We will use this newsletter to keep you all informed
of what is happening in your club, the fixtures and
the events that are being organised. This information
can also be obtained from the North Meath Rugby
Club’s Facebook page and also our new and updated
website. If anybody has anything that they would
like to have included in the newsletter please feel
free to contact us with your ideas. In this issue we
will give an introduction to the club for members
who are not familiar with the Club.

INTRODUCTION TO COMMITTEE
Des FitzGerald President
Jack Kenny Chairman
Eunan Galligan Director of Rugby
Rachel Kenny Club Secretary
John O’Reilly Treasurer
Packie Kiernan Child Protection Officer
Youth Liaison Officer
John FitzGerald Minis and Registration
Jonny Heasley Social Media Web Master
David Callaghan First XII Captain
Caroline Lawless PRO#

THE CLUB IS MADE UP OF THE
FOLLOWING TEAMS
Minis - Leprechaun and Minis Rugby is from Under 12 back down to Under 5. The Club has squads at Leprechaun rugby, at Under 7, and Minis 8, 9, 10, and 12. Each squad has their own dedicated head coach and the boys and girls progress through a predefined programme each season. Mini matches are not competitive so there is never a winner or a loser. They start to compete from
under 13s on.

The ages for this season are as follows:
Under 7 born 2008
Under 8 born 2007
Under 9 born 2006
Under 10 born 2005
Under 11 born 2004
Under 12 born 2003

The season runs from September to the end of April
every year, with training each Sunday at 11:00 at the
Clubs grounds in Grange.

Under 13 born 2002
Under 14 born 2001
Under 15 born 2000
Under 17 born 1998
Seniors from 16 ½ with parental consent

Membership is just €40 for the first child and €20
for each child thereafter or family membership
for €75.

COACHES OF THE TEAMS
David Callaghan U7s 086 3083580
Paul Callaghan U8s 087 1237977
Jonny Heasley U9s 087 6349133
Gavin Tegetmeier U10s 087 9372773
John Fitzgerald U12s 0862401620
Donacha Walsh U13s 087 2514220
Joe McDermot U14s 0863844166
John O’ Reilly U15s 086 2543676
Packie Kiernan U16s 085 8508129
David Callaghan Seniors 0863083580

Short History of the club
In October of 2005, a group of players from the
Kells area met up in the Westway Bar and decided
to form a rugby club in Kells; from this meeting the
North Meath Rugby Club was established.
They set about finding other likeminded people to
play and began their first training sessions in the
sports grounds of the Community School lit by
lights they hired from Kells Hire.
In January the club went looking for challenge
matches and eventually Virginia’s second team
agreed to play against them in a challenge match. In
this first game North Meath Rugby players didn’t
have jerseys so each player wore whatever jersey
they had. North Meath were winning by half time,
so Virginia took the decision to play their players
from their first team, North Meath were defeated 19 – 16.

Following such a good beginning, North Meath
Rugby Club entered in the McGee Cup (North East
league). Eleven teams were involved, each playing
home and away games. North Meath Rugby Club
had no grounds, so they played all their matches
away. In March 2006 North Meath RFC beat
Balbriggan in Ashbourne to win the McGee Cup.

Next step was to enter the Anderson Cup (3rds
Town Cup), but were beaten in the quarter finals
losing to Mullingar the eventual winners of the Cup
that year.
In the 2007/08 season North Meath RFC won the
Anderson Cup beating Naas in the final 27 – 7. The
2008/09 season saw North Meath RC win the 2nds
Town Cup defeating Tullamore who were going for
3 in a row, 10 - 7 in the finals in Ashbourne.
With great interest being shown in rugby and the
club in Kells, the decision was made to start up a
junior team. In 2008 the underage section of the
club began with the U12s, totalling 18 players. Since
then the underage section has expanded rapidly.

The club now has Minis, U13s, U14s, U15s, and U17s
with a total of over 200 players involved. Of course
this would not be possible but for the supreme effort
and dedication of the volunteer coaches and the
determination of the committee and their belief in
the North Meath Rugby Club and the players to
succeed.

Achievements of the club
2010 – 2011 – U17s won the Conference North East Cup
(Victor Grey - Coach)
2011 – 2012 U13s won the Leinster League
(Packie Kiernan – Coach)
U13s were runner ups in the North East League.
(Packie Kiernan – Coach)
2012 – 2013 U14s were runner ups in the Leinster League
(Packie Kiernan – Coach)
2012 - 2013 U14s were runner ups in the North East League
(Packie Kiernan – Coach)
U13s won the Leinster League
(John O’Reilly – Coach)
U13s won the North East League
(John O’Reilly – Coach)
U13s were runner up in Metro League
(John O’ Reilly – Coach)
2013 – 2014 U15s were runners up in North East Premier League
(Packie Kiernan – Coach)
U14s won the North East Plate
(John O’ Reilly – Coach)

NORTH MEATH RFC Facebook page
For all up to date information on the club and how
the teams are progressing just LIKE our Facebook
page. If anybody should have any information or
photos they would like to be uploaded to our page
please contact John Fitzgerald at info@fitzgeraldsofkells.com

WEB PAGE
The new and updated North Meath RFC web page is
online and gives details of upcoming games.
www.northmeathrugby.com
UPCOMING FUND RAISING
NORTH MEATH RFC has recently joined forces
with Kilmainham GFC to develop a joint fundraiser
that will bring much needed funds to each club.
The fundraiser aptly named the BATTLE OF THE
BALLS (check out the Facebook page) is where
North Meath RFC will take on Kilmainham GFC in
a three month challenge that will culminate in an
evening of unforgettable entertainment with
performances from both clubs and will take place in
the Headfort Arms Hotel on Friday 13th March,
2015.
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The BATTLE will commence on Friday 5th
December at 8pm in The Westway Bar, Kells with a
Club Colours’ Night, where supporters can fly the
flag for their chosen team by wearing their team
colours. It is going to be a great night with some
fantastic raffle prizes, craic and music and more
information on the BATTLE OF THE BALLS.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE FUNDRAISER - the
club relies on the generosity of their supporters for
the funds needed for the day to day expenses, rental
of the pitches, upkeep of the pitches and equipment
and also to support teams