On Saturday next Sligo travel to play Limavaddy in the AIB All Ireland Junior Cup. Both teams qualified for this competition by virtue of finishing in the top four in their respective provincial leagues last season. This is the first ever meeting between the sides, so a tremendous contest seems in prospect. Sligo will have the recently injured, Martin Feeney, Joe and Trevor Sweeney and David Gerrity available for selection, but they will still have to plan without Jordan Farrington, Julian Ripon, Warner Wilder and Niall Draper. This is a great opportunity for Sligo to benchmark themselves against one of Ulster’s top sides. A special supporters bus is travelling to the game.
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Sligo’s 2nd XV travel to Creggs on Sunday next to play the home side in the Connacht Junior 2 League. Victory for David Kilcoyne’s youthful team would leave them strongly challenging for leadership of the league.
Sligo RFC receives a ticket allocation for all international games involving Ireland. Each season, the demand for tickets greatly exceeds supply. To ensure that the most deserving are accommodated with tickets, the following are the criteria drawn up by the committee, for the purchase of tickets:
- Each applicant for tickets must be a fully paid up member of Sligo RFC. (Application Form)
- Each applicant must be a member of the 400 Club. (Application Form)
- Each applicant must submit a signed cheque or exact cash with their application.
Please note that priority is given to Club workers.
An application form for tickets can be downloaded here.
The final Alcohol-Free Teenage disco of 2006 will be held in the Clubhouse, Hamilton Park on Friday December 22nd at 9 pm. The disco will cater for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year students in Post Primary Schools. Admission will be strictly by ticket only, and tickets are available from the usual sellers from this week-end. The Event Organiser is Peter Gillespie.
Sligo’s 2nd team play Castlebar on Sunday next in Hamilton Park in the Connacht Junior 2 League. Sligo were unlucky to lose by 10-7 when the sides met in Castlebar, and victory on Sunday will bring them back into contention for league honours. They are likely to have former 1st Team players, Neil Williams, Martin Feeney, Joe Sweeney and David Gerrity, who are all available again after injury, in the side.
Summerhill College made a most impressive start to their Connacht Junior Schools’ Cup campaign, when they thrashed Athlone Community School in Hamilton Park on Friday last. Winning by 43-7, they ran in seven tries, in an impressive display. Top scorer was Aoran Spring [son of ex-Sligo Rovers star, Andy] was top scorer with 3 tries, while promising scrum-half, Donal Brady, B. Monaghan, R. Keegan and P. Gillen scored a try each. S. Hargadon kicked two conversions.
Last week’s torrential rain caused all under-age games and training sessions arranged for Hamilton Park last week-end to be called off.
The draw for the 2007 Heineken Connacht Junior Cup takes place on Monday December 4th in Castlebar.
Sligo’s Connacht Junior 1 League game with Tuam, fixed for Sunday last was postponed, as the Tuam pitch was unplayable. The game was called off following a morning pitch inspection just prior to the Sligo players’ departure time. With next Sunday’s fixture with UCG also being deferred, Sligo’s Fixture Secretary, Eamonn McGowan, is now seeking a friendly game for the side at the week-end, in preparation for the all-Ireland Cup game in Limavaddy on December 16th.
The Sligo V UCG Connacht Junior 1 League tie fixed for Hamilton Park on Sunday next, has been postponed by the Connacht Branch, as the students are engaged in examinations at this time. The game will be re-fixed for the New Year. Sligo’s next league game will be away to old rivals Ballina on January 7th.
