Author: Carl Birney

AIL Division 2B Holmpatrick 15th December 2018 Skerries 5 ( Kevin McGrath try ) Sunday’s Well RFC 0 In a game played in apocalyptic conditions Skerries deservedly won their first match of the season and in doing so moved off the bottom to 8th  place. This was a result, coming on the back of a…

Mulcahy lands final kick to share spoils! Skerries 10. Try Kevin McGrath, Con Billy Mulcahy, Pen Billy Mulcahy Belfast Harlequins 10 This fighting draw may turn out to be the turning point in Skerries survival for division 2B status. The course of their season so far has been blighted with injuries, unlucky losses but this…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div. 2B  At Holmpatrick    –    01/12/2018 Skerries  19 ( S Dempsey  L Jones  try ea. R Jenkinson try 2 con. ) Sligo       27 ( P Carter  M Davey  C Goddard  R Feehily try ea.  J Keegan 2 con 1 pen ) With the first half of the season about to…

Skerries 19 Corinthians 20 Ulster Bank League Div 2B 10th November 2018 Skerries difficult start to the season continued on Saturday with a particularly cruel home defeat to Galway side Corinthians. Having earned a penalty kick in the last moments of the game, the attempt sailed right of the posts leaving the home side with…

Rainey Old Boys 37 – 30 Skerries. The statisticians, mathematicians and psychologists would struggle to make any sense of the fact that Skerries are the third highest scoring team in the League and yet are rooted near the bottom of the table without a win to their credit this season. The fraternity of the Glass…

Skerries V Greystones – AIL Friday 26th of October Skerries 19 – 55 Greystones The moon lit up the night sky at Holmpatrick last Friday evening for the visit of Greystones RFC. From the outset, Greystones set out their stall and were determined not to surrender possession, the statisticians will tell you that they did…