Author: Carl Birney

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Division 2B A day of high drama in Holmpatrick, started well for Skerries with plenty of pressure from the home side who played with a strong wind in the first half .Against the run of play Bective scored a try from a block down, well finished by Gearoid O’Grady who…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B – Holmpatrick 11/10/2016. Skerries: 11 (Paul O’Loughlin 2 pen, Chris Tonge 1 Try) Greystones: 36 ( Jack Keating try, Killian Marmion con & try, Padraig Geoghegn try Andrew Kealy 3 con 1 pen, Feria Kenny 2 tries) The return of Friday Night Lights saw a big crowd in…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B Thomond RFC v Skerries RFC Fitzgerald Park Skerries travelled to Limerick on Saturday for a crucial encounter v Thomond which over the years has been a difficult venue for the team.  Losing Joe Glennon and Thomas O’Hare before the match did not help the situation.  The match was…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B in Holmpatrick    –    29/10/2016 Skerries:  16   (C Tonge 2 tries, P O’Loghlen 2 pen.) City of Armagh:  32   (H Young try 2 pen 3 con, A Birch J Faloon N Faloon try ea.) The League leaders came to Skerries and after the eighty minutes is was clear to the…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B – Holmpatrick 08/10/2016. Skerries: 27 ( David Quirke try 1 pen 2 conv, Eoghan Carron try, Mark Nally try, Chris Tonge try). Old Crescent: 30 ( Larry Hanly try, Cathay O’Reilly try, Brian Touhy try, Barry Nevill 2 pen 1 conv, Shane O’Brien 1 pen 2 conv.) Saturday’s…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B – 01/10/2016.   MU Barnhall: 27 (Michael Russell try, Ben McCarty try, Eoin McCreary try, Darren Hudson try, Simon Gillespie 1 pen 2 conv)   Skerries: 24 (Ross McAuley 2 tries, Chris Tonge Mark Nally try each, Paul O’Loghlen 2 conv)     The old cliché of a game…

Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2A Judges Road   –   17/09/2016 City of Derry: 15   (B Barber R Baird try each, N Burne 1 pen 1 conv. ) Skerries: 32 (R McAuley 3 tries, J Glennon D Quirke try each, P O’Loghlen 2 con, B Mulcahy 1 pen.) If there were any Skerries supporters out…