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Update on Upcoming Business Lunch

Speakers announced the East Meath and Fingal Networking Lunch

@kettleshotel . It is run by @AshbourneRFC

Great mixture of business innovation and rugby Last few tables left

@ashbournewomen1

@LeinsterBranch

by Bill Duggan

International Womens Day

To all our Women’s players and many Volunteers, Committee Members, Mothers, Wives, Grandmothers, Girlfriends, Sisters & Supporters wishing you all a Special day from all Ashbourne Rugby Club

#WomenOfLeinsterRugby

by Bill Duggan

Welsh Visitors!

A combined u15's Ashbourne Rugby Club and Boyne Rugby Football Club team played against Crymych RFC from Wales.

The Ashbourne and Boyne team combined well but the boys from Crymych played excellent and ran out comfortable winners.

Many Thanks for Crymych for travelling to Ashbourne and to our North east Neighbours Boyne who joined us for the game.

by Bill Duggan

Need your Support on Saturday Next!

Big one this Saturday and we need all the support we can get, this weekend for both our senior teams.

The 2nds kick off the day at 1.30pm against Monkstown and Ashbourne Rugby Club are still within a chance on winning the league, assuming other results go their way. So their job is to win their game so please support them.

At 3.00pm the 1st XV also take on Monkstown, who are challenging for second place in the league, coming off a good season.

We need to win to keep our survival hopes alive and our team is giving 100% week on week. So they deserve and need your support and we need the 16th man from sidelines giving them encouragement.

That is YOU! So see you there!

This is the last HOME game with the last game away to Boyne next weekend!

by Bill Duggan

Provincial Towns Cup Time of the Year

That time of year - Provincial Towns Cup

Support will be welcome in Kilkenny. Always a good game!

by Bill Duggan

Ashbourne Away to Gorey on Saturday the 18th of February

Big challenge, visiting Gorey Rugby Football Club so all support is welcome.

Important game for both sides, 1st and 2nd XV's.

by Bill Duggan

Table Topping Battle Between Ashbourne and Tallaght Womens Teams!

Big game for our Womens Team on Sunday and we want as much support as we can get.

So come down and support Ashbourne Womens team against table toppers @tallaght_rugby

by Bill Duggan

Passing of Paul Grimes

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Grimes.

Paul was a player, past President and trustee of Ashbourne Rugby Club.

He served on the first club committee in 1974 as "Recording Secretary" and was active in the wonderful progression of the club; from the very first season to his sad passing. Paul was a strategist and was critical to all the big decisions made by the club.

On the field of play he was a true competitor and a very skillful line-out jumper (no lifting in those days), with a tremendous pair of hands.

Jack Conlon remembers a cup semi-final against St Mary's in the 1977/78 season, when we were "under the cosh". The heads were down in the third quarter. It was Paul's call to arms of "c'mon boys lets win the last 20", that gave us a lift and we did indeed win the final quarter, with Paul in the van. The following season he combined being club president with being a member of the team, that won the O'Connell Cup.

Paul was a very accomplished golfer and played for Leinster Youths in his time. He was playing Junior 5 rugby for Ashbourne first team, in the early days. I enquired, one day, as to why he choose rugby at a low level rather than play golf at the top? He replied: "Because I enjoy it" .His answer was a life lesson.

Jack talks about remembering Paul working for Redpath Properties, in Mount Street , in the early days. He subsequently set up his own auctioneering business very successfully, in Ashbourne. How proud he must have felt later, to see the fruits of his labours and his legacy, being taken on and developed by his own family. The rugby legacy was also passed on.

We offer Sheila, Robert, PG, Dermot, Serena, Siobhan and all the family our sincere condolences. May Paul rest in peace.

Reposing at Michael Ryan Funeral Home, Ashbourne, on Tuesday 7th February, from 3pm to 7pm.

Funeral Mass, Ashbourne church 12 noon on Wednesday 8th, with burial at Donaghmore church graveyard.

by Bill Duggan

Huber Ireland Announced as a New Ashbourne RFC Sponsor

Ashbourne Rugby Club are delighted to announce the very kind and welcomed sponsorship of the kit for all our Senior Men's squads from Huber Ireland Temperature Control are a worldwide specialist in high precision temperature control solutions with their Irish base in Ashbourne, Co. Meath.

Our senior squads benefitted from an array of high-quality rugby gear from McKeever Sports for both on and off the rugby field with our proud new sponsors company logos prominently featured.

We would like a special thank you to Jane McLoughlin, Technical Director at Huber who is a prominent member of our club for making this collaboration come through.

Photographed ; from L to R Aidan Gleeson (Club President), Jane McLoughlin (Director @ Huber), Sean Kent (Club Captain) & Donal Crotty (Club Senior Coach).

Photographer: David Duff

Both Ashbourne RFC and Huber working within our community

at AIL, Miltown, 28 Jan 2023. at AIL, /Sports Media Images/David Duff

by Bill Duggan

Minis' Activity w/e 28/29th of January

by Bill Duggan

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