WIT and wisdom are key ingredients as camogie emerges from shadows

There were plenty of people in Carriganore yesterday saying every Ashbourne Cup should be held in the Waterford venue, and it was easy to see why.

The inter-varsity camogie competition was being held under clear blue skies and the turf was firm, with few pitches showing signs of wear and tear: unusual conditions for any third-level sports activity, to be honest. The final of the tournament was hardly over five minutes when the clouds rolled in to block out the sun, which only reinforced the sense of a smoothly-run operation.

Jackie O’Connor of the WIT organising committee — herself a camogie player with the south-east college — wasn’t claiming responsibility for the good weather, but they’d left little else to chance.