Sligo resume Ulster Bank League action next Saturday when they travel to the capital to play Suttonians RFC.
Only three league points separates the two teams so an exciting encounter is anticipated at the JJ Mc Dowell memorial grounds.
The match kicks off at 2.30 pm next Saturday (March 3rd)
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A big weekend is in store for Sligo RFC with 3 important games ahead.
The U15s take on Castlebar in the League final. The Match kicks off at 2.30 on Sunday at Ballyhaunis RFC.
The U19s launch their assualt on the Connacht Cup against Corinthians at 1.30 in Strandhill on Sunday.
Sligos second xv take on Tuam RFC in the Connacht Junior Plate at Tuam RFC on Sunday at 2.30.
All three matches promise to be great rugby spectacles so come along and support your team !
Sunday last saw the hosting of the Sligo RFC fundraising Spring auction. Head Auctioneer, George Draper, and his team of willing helpers, gathered a fantastic catalogue of over 230 items, donated by local businesses and friends of Sligo RFC. The lots went under the hammer in the auction room at the Glasshouse hotel and to the credit of the organising commitee almost all of the items auctioned were sold. Some excellent value was on offer and the attending buyers went home happy with their purchases at the end of the evening.
Sligo RFC would like to thank the Auction committee,the Glasshouse Hotel,all of the item contributers and everyone who attended for a fun and successful day for the club.
There is a special bus traveling to the Connacht v Edinburgh Rabo Direct Pro12 league match at the Galway Sportsground next Friday evening.
The evening is being billed as the Connacht Clan Clubs night, and along with the match some great half time entertainment is planned which will pit club against club with some great prizes on offer.
At great value, 25 euro will cover the cost of the bus and the match ticket. Contact John Kane 0876212414 as soon as possible as places will be limited
George Draper Auctioneer with one of the many interesting items coming under the hammer at Sligo Rugby Clubs fund raising auction at the Glasshouse Hotel on Sunday 19th February. This mounted rugby ball is signed by the team members of the 1982 Ireland rugby team which won the Championship & Triple Crown that year after a gap of 34 years.
The team was captained by Galway man Ciaran Fitzgerald who also captained the team in 1983 when they won the 5 Nations Championship and in 1985 won again the triple crown and Championship, Ciaran was also captain of the British & Irish Lions team tour to New Zealand in 1983. The ball has been kindly donated by the Healy family whose father the Late Bill Healy won it in a fund raising raffle for Sligo
Sports Complex and he purchased the winning ticket from George Draper who was then Chairman of the Sligo Sports Complex fund raising Committee. There will be over 200 interesting lots on offer including sports memorabilia, signed GAA, Rugby & Soccer Jerseys,Paintings including Local Artists Annie West & Judy Hamilton, Weekend & Restaurant vouchers, small furniture items etc etc. Catalogue available for viewing on www.sligorfc.ie
THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION ON FEBRUARY 19TH IN THE GLASSHOUSE HOTEL AT 3PM.
| Piano Seat |
| Leitrim Brandy Glasses & Decanter |
| Voucher for 20 Bales Briquettes |
| Fireside Log Box |
| Wine Bottle Holder |
| Set of China |
| 2 Innisfree Glass Bowls |
| Set of Table Lights |
| Painting Voucher (Ann Osborne) |
| Small Christmas Tree w/Lights |
| Connacht Gold Voucher |
| Fax Machine with Spares |
| Coffee Table |
| 2 Sets DVDs (unopened) |
| Centra Hamper |
| Bicycle |
| Set of Drums |
| Bicycle Carrier |
| Golf Voucher – Tommy Bree |
| Motorized Motor Boat |
| Ireland Soccer Jersey – Signed |
| Painting by Annie West |
| Painting by Annie West |
| Painting by Annie West |
| Treadmill |
| Connacht Team Rugby Jersey – Signed |
| Niall Grey – Fruit Hamper |
| Glass Table |
| Picture |
| Pool Table |
| Computer Table |
| Sligo Gaelic Football Jersey – Signed |
| Mirror |
| Antique Safe |
| Manchester United Football Jersey |
| Connacht Rugby Jersey – Signed |
| Kids Bicycle |
| Bernie’s Beauty Salon Voucher |
| Mullen’s Car Wash Vouchers |
| Horkan’s Garden Center Voucher |
| Glencar Water Voucher |
| Old Weighing Scales |
| Gillespie Sports Voucher |
| Annie West Painting |
| Wall Mirror |
| Brooks Hanley Voucher |
| Bookkeeping – Tax Advice – Trevor Sweeney |
| Painting – Bernard McDonagh |
| 2 Filing Cabinets |
| 1 Table Lamp |
| Surf Boards |
| 4 Unwanted Gifts |
| Pair Pine Lockers |
| 1 Small Pine Table |
| 1 Gentleman’s Bicycle |
| 1 Wine Rack |
| Piano Stool |
| Large Picture |
| Packie Bonner Jersey – Signed |
| Kaos Hamper – Hair Products |
| Kate’s Kitchen – Food Hamper |
| Hibernian Hotel – 2 Night Voucher |
| Collery’s Men Shop – Clothing Item |
| Bistro Voucher |
| Fiddler’s Creek Voucher |
