Sligo RFC V Sundays Well
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I am honoured to serve as President of Sligo Rugby Football Club for this Sundays Well RFC look forward to visiting Sligo RFC and thank you for season. your kind hospitality. Welcome to all Sligo and Sundays Well supporters to this, our tenth fixture Sligo is the furthest we travel this season but our record against you has in the Ulster Bank League Competition in 2013/14. A special welcome to not been the best it’s fair to say you are our bogey team however we will take Alec Rose, Vice President of Sundays Well RFC. Our opponents today have some heart from drawing our game last season. made the long journey from Cork and we welcome them back to Sligo today. As we approach the business end of the season all games are important to I wish all teams in each section and their coaches continued success and both team. assure you all of our appreciation of your dedication and endeavour. I wish both teams the best of luck and hope we have no injuries. Thanks to the ground staff for their efforts in maintaining the pitches and upgrading the premises to such a high standard. In these difficult times Away The Well. good leadership is vital and I thank sincerely the committees who run the financial affairs of the club and Generate sponsorship. Thanks also to our generous sponsors for their contin- ued support. Alec Rose Vice President I wish Simon Galvin and his coaches, Sundays Well RFC team captain Mark Butler and his team success today and for the season. Brian Mullan President Sligo RFC Cover photo - Sligo RFC representatives from every team in the Club from U7 to Seniors I am honoured to serve as President of Sligo Rugby Football Club for this Sundays Well RFC look forward to visiting Sligo RFC and thank you for season. your kind hospitality. Welcome to all Sligo and Sundays Well supporters to this, our tenth fixture Sligo is the furthest we travel this season but our record against you has in the Ulster Bank League Competition in 2013/14. A special welcome to not been the best it’s fair to say you are our bogey team however we will take Alec Rose, Vice President of Sundays Well RFC. Our opponents today have some heart from drawing our game last season. made the long journey from Cork and we welcome them back to Sligo today. As we approach the business end of the season all games are important to I wish all teams in each section and their coaches continued success and both team. assure you all of our appreciation of your dedication and endeavour. I wish both teams the best of luck and hope we have no injuries. Thanks to the ground staff for their efforts in maintaining the pitches and upgrading the premises to such a high standard. In these difficult times Away The Well. good leadership is vital and I thank sincerely the committees who run the financial affairs of the club and Generate sponsorship. Thanks also to our generous sponsors for their contin- ued support. Alec Rose Vice President I wish Simon Galvin and his coaches, Sundays Well RFC team captain Mark Butler and his team success today and for the season. Brian Mullan President Sligo RFC Cover photo - Sligo RFC representatives from every team in the Club from U7 to Seniors Sponsors The Glasshouse Hotel Cosgrove’s Centra Maugheraboy Sponsors The Glasshouse Hotel Cosgrove’s Centra Maugheraboy SLIGO RFC TEAM SHEET SUNDAYS WELL RFC TEAM SHEET 1. Adrian McHale 1. John Barry 2. Ross Mannion 2. John Moynihan 3. Wesley Maxwell 3. Francis Moynihan 4. Jamie Bowes 4. Lar Coughlan 5. Michael McMorrow 5. Paul Daly 6. David Heath 6. Mick Moynihan 7. Eoin Matthews 7. Eamonn Murphy 8. Eddie Connell 8. Shane Desmond 9. Paddy Pearson 9. Peter Arigho 10. Stefan Moir 10. Shane O'Riordan 11. Aaron Spring 11. Roderick McDonald 12. Gavin Foley 12. Niall Horgan 13. Chris Nairn 13. Ross O'Mahony 14. Colin Keane 14. Matt Qinlivan 15. Mark Butler (Capt) 15. Andy O'Brien 16. Enda Gavin 16. Neville O'Donoghue 17. David Cawley 17. Willie McCarthy 18. Rory Kerins 18. Paddy Hughes 19. Conor Kerins 19. Paul Giraudit 20. Tadhg Power 20. James O'Sullivan Coach - Simon Galvan Assistant Coach - Roger Burrows Manager - Cathal Culhane SLIGO RFC TEAM SHEET SUNDAYS WELL RFC TEAM SHEET 1. Adrian McHale 1. John Barry 2. Ross Mannion 2. John Moynihan 3. Wesley Maxwell 3. Francis Moynihan 4. Jamie Bowes 4. Lar Coughlan 5. Michael McMorrow 5. Paul Daly 6. David Heath 6. Mick Moynihan 7. Eoin Matthews 7. Eamonn Murphy 8. Eddie Connell 8. Shane Desmond 9. Paddy Pearson 9. Peter Arigho 10. Stefan Moir 10. Shane O'Riordan 11. Aaron Spring 11. Roderick McDonald 