St Patrick’s Maghera ‘Pink Jersey Day’ a huge success
On Friday 18 th May St Patrick’s College Maghera hosted their annual ‘Pink Jersey Day’ at Watty Grahams Glen Maghera. Over 500 girls from 26 schools across Ulster came together for an U14 Development Blitz. The nature of this blitz was non-competitive and focused on the ensuring girls who may not get regular camogie were provided for. In fact four of the schools involved do not compete in Ulster Colleges competitions and with a great days weather, it was an extremely enjoyable occasion for all involved. Each school were provided with a unique ‘Pink Jersey’ courtesy of O’Neill’s Sportswear which was designed by organiser and St Patrick’s Maghera teacher Catriona Scott and every participant received a pink sliotar courtesy of P O’Kane Hurls of Swatragh.
Speaking about the blitz, Catriona Scott said ‘It’s an amazing day for Camogie with a total of 500 girls taking part today with the focus on development and not competition. We are lucky to have two great sponsors, O’Neill’s and P O’Kane Hurls and it is a great credit to the coaches and teachers and coaches who continually work with their children and this day says a lot about Camogie in Ulster. We are also honoured to have National Director of Camogie Development Mary O’Connor and the founder of Colleges Camogie Lily Spence here as special guests’.
Mary O’Connor who was very impressed by the scale and success of the event commented ‘ Ulster Colleges Camogie clearly demonstrates the strength of Colleges Camogie across the province with over 500 girls taking part today and congratulations must go to Catriona Scott and the pupils of St Patrick’s Maghera who have delivered a fantastic day for Camogie’
The success of the event was made more special as all referee’s, fixtures planners and administrators of the blitz were made up of the G.C.S.E classes of St Patrick’s in what was a fantastic learning experience for these young volunteers. Thanks also to photographer Michael Cullen for providing photographs of the event.
