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Castlebar Rugby Club
Castlebar Rugby News - 28 May 2007
By John Mulligan
31, May 2007 - 16:42

AGM

The Club held Its AGM On Tuesday Last at the clubhouse and the club looked back at what was a successful year at all levels. The Following Officers were elected:

Position                                   Name

President                                  Rory Casey

Secretary                                 Shane McElwee

Treasurer                                 Trevor Ardill

Ass. Treasurer                          Paddy Durcan

Vice President                          Christy Cusack Snr

Fixture Secretary                      Joe Rawson

Branch Rep (1)                       Shane McElwee

Branch Rep (2)                        Ray Blake

Registration Officer (1)             Paul Gannon

Registration Officer (2)             Eugene Marais

P.R.O.                                    John Mulligan

Club Captain                            Ruairi Hughes

Coach                                     Seamus King

Manager                                  Shane McElwee

1st XV Vice Captain                 TBC

2nd XV Captain                        Ivor Gilmartin

Underage Coordinator              Jimmy Tuohy

Mini Coordinator                      Mick Hastings & Paul Gannon

Bar Manager                           Ray Blake

 

The Club will continue to hold a general committee meeting on the second Tuesday of every month.

The first meeting of the new committee will be held on Tuesday June 12th in the clubhouse at 8.00 pm .

 

Castlebar RFC Reunion Weekend

The Club Hosted a very successful reunion weekend in Castlebar on the weekend of the 19th and 20th of May. Past players who had worn the jersey in the past arrived to share their memories over a weekend that also saw the unveiling of the club’s president’s board at the clubhouse. The club would like to thank the management and staff of the Welcome Inn Hotel and TF Royal hotel and Theatre for their excellent facilities and a special word of Congratulations to the committee for a job well done.  

 

Underage Awards

The underage stars of Castlebar RFC were honoured at a special event held at Cloondeash on Thursday week last.   It was an ideal way to end the season that saw Castlebar Take two Connaught shield titles and certainly proves that the future is very bright in the club.

The Award Winners were:

Under 7

Player of the year – Diarmuid O’Malley  

Most Improved – Saran O’Callaghan

Under 8

Player of the year – Wesley Loftus

Most Improved – Mark Balaski

Under 9

Player of the year – Pat Carolan

Most Improved – Anthony O’Boyle

Under 10

Player of the year – Ger Doyle.

Most Improved – Sean Tobin

Under 11

Player of the year – Daire Morrin

Most Improved – Patrick Bourke

Under 12

Player of the year – Diarmuid Finan

Most improved – James McLoughlin

Under 14

Player of the year – Shane Irwin

Most Improved – Damien Togher

 

 

Summer Scrummage

Castlebar will once again host a Summer Scrummage camp run by the Connacht Branch of the IRFU and Sponsored by Ulster Bank in late July and Early August. Details are available through the Connaught Branch Website www.connachtrugby.ie and are open to boys and girls from 6-13 years.

 

 

Rag Rugby 2007

Castlebar RFC’s Rag Rugby tournament for 2007 is nearly upon us again and there will be an introduction night on Wednesday. Full details (and the RULES) are on the Club Website www.castlebarrfc.com . For more information contact Ray Blake on 086 – 8190775 or Alan Gavin on 087 – 1252324



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