We need support from our own women, says worried Camogie chief

The newly inaugurated Camogie president says the game needs a stronger following - from camogie players.

Dwindling crowds, according to Kilkenny native Catherine Neary, is one of the big issues facing the association as attendances at the All-Ireland camogie final triple-header have fallen annually since the decision in 2009 to end the practice of playing alongside the U21 hurling final.

Neary admits it is time members of the association began following their own sport, with only 12,476 patrons filling through the turnstiles for the 2014 finals - the fifth consecutive September where there was a marked drop in crowd size.