Monthly Archive for August, 2009

Membership Forms and Costs for 2009/10 Season

Published on August 31, 2009 in Membership and News. Closed

The following are the membership rates for the 2009/10 season:

  • General Membership – €120
  • Family Membership – €150 (plus any additional levy for each Youth / Juvenile playing member)
  • Adult Playing Membership €70 (Students €50)
  • U19 Playing Membership €70 (Students €50)
  • Youth (U13 to U17) Playing Membership €100 (€50 Membership + €50 Travel Levy)
  • Juvenile (U7 to U12) Playing Membership €75 (€50 Membership + €25 Food Levy)
  • Please note that any players (typically new) requiring registration with the IRFU will be subject to an additional €5 charge.

Membership forms for the coming season can be downloaded from here.

Youth (U13 to U17) Registration for 2009/10 Season

Published on August 31, 2009 in Events, Membership, News and Youth. Closed

Youth Player (U13 to U17) Registration for Sligo Rugby Club will take place on Saturday 5th September in the Clubhouse at between 11am and 1pm and between 5pm and 7pm. All new members are very welcome.

Please note that players must be born between 1993 and 1997 to be eligible for Youth Rugby. U19s are being registered with Senior players.

***Update – August 31st 2009 – New Membership forms can be downloaded in advance from here.

The new age structure for Youth Rugby for the 2009/10 season is as follows

Born 1993 – U17
Born 1994 – U16
Born 1995 – U15
Born 1996 – U14
Born 1997 – U13

For information regarding Juvenile Registration please see this post. If you have both Juvenile and Youth players registering in your family you can do both at the Juvenile event.

Juvenile Registration

Published on August 27, 2009 in Club Calendar, Events and Juvenile. Closed

For more information regarding Juvenile Registration please click here.

Juvenile Registration for 2009/10 season – UPDATED

Published on August 27, 2009 in Events, Juvenile, Membership and News. Closed

Juvenile Player Registration for Sligo Rugby Club will take place on Saturday 5th September in Sligo IT at 12am. All new members very welcome.

Please note that kids must be born between 1998 and 2003 to be eligible for Juvenile Rugby.

***Update – August 31st 2009 – New Membership forms can be downloaded in advance from here.

The new age structure for Juvenile Rugby for the 2009/10 season is as follows

Born 1998 – U12
Born 1999 – U11
Born 2000 – U10
Born 2001 – U9
Born 2002 – U8
Born 2003 – U7

All players born before 1998 are eligible for Youth Rugby – more information can be found here.

U16 & U17 Elite Training

Published on August 27, 2009 in Club Calendar and Youth. Closed

There will be an elite measurement and testing day for all players born in the years 1994 (U16) and 1993 (U17) at the Clubhouse this Saturday (August 29th) at 11.30am. Bring runners and if it’s raining make sure you have wet gear and a towel.

Please note that this event is open to new and existing members.

Fancy being tested?

Published on August 27, 2009 in Events and Youth. Closed

There will be an elite measurement and testing day for all players born in the years 1994 (U16) and 1993 (U17) at the Clubhouse this Saturday (August 29th) at 11.30am. Bring runners and if it’s raining make sure you have wet gear and a towel.

Please note that this event is open to new and existing members.

Tag Rugby Reunion Party

Published on August 18, 2009 in Events. Closed

McHugh’s (our First Team Sponsor) are hosting a Tag Rugby Reunion Party on Thursday night (August 20th). All are welcome for what should be a great night.

Tag Rugby Reunion Party

Tag Rugby Reunion Party

Published on August 18, 2009 in Club Calendar and Events. Closed

McHugh’s Bar (one of our first team sponsors) are hosting a Tag Rugby Reunion party on Thursday night. We’re told there’ll be plenty of food, entertainment and craic to be had! All are welcome.

Stuart Mangan, RIP

Published on August 14, 2009 in News. Closed

It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Stuart Mangan. Some of you may remember the table quiz we had for him recently. More details regarding Stuart can be found here. RIP.

