by Gemma Begley | Sep 10, 2019
Ulster University and Women’s Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) have announced a new partnership offering Postgraduate scholarships to WGPA members. Under the terms of the agreement, two annual scholarships will be available providing financial assistance towards...
by Gemma Begley | Aug 7, 2019
The WGPA and GPA are delighted to announce a fully funded 1-year full-time Research Masters opportunity with Galway Mayo Institute of Technology to examine the sleep quality and possible related injury incidence among inter-county GAA players (both male &...
by Gemma Begley | Apr 19, 2019
Research has been completed by the WGPA on the views of adult intercounty Camogie players in 2019. Key findings around the areas of 1) Standards & Participation, 2) Playing Rules & Refereeing, and 3) Promotion have been collated and give a clear sense of the...
by Gemma Begley | Mar 15, 2019
When Dublin senior camogie player Aisling Maher casts her mind back to when she first entered the senior inter-county set-up seven or eight years ago, it’s about as far removed from the modern game as one can imagine. “I think the first match I ever played with the...
by Gemma Begley | Feb 28, 2019
“I may be wrecked sometimes but it’s like a drug, I can’t leave it go.” When Rebecca Delee climbed the steps of the Hogan stand last September to lift the All-Ireland junior ladies football title, it wasn’t the trophy she had set out to win the previous January....
by Gemma Begley | Feb 15, 2019
WHEN Mary Ryan first ventured to UL to study Biomedical Engineering, winning an Ashbourne title was the stuff of dreams. Fast forward to a cold, blustery Sunday in February 2019, and the UL senior camogie team have just given a camogie master class, capturing an...