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sliotar
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alt=Image of a hurling sliotar|thumb|A hurling sliotar A sliotar ( , ) or sliothar is a hard solid sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. Sometimes called a "hurling ball", it resembles a baseball with more pronounced stitching. It is used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie and rounders.
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- sports equipment
- Sport
- hurling
- Diameter
- 70.5
- Mass
- 115
- Image
- Hurling sliotar.jpg
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- hurling
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alt=Image of a hurling sliotar|thumb|A hurling sliotar A sliotar ( , ) or sliothar is a hard solid sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. Sometimes called a "hurling ball", it resembles a baseball with more pronounced stitching. It is used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie and rounders.
==Dimensions== An official Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sliotar, as used in top-level hurling competitions such as the National Hurling League or the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships, is subject to strict regulations as regards its size, mass and composition.
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