| Sligo Rovers Jersey- Signed |
| Oonagh Doherty Beauty Hamper |
| Jako Sports Voucher |
| Brendan Tierney School of Motoring – Voucher 4 Lessons |
| Toher’s Hamper of Beauty Products |
| Painting by Ian Gallagher |
| Holland & Barrett Hamper |
| Scruffy Duffy DJ for Wedding – Voucher |
| Tom Taylor Voucher |
| EJ’s Voucher |
| Embassy Voucher |
| Bicycle from Gary’s Cycles |
| Electric Strimmer |
| Picture by Bridget Beamster |
| Pine Coffee Table |
| Portrait Photo by Jonathan Hill |
| Bouncy Castle Voucher |
| Regan Tyres Voucher |
| BenBulben – Guide to Summit |
| Garden Water Piece |
| 1984 Triple Crown Winning Team Signed Rugby Ball in Glass Display Case |
| Bottle of Jameson |
| Luxury Weekend Break at any Doyle Hotel within the Doyle Collection (Dublin, London, Cork, Bristol, Washington, or Boston) |
| Fuel Voucher |
| Butchered Spring Lamb |
| Plant Stand |
| 2 & 5 Litre Bimectin Pour-on Solution for Cattle |
| 2.5 Litre Endofluke – Fluke Drench for Cattle & Sheep |
| 2.5 Litre Ectospec – Insecticide for Cattle |
| 5 Litre Endospec Wormer for Cattle |
| 2 Bottles of Vintage Wine |
| Book Case |
| Case of Wine |
| Guitar |
| Veterinary Surgeon Fee Voucher |
| Cycling Jersey – Signed by Sean Kelly |
| Golf Bag |
| New Dart Board |
| Painting by Judy Hamilton |
| Feehily Minibus Voucher |
| Family Portrait by Francis Muldoon |
| Golf Club Green Fees 4 Ball Rosses Point |
| Sean Kelly Cycling Jersey Signed |
| Ladies Sports Watch |
| Digital Camera |
| New Microwave |
| Table |
| Watercolor Painting |
| Sea Bass Voucher |
| Tommy Bole Sligo Rugby Jersey & Embassy Voucher |
| Voya Seaweed Baths Voucher |
| Bella Vista Restaurant Voucher |
| Sligo Park Hotel Voucher – Dinner for 2 and 2 Bottles of Wine |
| Surfing Lessons Voucher |
| House & Garden Items |
Sligo Rugby Club ladies team certainly showed their organizational skills off the pitch on Friday night as the much anticipated Take Me Out show took place. This could certainly turn into an annual show and with over 400 audience members the anticipation was rising as Scruffy Duffy took to the stage to welcome 20 ladies onto the platform to start the show.
With 7 men looking for love it was certainly going to be an entertaining evening for the event in the Sligo Park Hotel and they audience were not disappointed. All the men were dressed by EJ Menswear and they certainly looked the part. The party pieces were somewhat questionable as Irish Dancing, Singing & Cocktail making were the best the lads could do, although with over 400 people watching it could have gone downhill very quickly. Thankfully almost all of the men selected a date to which they all went to McHughs after the show to see if they could really Take them out!
The night was a huge success thanks to the organizing team led by Grainne Blount & the ladies rugby team. The organizing committee would like to thank all of the sponsors who helped make it a night to remember.
Winner of the Guess the Score V Connacht game was won by Roger Burrows from Strandhill who will receive 2 tickets to Ireland V Scotland match. Thank you to everyone for their generous support with this fundraising event.
Sligo under 15s travelled to Longford for a friendly on Saturday to be worthwhile run out where everybody got a game prior to our 1st round of the cup which starts next Sunday away to Dunmore.This is the beginning to the business end of the season with our league final in 2 weeks against Castlebar which will be a tight match
Under 17
Sligo under 17s hit a high note last Sunday with a solid win over
Ballinrobe at home. This win came after a disappointing loss to
Wegans of Galway in the league semi final last Sunday but the recovery was to yield 56 points to 5 win for the home team. The Sligo team ran in its first try after 10 minutes in the game when Mark Gerrity hit the line for the first score of the game .This onslaught was to continue with further trys from Lee Dunne, Stephen Kearns and Joe Conway and it looked like Ballinrobe were finding the physicality of the Sligo pack difficult to deal with. The scrum became an ultimate weapon in the destruction of the visitors as Moran, O Donell and
Jedrick were impossible to handle, and this resulted in several
turnover balls which ultimately led to more scores on the board.
At half time Sligo cleaned the team sheet and with agreement with the visitors they changed 9 of the starting panel the introduction of players such as John Barkley ,Diarmiud Hough ,Luke Morrison, Darren Harte , Jack Tillion did not change the fortunes for Ballinrobe as the Sligo lads continued to rank up the scores. Merve Carter leads the
charge in the dying minutes of the game and with some quick ball from Ronan Redmond to the power house Ryan Bright the line was in sight and the offload to Darragh Byrne finished the game with a fine score under the posts. The game left the visitors with little to offer on the dayas Sligo proved too strong of an opposition.
