Liberty Insurance to sponsor
2nd Camogie All-Stars Tour, this time to New York
6 Group Stage matches
of Senior Championship to be live streamed by Liberty Insurance
The Camogie Association and Liberty Insurance are
delighted to announce that the second Liberty Insurance Camogie All-Stars Tour
will take place this November with New York announced as the destination. The
Tour will see two teams comprising of the winning Senior All-Stars from both
the 2018 and the upcoming 2019 campaign face each other in an exhibition match
in the Big Apple.
Liberty Insurance also announced today that they
will further bolster their long-standing support of Camogie by live streaming a
key match on their Facebook Page during each week of the Group Stages of the
Senior Championship. This increase in coverage will ensure that there will be a
match available to supporters to view during each round of the Senior
Championship either online or on television via our broadcast partner RTÉ’s
live match coverage which will begin from the Quarter-Finals in August right
through to September’s Finals in Croke Park on Sunday September 8th.
Launching this year’s Championship, Camogie
Association President Kathleen Woods said: “Liberty Insurance have been great
partners of the Camogie Association over the past six years and this year they
have once more shown their great support by investing in the 2019 All-Stars
Tour. The Tour is an opportunity to reward these players for their dedication,
skill and passion for the game for which they are all true role models, and to
continue to spread the game to new audiences in North America.
“I am also very pleased to see the continued growth
of the coverage of the All-Ireland Championship with Liberty Insurance’s
investment in live streaming which will bring our game to audiences not only at
home but across the world on a weekly basis this summer.
“I am excited for the Championships to begin as we
look forward to another exciting summer that will culminate in Croke Park on
Sunday September 8th when we hope that the sports public will go together in
large numbers to our All-Ireland Finals which are the pinnacle of a player’s
career.”
Speaking
on behalf of Liberty Insurance, Seán Brett said: “We’re delighted to be
announcing our support for the 2019 Liberty Insurance Camogie All-Stars Tour to
New York City later this year. Both the All-Stars Awards and the Tour recognise
and celebrate those players who are such important ambassadors for the game.
“A
trip to the US will showcase the game to new international audiences which
proved to be such a success in 2017. We’re really excited to be involved in
what will no doubt be a very memorable trip.
“We’re
delighted also to enable the broadcasting via live streaming of Camogie matches
in each group stage round of this year’s Senior Championship. The primary focus
since our sponsorship began in 2013 has been to raise the profile and exposure
of players and the sport of Camogie, in addition to driving participation and
attendances. The additional Camogie Championship coverage we’re announcing today
is further evidence of that commitment.
“Looking
ahead to the Championships, we’ll shortly be announcing a new campaign to drive
attendances and provide support at a grassroots level to further build on the
important progress made to date, working in partnership with the Camogie
Association.”
Fixtures:
Saturday
June 15th
Liberty
Insurance All-Ireland Senior Championship (Group 1)
Galway v Kilkenny, TBC
Limerick v Offaly, Gaelic Grounds, 5pm
Liberty
Insurance All-Ireland Senior Championship (Group 2)
Clare v Cork, TBC
Dublin v Meath, TBC
Tipperary v Waterford, The Ragg, 5pm
Liberty
Insurance All-Ireland Intermediate Championship (Group 1)
Cork v Kilkenny, TBC
Galway v Antrim, TBC
Kildare v Westmeath, TBC
Liberty
Insurance All-Ireland Intermediate Championship (Group 2)
Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 5pm
Derry v Laois, TBC
Tipperary v Down, The Ragg, 3pm
