A woman for all seasons

ONE of retiring Camogie Association president Liz Howard’s more recent memories is of attending a social inclusion day organised by them in Dublin, which was attended by children from 27 countries.

They included a significant number from Pakistan and she described them as ‘natural camogie players’ because of the eye-to-stick co-ordination developed through their fathers’ obsession with cricket.

It’s not where she sees the future of the game. But the Tipperary woman with an intense interest in all sports and a passion for Gaelic games inculcated by her late father Garrett (an All-Ireland hurling medal-winner with Limerick in 1921, 1934 and 1936), recognises the importance of reaching out to non-nationals.