Sligo 6
Cashel 18
Table topping Cashel RFC came to Hamilton Park with an unbeaten record and showed their class with an 18 point to 6 victory over a hardworking Sligo on Saturday. Cashel’s superior physicality proved too strong for a brave Sligo side who carried the battle to their visitors right to the final whistle.
With heavy morning rain causing difficult underfoot conditions it was the visitors who kicked off and immediately put their hosts under pressure. The early pressure was rewarded three minutes in with a well struck penalty from centre Colin Morrissey.
The Cashel number 12 repeated the dose after 13 minutes when his side were rewarded with another penalty for a ruck infringement. Sligo’s Shane Mc Guinness was shown the yellow card and was sent from play for 10 minutes.
The munster men upped the intensity and tried to use their numerical advantage to full effect. A sweeping move from right to left looked set to reap the full reward but a massive Cathal Finneran tackle forced the turnover and the danger was averted.
Sligo’s line was finally breached after 30 mins when following a line out catch and drive inside the Sligo 22 prop forward Horward Stanley touched down. To move his teams total to 11. Morrissey added the extras.
5 minutes from half time Cashel went further ahead when Ed Leamy, brother of Irish international Dennis, crashed over in the corner following some fine off-loading play by the visitors.
Sligo started the second half in determined fashion and began to take the game to their hosts. James Wilson and Peter Mullan were successfully competing from touch, Jamie Bowes was carrying powerfully and Rory Kerins and Aidan Mc Nulty were making inroads at the breakdown. Matele Fifita’s powerful running was causing concern for Cashel and Hugo Lafitte’s pace was always a threat.
A Daniel Hawkins penalty after 50 minutes put Sligo on the scoreboard and this was added to by a monster drop goal from David Gerrity 10 minutes later.
Both sides created chances in the final quarter, but defences were on top and when the final whistle was blown the score read 6-18 in favour of the visitors.
Next up Sligo Tavel north to second placed Banbridge. The match takes place on Saturday 18th of February and Sligo will be hoping to gather a big travelling support for the day.
Sligo:
David Gerrity, Cathal Finneran, Mataele Fifita, Gavin Foley, Hugo Lafitte, Daniel Hawkins, Billy Leahy, Adrian Mc Hale, Gary Conneely, Shane Mc Guinness, Jamie Bowes, Peter Mullan, Paddy Conlon (capt), Rory Kerins, Aidan Mc Nulty. Reps Ross Mannion, Brian Keane, James Wilson, David Heath, Gary O Hehir
Cashel:
Rory O Connor, Kevin Leamy, Jack Ryan, Colin Morrissey, Pat O Connor, Brian Silke, Ollie Mc Glinchey, Mike Kelly, Dave Mc Cormack, Howard Stanley, Llyod Foot, Sean Walsh, Brendan O Connor (capt), Ed Leamy, John Ed O Connor. Reps Barry Moloney, Danny Lambe, Albie Devitt, Michael Hickey, Alan O Donnell.
Referee Brian Montayne LBIRFU.
Photos by Rory Raftery – See the full match gallery on Facebook
The clothes collection will be ending this Saturday and the re-cycle truck will be picking up all remaining clothing from the Rugby Club next week.
If you have any items of clothing please ensure to drop them off at the Rugby Club this Saturday.
Sligo Rugby Club are collecting old phones to raise much needed funds for the club. If you would like to donate any old phones please contact Justin Harte 086 8162265.
Sligo Rugby Club presents TAKE ME OUT on the 10th of February in the Sligo Park hotel! There will be over 25 hot, single girls from all around Sligo there who are ready to find love. Door for the show open at 7.30pm and the single ladies will take to the stage ready for their first potential date at 8.30pm. The one and only DJ Scruffy Duffy will guide our take me out guys through the rounds that might secure them the lovely lady that they have so often dreamed about.
Make sure you are there to witness this unforgettable show. And for those girls who didn’t find love on the show, they might have better luck at the McHugh’s after party, which promises to keep the take me out spirit alive as the night continues!
Tickets for the much anticipated show are €15, and €20 on the night.Tickets are available at the Sligo Rugby Club, Bernie’s Beauty Salon and the Record Room in Sligo town. There are a limited amount of tickets so get yours early- as they are expected to sell out.
If there are any single guys or gals who would like to take part on the show. Please get in contact on the Sligo RFC Take me out Facebook page or call 087-2406834.
Sligo RFC will be hosting a fundraising auction in the Glasshouse hotel on Sunday the 19th of February. The auction committee, led by George Draper, is busily collecting lots to go under the hammer! Antiques, Curiosities, Sports memorabilia, vouchers, and work pledges are all suitable for the event. There will also be a bric-or-brac stand at the auction for all number of items.
If you would like to donate to the bric-a-brac or the auction please email sligorugby@gmail.com or contact George Draper on 087 245 1570.
