Longford RFC Club News 270818   27/08/2018

Senior Men

The Senior Men continued their preparation for the season with a team day in CPL Park on Saturday.  Ex-Ireland Woman’s International Tania Rosser was on hand to do a pitch session with the squad and also to do a very informative presentation.  Things are gearing up well for the new season with Longford out against Edenderry in their first Midland League match next Monday at 8 PM away.  Training continues Tuesday and Friday at 7.45 PM, with new players very welcome.

Longford Woman

Longford Woman’s preparations for the season are gathering momentum with the release of this seasons Leinster League Fixtures.  Longford Woman are now moving to training every Tuesday and Friday night at 7.30 PM.  New players of all fitness levels are welcome, even if you have not played before.  Contact Nuala on 0867340208.

Leinster Woman’s Rugby - Division 4 Fixtures - 2018/2019 Season








Athy 
 
Naas 



CYM J1
 
Portlaoise 



Greystones 
 
Tallaght 



Longford 
 
Tullamore J1








Date
Venue
Time
Home
 
Away
Sunday 16th September, 2018
Postal Club Kiltipper Rd
 13:00
Tallaght
v
Longford
Sunday 23rd September, 2018
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Athy
Sunday 30th September, 2018
Togher
 13:00
Portlaoise
v
Longford
Sunday 14th October, 2018
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Greystones
Sunday 21st October, 2018
Forenaughts
 13:00
Naas
v
Longford
Sunday 04th November, 2018
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
CYM J1
Sunday 11th November, 2018
Spollanstown
 13:00
Tullamore J1
v
Longford
Sunday 25th November, 2018
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Tallaght
Sunday 02nd December, 2018
The Showgrounds
 13:00
Athy
v
Longford
Sunday 09th December, 2018
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Portlaoise
Sunday 13th January, 2019
Greystones
 13:00
Greystones
v
Longford
Sunday 20th January, 2019
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Naas
Sunday 10th February, 2019
CYM
 13:00
CYM J1
v
Longford
Sunday 17th February, 2019
CPL Park
 13:00
Longford
v
Tullamore J1

Longford Youths

Longford Youths are back training at all levels.  New players are welcome at all age levels.  There is no better time to start with the Rugby World Cup looming large on the horizon next November.

Youth’s Training (2018-2019) Coaching Details.

U13’s

For players born in 2006.

John (Freddie) Forde 086-1727145.

Training on Tuesdays at 7.30 PM.

U14’s

For players born in 2005.

Kerry Waters 083-0380592.

Tommy O’Hara 087-7649793.

Training on Tuesdays at 7.30 PM.

U15’s

Oliver Naughton - 087-9047970.

Willie Hall - 087-2030155.

Roy Davis 086-2535859.

Seamus Boyle 086-8281506.

Training on Wednesdays at 7.30 PM.

U16’s

For players born in 2003.

Junior Hannon - 087-2977769.

Darragh Collins - 086-7844657.

Kenny Adejinmi - 089-9734319.

Training on Wednesdays at 7.30 PM

U17’s

For players born in 2002.

Gerry Carthy - 086-8046857.

Ray McCormack - 087-9028018.

David Shannon - 087-7931298.

Training on Mondays/Wednesdays 7-8.30 PM.

U18.5’s

For players born from 1st of July 2000 & after 31st December 2001.

Jimmy Murphy 086-255521.

Ronan Keith - 086-8871573.

Training on Thursdays at 7.30 PM (Starts 23/08/18).

New players are welcome at all age levels – just come to the club on the relevant training night or contact the coach above for details. Don’t worry about not having played before – we have the coaching staff to teach the basics to any player. Jimmy Murphy is the Youth’s Co-ordinator and can be contacted at 086 2555621.

Minis (U7-U12)

Our future Leinster and Ireland stars were back training this Sunday at 10.30 am.  Training continues every Sunday at the same time.  New players are very welcome, we have a comprehensive team of trained coaches.   Just remember to bring a gum shield and a bottle of water along with your training gear.  Two new innovations for the coming season are that we have a new state of the art 4G training area, which are suitable for contact sports along with Girls Training from U8-U12.  Coaching details are below.

Mini Coaches;

U12 Coach Ger Murray gerard.murray@agriculture.ie

U11 Coach Eugene Larkin info@westmeathwindows.ie 0866015325

U10 Coach James Rowan jamesrowanjnr@gmail.com 0879870560

U9 Coach Liam Walsh donegalliam@gmail.com 0879694621

U7&U8 Enda Gillen gillenenda@hotmail.com 0869270658

Padraig Murphy is the Mini’s Co-ordinator and can be contacted at 086 2526741 or prgm@me.com

Please make sure to have membership paid in order to take part in games and make sure that your details are on the text list.

Club News

Best wishes to Club Physio Ronie Masterson who got married to Derek Rutherford at the weekend.  Everyone at the club wishes you many happy years together.

Also best wishes current Player, Dylan Quinn, who takes over from Steve Coy as the Clubs Mini/Youth Development Officer.  We know you will do a great job.  Steve will be a very hard act to follow.

Club Memorabilia

Did you know that rugby was played in Longford in the 1800s and we can trace the formation of the club back to then?
Do you or your family have any old photos of rugby in Longford, minute books, jerseys, articles, ties, trophies etc.? Then we would like to hear from you.
If you any of the above please contact Tommy Butler on 086 3143968 or email pro@longfordrugby.com.

Presentation by Tania Rosser to Senior Men's Squad 


Longford's future Leinster/Ireland Players Back in action











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