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Wolfe Tones held its first Mothers and Others ladies football blitz on Friday night, hosting teams representing Fergus Rovers, Cratloe and Limerick club St Patrick’s. Mothers and Others offers women a chance to play football, in a non-competitive environment. “It was the first event that we hosted, we had been to one ourselves previously in Mungret,” said spokesperson Áine Nic Cormaic. “We had ourselves and three other clubs, there were over 60 girls playing and there were six games. “The whole ethos of Mothers and Others is that there are no scores kept, otherwise it would take away the fun and you would lose players. Wolfe Tones will be going to the national Mothers and Others blitz, being played in Dublin on September 7. “There will be 130 teams at that, there would have been a request to enter from about 500 teams so it was just the look of the draw,” said Áine. “We wanted to have a few …

There will be Clare involvement in the All Ireland Camogie finals as Áine Nic Cormaic is working as the fourth official for the intermediate showdown between Kilkenny and Antrim. The Wolfe Tones woman admits she is proud to be travelling up to GAA HQ this Sunday for an action packed day of camogie. “It is a privilege to be involved. It is the biggest day of the year so to be asked to be a part of that is pretty special.” Nic Cormaic admits that sourcing female referees is an issue in the county and across Ireland and that herself and Clare Camogie are working hard to encourage more young people to take up the whistle. “We are trying our best to encourage young girls. Even with older people who may be retired from playing, not many of them are refereeing so we are trying to show them that it is an option. There is work to do. It is …