12. Gavin Foley 12. Niall Horgan 13. Chris Nairn 13. Ross O'Mahony 14. Colin Keane 14. Matt Qinlivan 15. Mark Butler (Capt) 15. Andy O'Brien 16. Enda Gavin 16. Neville O'Donoghue 17. David Cawley 17. Willie McCarthy 18. Rory Kerins 18. Paddy Hughes 19. Conor Kerins 19. Paul Giraudit 20. Tadhg Power 20. James O'Sullivan Coach - Simon Galvan Assistant Coach - Roger Burrows Manager - Cathal Culhane Message to Sligo RFC from Pat Fitzgerald, President, IRFU. The 2012/2013 Ulster Bank League has given us great entertainment and a nail biting As President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, I am delighted to extend my best wishes to climax that we couldn’t have predicted. Now it’s the time of year again for new beginnings Sligo RFC. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Brian Mullan on being elected President in clubs the country over. New members will be joining with fresh hopes, dreams and and I wish him and all players and members of the club every success for the season. renewed tactics. The Sligo club is a formidable force in the North West of Ireland. It performs a telling role in Rugby is enjoying increasing popularity with the recent success of our national and making available the provision of rugby in your expanding community, from under age level up the line to your senior side, which itself has impacted significantly in Division 2b of the provincial sides. However, where would Irish rugby be without the dedication shown in Ulster Bank League by finishing ninth and 11th place of 16 clubs in the two seasons since rugby clubs the length and breadth of the country? From underage to first-team players, your promotion to senior status. hundreds of coaches pledge years to the development of players – players who week in week out, dedicate their time, their talent and their weekends to ensure that rugby continues On behalf of the IRFU I pay tribute to all volunteers throughout club rugby in appreciation to thrive at a local, provincial and national level. of their invaluable contribution to the success of our game. But while I believe that Irish rugby generally is in good order, we face many challenges and as President I invite you to support This is Ulster Bank’s fourth season as the Official Community Rugby Partner to the IRFU, the IRFU in its objectives as outlined in the presentation this season of the Union’s third Strategic Plan, as together I believe we can maintain our values and enrich the enjoyment we a partnership which includes title sponsorship of the All-Ireland Club League and of the get from our game. Irish Club International team. It set out the aspirations for Irish rugby covering the next four years to 2017 and is titled: - “From Grassroots to International success, one Island, one passion, one vision.’’ It incorpo- As part of our ongoing commitment to communities across Ireland and our understanding rates the launch of Plan Ireland whose aim to establish the pre-eminence of the Ireland team in that rugby clubs are the foundations of Irish rugby, we created a club initiative called the top echelons of World rugby, while at the same time helping the Provinces to maintain their ‘Ulster Bank RugbyForce’. The programme, which coincides with our overall sponsorship, own levels of success is designed to provide rugby clubs with support to renovate and upgrade their facilities as I also urge your support for the Union’s Club Sustainability Report. One of its key recommen- well as unite club members and local volunteers. dations is the removal of payments to players in the amateur game and which I believe are not in the best interests of the club game. Over 300 clubs from all over the country have entered RugbyForce to date. Each year four lucky clubs, one from each province, are awarded €5,000 worth of goods and resources. Be assured it is the determination of the Union and its Branches that our club game endures as The five winning clubs for 2012 – ‘13 (Richmond RFC, Birr RFC, Newry RFC, Midleton the bedrock of Irish rugby. The professional game will always be the shop window, but I assure RFC and Westport RFC) took part in the recent Ulster Bank RugbyForce Winning Week- you that the IRFU is committed in its resolve that securing the future of the grassroots game is essential. ends, which brought entire communities together to spend the day renovating their club’s facilities. See ulsterbank.com/rugby In this regard, I would like to thank Ulster Bank, for more details and look out for your chance to enter your club the official Community Partner to the IRFU, in this season’s Ulster Bank RugbyForce programme.