Category: News
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New! Player of the Month Award…
STAND UP PADDY FINN! Turnstone@BarnageeraghCove have come on board as a new club sponsor. We are delighted with this and as part of it, they will sponsor our Senior Player of the Month awards. Huge congratulations to Paddy Finn, our inaugural & October 2020 winner. A word from our partners at Barnageeragh Cove: In supporting…
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Club Development Plan 2020-2025
The Club have completed extensive work on our Club Development Plan 2020-2025. This is a live plan, which will be reviewed and updated over the lifetime of the plan. Thank you to Donogh McGowan, who has agreed to be our Club long term planner, and will oversee the plan and all related actions. Thank you…
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COVID-19 Return to Rugby
The IRFU have released Return to Rugby guidelines, for the graduated reopening of rugby clubs & return to rugby activities and announced: “A 4-stage roadmap, with us currently in stage 1: SAFETY PLANNING. The IRFU will offer more detail on rugby matters in due course, but for now we ask clubs to focus on safety…
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Club President & Chairman Message
Firstly, we thank you all for your support for our club community-based COVID-19 fundraiser, which has enabled us to play our part in supporting local front-line staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to support our vulnerable people in these extraordinary times. The club has effectively been in lockdown since 13th March with all facilities…
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10,000km run-walk for Skerries Community
We are fundraising for 2 great Skerries Community causes, both significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. One giving thanks to our local front-line heroes, the other providing an event to a very deserving local community group. 1. We understand a significant issue for frontline healthcare & emergency workers is Quality Time, or the lack of…
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Club Archives BIG updates..
One positive of current stay at home restrictions is that Gerry Weldon & Carl Birney are getting great work done with our club archives – editing & adding great new Club Heritage. Go to HERITAGE page to view everything there.
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Skerries Crowned Champions – Leinster League Metro Div. 3
In these unprecedented times, when there are things far more important than rugby, we are delighted to confirm this great news! It’s a bittersweet end to our shortened domestic rugby season, but we are delighted our Jim O’Rourke sponsored J1 team are Metro League Division 3 CHAMPIONS!This follows a review by the LBIRFU, full detail below. Congratulations to our players…
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“Domestic Rugby Season to conclude immediately”- IRFU
With such important off-field priorities far bigger than rugby, it comes as no surprise that the IRFU have confirmed the end of ALL domestic rugby in Ireland for this season. There is of course a much bigger picture in these times, that so is much more important to win than any rugby match. Massive thanks…
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All rugby activities OFF – Corona Virus Update 14/3/20
The IRFU have announced “the suspension of all domestic rugby until 29/03 inclusive, based on latest government advice. Future domestic rugby activity & fixtures will be reviewed in line with government advice. This notice affects ALL rugby in Ireland, across clubs, schools, from minis to adult rugby, and includes TRAINING & MATCHES.” Our Club Executive have decided…