1969 Awards for Sports Stars…

Published on August 13, 2009 in News and Photos. Closed

Many thanks again to Pat Curran for supplying this fantastic cutting from 1969 featuring George Draper – view original image or view image on facebook

Clean Up Day

Published on August 13, 2009 in Club Calendar. Closed

Calling all players, members and friends!

A pre-season clean up of the house and grounds is to take place at Hamilton park next Saturday. All volunteers are asked to meet at the clubhouse at 10am on Saturday morning (August 15th).

Bring brushes, spades, mops, buckets, cloths, and paintbrushes. Don’t worry! There is plenty of work to go around! See you there!

Blast from the Past – Heineken Junior Cup Final 2005

Published on August 13, 2009 in Match Reports and Senior. Closed

Many thanks to Pat Curran for supplying the following match report:

09/05/2005 - Heineken Junior Cup Final

Sligo 22
Monivea 13

Sligo secured their fifth Heineken Junior Cup title in their long history on Sunday after a comprehensive victory over Monivea at the Sportsgound.

Gary Boland’s first half try and penalty helped them into a ten point half time lead turning into a considerable wind in the second half.

Monivea needed to score early in that second period but couldn’t break down a resilient Sligo defense and two huge kicks from Boland extended his side’s lead. Boland’s virtuoso performance saw him take the Heineken Man of the Match award.
 Continue reading ‘Blast from the Past – Heineken Junior Cup Final 2005′

Clean Up Day on Saturday, August 15th

Published on August 12, 2009 in Events, Membership and News. Closed

Calling all players, members and friends!

A pre-season clean up of the house and grounds is to take place at Hamilton park next Saturday.

All volunteers are asked to meet at the clubhouse at 10am on Saturday morning (August 15th). Bring brushes, spades, mops, buckets, cloths, and paintbrushes.

Don’t worry! There is plenty of work to go around! See you there!

09/10 Connacht Junior league Division 1 fixtures announced

Published on August 12, 2009 in Fixtures, News and Senior. Closed
Sligo will begin their assault on the Connacht Junior league with a home tie against Galwegians at Hamilton park on the 20th of September. ‘Wegians are always a tough prospect but could prove especially difficult at this early stage in the season, as the AIL does not kick off until the 9th of October. On Sunday the 27th of September Sligo travel to Ballinrobe to take on the newly promoted side in what is always likely to be a tough physical encounter. The following Sunday, 4th October, Strandhill plays host to Galway city side OLBC, rated by many as last seasons most improved junior side with their exciting brand of open rugby. A trip to Dubarry park in Athlone follows on the 11th of October to face Buccaneers, who will be eager to avenge last years defeat by the north westerners. The last game before the halloween break sees Sligo travel to old rivals Westport on the 18th of October to lock horns with the Mayo outfit.
Sligo will need to be at their best to gather as many valuable league points as possible from their campaign start but training is continuing well at 7pm on tuesday and thursday nights at Collegians football pitch under the Guidance of first team coache Simon Galvan, second team coach Steve Alley and fitness specialist Chris Hopkins.
New players are always welcome.

400 Club Catch-up

Published on August 12, 2009 in 400 Club and News. Closed
We’ve been a bit slow to publish our 400 club draw winners recently. Apologies! Here are the results from March to July 2009:
March
€100 Brian Redmond
€50 Paul Mullaney
€25 Anne Mc Gowan
April
€100 John Kane
€50 David Murray
€25 Eamon Smith
May
€100 Brian Kilgallon
€50 Conor Fraser
€25 Bertie Donaghy
June
€100 Cecil Draper
€50  T+C Spellman
€25  John B. Keane
July
€100 Niall Draper
€50  Peter Mullan
€25  Colin Bell

The 400 Club is Sligo RFC’s main source of income. Membership costs €10 per month, and members are entered in a monthly draw for €100, €50 and €25. They are also entered in a special draw for tickets for each Six Nations Home International.

All profits from the 400 Club are used to develop rugby at all levels in the club. You can download the application form here.