Youth and Mini rugby season will commence on Sunday 9th September at 11:30 a.m (EDIT: Time Change from earlier).
The Youth and mini rugby sections will be posting their own material on the site which will be accessible from the category links on the Right hand side of the page.
Over the coming weekend, the contractor for the pitch floodlighting will be appointed.
The works will consist primarily of the Main and front pitches being brought above full match standard lighting levels and the training pitch being divided into two separate training areas with upgraded lighting to both. Ancillary works will include concrete bases, new light standards and cabling and the required switching arrangements.
I would especially like to thank the members of the development committee for having done trojan work on behalf of the club, involving days and nights travelling to other grounds, meeting contractors on site, deciphering the various quotations and comparing proposals from the main tenderers etc. A lot of work has gone into the project to date and following the appointment of a contractor we are confident that work would commence within the following 6-8 weeks.
I must add that it has been a privilege to work with the Dev. Committee members for this, the first of our planned club development projects under their hands. Also we have seen some great work commenced by the squad players in the dressing room area and this should be completed over the next few weeks. It’s great to see the club coming together to complete voluntary works such as this and it shows how strong we are as a club.
The official announcement regarding the contractors appointment will be made after this coming weekend when we finally cross the “t”‘s and dot the “I”‘s so keep watch for developments.
Saturday at 6:00 p.m. sees the first home game of the season with a combo of the J1 and J2 squads lining out to play Charleville in a friendly at Kilballyowen. Des Power is the man in charge for this opening friendly and there will be Full bar facilities during and afterwards so come along and join us for the season opener.
Lineup for the next Friendly in Ravenhill on Friday night.
We’re getting close to a complete calendar for the season. I’ve added the U20 AIL fixtures tonight and this sees the main league fixtures complete apart from the Senior seconds league. Updates and changes will be logged directly on the site here as they happen so please check online here before leaving for a game to be sure that fixtures are still valid. This will be first stop for fixtures cancellations or time/location changes in the future.