA Club in Templeogue, Dublin.

A group of 19 students have completed their first semester on the new Certificate in Sports Administration for camogie administrators at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT).

The recent success of Mayo football at u21 level was recognised this week with four Mayo players making the cut and being named among the best 15 players to have played in the u21 championship over the past five years since 2005. Those who made the grade were Keith Higgins, who captained Mayo to their All Ireland u21 championship success in 2006, Pearse Hanley, Aidan O’Shea, and Tom Parsons. In the time period for selection Mayo won four Connacht titles in a row from 2006 to 2009 and an All Ireland title in 2006 all under the guidance of the management team of Pat Holmes, Noel Connelly, and Mícheál Collins. In 2010, Ray Dempsey took over the team and brought them to a Connacht final where they were narrowly beaten by Roscommon in the final.

An impressive showing in this year’s Camogie Championship has seen eight Kilkenny players nominated for an All-Star award in a list dominated by All-Ireland finalists Wexford and Galway.

Camogie fans are set for a triple delight following the announcement at the launch of the Gala All-Ireland Camogie Championships that the Intermediate camogie final will be played with the Senior and Premier Junior finals for the first time in GAA headquarters this year.

A special Camogie congress took place in sweltering sunshine in Croke Park last Saturday and a number of issues were up for discussion. The most major development to have occurred was that the Camogie association has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ‘Go Games’ model where all counties will be participating.

The GAA Player of the Month Awards ceremony was held at the Westbury Hotel, Dublin last week and saw the two leading ladies from last year’s camogie and ladies football seasons, Kilkenny’s Anne Dalton and Cork’s Angela Walsh, respectively, honoured with their 2009 Player of the Year awards.

Carlow were joined by camogie squads from Antrim, Down, Louth, Roscommon, Wexford, Waterford and Cavan in Croke Park this week to hone their skills as part of the Coillte Camogie Development Squads’ Day.