Sligo’s 1st team travel to the Galway Sportsgrounds on Sunday next to play OLBC. This game was originally fixed for last Sunday but was deferred. This will be the team’s last game before the Connacht Junior 1 league commences on Sunday week, October 21st.
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A special Halloween alcohol-free teenage disco will be held in the Clubhouse, Hamilton Park, on Friday October 26th at 9 pm. This disco will be strictly all ticket and tickets go on sale from the usual sellers this week. Intending patrons are advised to purchase their tickets without delay.
The Committee have decided that the event will be strictly all ticket, and emphasise that no cash will be accepted on the evening, and that there will be absolutely no exceptions to this. Anyone who has not got an admission ticket should not present at Hamilton Park on that evening, and parents/guardians are advised that their son/daughter will only gain admittance if they are in possession of a ticket.
To celebrate the final of the World Cup, the club is holding a social evening in the Glasshouse Hotel on Saturday October 20th. All members and friends of Sligo rugby are cordially invited, and former players will be especially welcome.
The 2007-2008 Yearbook will be launched at the function after the final. Full details in next week’s notes
At a recent Committee meeting, the issue of under-age players playing outside their age group was discussed. At the meeting, the following club policy regarding Juvenile and Youth players was unanimously adopted: All players must train and play with their own age group. A player may only play with a higher age group team if his own team has no game on that day, and provided he has the permission of his own age group coach to do so.
This policy was adopted to facilitate the optimum development of under-age players, and to accord with best practice on player development.
Membership Hon. Secretary, Rory Raftery, is now finalising the membership list for the season, and all who have not already done so should forward their remittances to Rory at his office at Anvil House, Burton St., Sligo immediately. All paid up members will receive a membership card and the annual Yearbook. Only fully paid up members are eligible to apply for 2008 International tickets.
Among the large crowd gathered in the Glasshouse Hotel to view the Ireland V Argentina game was former Sligo Champion reporter, and ex-Irish Times columnist and boxing reporter, Sean Kilfeather. Sean,who is looking fit and well after a recent illness, played as hooker for the club in the early 1960′s, and retains a deep interest in Sligo RFC affairs.
Connacht have achieved a ‘triple crown’ in the U-18 Youth Interprovincial championship. There were two Sligo players, Richard Henry and Rory Kerins on the successful squad, which is coached by Sligo’s 1st XV coach, Joe Walsh. Congratulations are extended to all three from everyone in the club.
Sligo 7 :: Railway Union 7
Sligo and Leinster Junior club, Railway Union, played out a draw in a friendly fixture at Hamilton Park on Saturday last. The game was played in ideal conditions, and while the exchanges were always competitive, Sligo dominated territorially. Regrettably, they failed to transfer this dominance into scores on the board. Continue reading ‘Sligo Fail To Convert Their Territorial Advantage’
On Sunday next, Sligo travel to the Galway Sportsgrounds to play OLBC in the semi-final of the regional, ‘warm-up’ league. This will undoubtedly be the side’s biggest test of the season so far. Last week’s display certainly highlighted that Sligo are far from the finished article, so a vastly improved display will be necessary. OLBC are invariably formidable opponents on their home turf, as Sligo will vividly remember from their visit there on October 29th last, when they were shocked in the league. The game kicks off at 3 p.m..
The monthly meeting of the club has been brought forward, and will take place on Thursday, October 4th in Bree’s Bar, Strandhill at 8 pm. This is a very important meeting, and the Hon. Secretary, Michael Storey, has already communicated the change from the usual date to the members of the Committee.
Last Friday night’s alcohol-free teenage disco was a huge success and was thoroughly enjoyed by the capacity attendance. The club President wishes to thank the 29 stewards who were present on the evening and who ensured everything ran so smoothly. In particular he wishes to express his gratitude to Justin Harte, who was responsible for the logistics, and who did an outstanding job, to House Chairman, John Kane and to Hon. Secretary, Michael Storey, who recruited the stewards. The next disco will be at the Halloween mid-term break, and will be held on Friday October 26th at 9 pm. Full details later.
The Sligo RFC Yearbook for the 2007-2008 season has just gone to print and will be available very soon. This year’s issue will run to 60 pages and will deal with all aspects of the club, and hopefully will serve as a source of information for members, players, parents, sponsors and advertisers. The booklet has been compiled by the club PRO and Joe Burgess, and the cover has been designed by Juvenile Coach, and Internationally acclaimed artist, Annie West. The club President wishes to especially thank Jonathan Hill for all his assistance and technical advice with the Yearbook.
Among the contributions certain to attract interest is an article by Cyril Shaw [President 1957-1959], and an article by George Hamlet on his life-time involvement with the club.
Social Secretary, Billy Leahy, and his assistant, Therese Cosgrove, are organising a function in the Glasshouse Hotel on Saturday October 20th, to coincide with the telecast of the final of the World Cup. Full details later. It is planned to launch the 2007-2008 Yearbook at the function.
The club President, Tom Gilligan,on behalf of the Committee, and the entire club membership, extends deepest sympathy to staunch club worker, Meg Leahy, on the untimely death of her brother-in-law, which occurred in Co. Donegal on Saturday last.
