Author: Carl Birney
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Skerries RFC Lottery
The numbers drawn in this week’s lottery were; 1, 18, 24, 25 There was no winner of the Jackpot tonight but there was one winner of “Match 3″ – Maura Faughnan, who wins €100. The Jackpot next week will be €8,450. Many thanks to all who bought tickets for the club’s lottery and we hope…
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Weekend Fixtures
Friday night Metro League – St. Mary’s v Skerries J1s in Templeville Road with kick off at 7.30 pm. Saturday Semi final of Division 2A/2B Cup – Skerries v Seapoint with kick off at 2.30. Skerries u19s v Navan – kick off at 12 noon Skerries u17s v Kilkenny with kick off at 12 noon…
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Mini’s Weekend Round Up
The girls trained in the club on Saturday morning. 38 U7’s trained on a very cold Sunday morning and again the focus was to keep them moving and the hands warm! Following their usual warm up exercises, they focused on their handling skills and again rounded off the session with games of tip. U8’s had…
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McGee Cup – Ardee vs Skerries J2’s
The above fixture, which was scheduled for Ardee on Sunday, is now to be played tomorrow, Friday, night in Ardee at 8pm.
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Weekend Fixtures for Adult Teams (9th – 11th January)
Friday,9th January -Skerries J1s v Terenure in Metro 4 league at Holmpatrick with kick off at 8pm Saturday,10th January – Skerries 1sts xv against Greystones in 1/4 final of Division 2A/2B Cup at Holmpatrick with kick off at 2.30pm Sunday, 11th January – Skerries J2s v Ardee in McGee Cup, away to Ardee with kick off at 2.30pm.
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Mini’s Weekend Round Up
A fantastic turnout of our U7’s for the first training session of the New Year. The kids weren’t affected by the frosty conditions, all were geared up for the session and kept moving for the full hour. The order of the morning was a few fun games followed by some handling drills to keep their…
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Skerries RFC Lottery
Skerries RFC Lottery – 2nd January 2015 The numbers drawn were; 12, 17, 19, 22 There was no winner of the Jackpot but there were five winners of “Match 3″ – The Connolly family, Michael Woods, Mary O’Brien, Margaret Bolton and Brian Twomey and they receive €20 each. As a result the Jackpot next week…
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Skerries Cup Win
Skerries 34 Blackrock 27 2A/2B Cup Skerries ran out winners in an entertaining cup clash at Holmpatrick tonight. With a very strong scrummaging performance proving crucial, and some typical sharp running and handling, there were tries a plenty for the good crowd. But Skerries needed to haul their opponents back after going 17-5 down just…
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We Are Goat Nation
My first experience of the Skerries rugby diaspora, was watching the tape as a teenager of Michael Branagan and Mark O’Connor’s commentary of the Leinster Senior Cup semi-final win over Terenure College in May 1998 in Stradbrook, Blackrock. “One thinks of the Skerries diaspora, who’d love to be here today,” Bash mused, as Skerries were…
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Q&A with Paddy O’Sullivan
Today we kick off our Q&A sessions with Skerries RFC alumni all over the globe as part of our renewed commitment this season to stay in touch with Skerries fans and former players. First up in what will become a regular feature each month is Paddy O’Sullivan, the fleet footed younger brother of David and…