Football: Cindi Wake Cell: E-mail: lucindawa@hotmail.com

Camogie: Jess Haxton Cell: 303 500 2846      Email: jeccahaxton@hotmail.com

What is Camogie (Ka-Moe-Gee)?

Camogie is an ancient Irish sport that is one of the fastest field games in the world. In Ireland this sport dates back to 1904, there are 15 players on each team, in the US, it ranges from 13-15 player-a-side. It is based on the men's game of hurling, and Americans can appreciate camogie as a wacky combination of field hockey and lacrosse. Players use sticks called hurleys (hurls) and small leather balls called (sliotars).

To move the ball down the field a player may:

1) Hit (Puck) the ball on the ground (like hockey) or in the air (like lacrosse) to another player
2) Catch it in your hand and kick or hand pass it to another player
3) Balance the ball on your hurl (like an egg on spoon race) while running down the field
4) You cannot pick the sliothar off the ground with your hand! 5) The sliothar is similar, but slightly smaller to a baseball. 

What is Gaelic Football?

It's not American football. It's not soccer. It's not rugby. Gaelic football is played on a field larger than a soccer or American football field. The team consists of 15 players and substitutes.

1) Gaelic footballers use their hands and there is no off-side.

2) The ball used in Gaelic Football is round, slightly smaller than a soccer ball.

3) The ball can be carried in the hand for a distance of four steps and can be kicked or "hand-passed", a striking motion with the hand or fist. After every four steps the ball must be either bounced or "solo-ed", an action of dropping the ball onto the foot and kicking it back into the hand. You may not bounce the ball twice in a row.

4) To score, you put the ball over the crossbar by foot or hand / fist for one point or under the crossbar and into the net by foot or hand / fist in certain circumstances for a goal, the latter being the equivalent of three points.
No other sport offers you the thrill of soccer, the tactics of rugby and the skill of basketball!

Scoring: Football & CamogieThe goal is similar to American football uprights, with a soccer net underneath the cross bar.

Points can be scored in 2 ways:

1) Over the cross bar is 1 points
2) Under the cross bar, into the goals is 3 points A game score might read Denver Gaels (3-4) vs Eire Og (1-4), the Gaels won this game because they got 3 goals (9pt) and 3 points, a total of 12 points, and Eire Of got a goal (3 pt) and 4 points, so 7 points total. Championship hurling matches last 70 minutes and league matches last 60 minutes.

 Learn more about Gaelic Football and how it is played below. See "Hurling" to learn more about Camogie.  The Denver Gaels play co-ed in both sports for the pub league seasons.

About the Game High Quality Clip (7.6mb) Low Quality Clip (3.3mb)

The Skills High Quality Clip (10.4mb) Low Quality Clip (4.5mb)

The Rules High Quality Clip (6.9mb) Low Quality Clip (3.0mb)

The 2000 Denver Gaels Womens Team
Back Row L-R: Sid Coyne(Manager), Jenny Gallagher, Sara Bolden, Caroln Wendrowski, Cathy Heald, Deirdre Cowden, Denise Ross, Kristina Quinlan, Karen Wolf, Kelly Murphy
Front Row L-R: Cathy Mooney, Ann-Marie McCarthy, Mary Hagan, Laura Tidd, Sandra Doran, Betsy Loomis, Michelle Axton, Geraldine Coyne.

The 2004 Denver Gaels Womens Team - North American Finals in Boulder
Back Row L-R: Emily Odell, Eileen Hearty, Liz Wolstenholme, Christine Duffy, Lil ?, Jessie Hazen, Cindi Wake, Alyssa ? , Candace ?, Martin O'Halloran (Manager)
Front Row L-R: Sonya Moore-Whelan, Taylor Nolen, Laurie Bakes, Melissa Heublein, Jenn Bland, Hilary Phelan, Cathy Welch, Jenny Gallagher, Tracy Labrador.

The 2005 Denver Gaels Womens Team - North American Finals in Philadelphia
Back Row L-R: Ford Eyre, Jess Haxton, Sonya Whelan, Taylor Nolen, Eileen Hearty, Karen Malsbenden, Laurie Bakes, Christine Duffy
Front Row L-R: Hilary Phelan, Jenny Gallagher, Theresa Hearty, Tracy Labrador, Jessie Hazen, Kimberly G.