Galway Corinthians Rfc

First game of the season!

maryhughes — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:18:35 +0000

The 1st game of the season, a Connacht Senior League game against Galwegians will take place this Saturday at 2.30pm in Corinthian Park. Please come along and support the team.

Club Clean Up Day!

maryhughes — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:04:36 +0000

Just a reminder folks on the Clean Up day tomorrow at the club from 09.00 to 14.00. All are welcome and we need as many volunteers as possible to clean, tidy, paint, strim, spray weedkiller, pull weeds. We have an urgent need for carpenters, plumbers, electricians etc so please spread the word and come along and help make your club a better place for all!

Corinthians Table Quiz!

maryhughes — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:25:06 +0000

On Thursday 15th July there will be a fundraising table quiz in the clubhouse at 10pm following the tag matches. Tables of four are €40 with lots of great prizes to be won. Pints of Budweiser are €3 each so why not come along whether playing tag or not and bring all your friends! No need to book, just turn up on the night but for any queries please contact Cathal O’ Shea on 087 9450593

Corinthians Race Day 2010!

maryhughes — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:19:48 +0000

On Saturday 31st July 2010 Galway Corinthians RFC are planning to kick off the 2010/11 season by holding its fourth annual race day in the new Killanan Stand at the Galway Race Course. This event is certainly gearing up to be a great day out!

The day will commence with a 4 course buffet lunch accompanied by wine which you can enjoy in comfort with breathtaking views of the race track and Galway city.

There will be bar and tote facilities on our level, and celebrity guests will be at hand to give you plenty of advice all day on how to invest your money.

This promises to be a fantastic day out and places are already selling fast. Prices for the event are €100 per head or €1,000 per table. If you have any queries or want to reserve places you can contact the following organisers:

Brendan Duffy: 086-8216224

Bryan Casburn: 087-8585614

Dave Madden: 086-2570464

Price includes Admission to races, free parking, race card, and a 4 course buffet lunch.

Galway Youth Tag

maryhughes — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:39:03 +0000

Even with the bad weather conditions last week, we had 4 teams competing in the Galway Youth Tag with Carbon Monoxide winning last Wednesday’s Biltz. If anyone is still interested in playing they should come along next Wednesday and we’ll get them involved with a team, also new teams can still register next Wednesday at 7pm in Corinthians.

Youth Fitness Programmes

maryhughes — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:19:23 +0000

To view the Youth Fitness Programmes and Off and Pre Season Training Programmes, please go to Teams and Youth Section on the website.

Corinthians named club of the year!

maryhughes — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:06:02 +0000

Corinthians were named club of the year last night at the Connacht Rugby Awards ceremony and Pat Cunningham was named player of the year! Congratulations to all concerned and what a great end to an excellent season for the club!

Corinthians win Senior Cup

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:52:26 +0000

Corinthians 19 – Galwegians 18

Corinthians finished off the season well in retaining the senior cup against the ould enemy Galwegaines.The venue was Cloonacauneen and Wegains started off well with ex Corinthian player Dave Clarke putting the visitors ahead in the fifth minute.

Corinthians struck back after centre Eoin Griffen picked up a loose ball for scrumhalf Mark Dolan to get in for the touch down. Hugh Griffen landed another penalty midway in the first half before Clarke struck back before the break after Corinthians were penalised for foul play.

The home side had it all to play for with a big wind against them in the second half and Wegians gained the upper hand with centre Brian Murphy getting in for a touch down and Clarke converted another penalty after Corinthians second row Gary Ward was sin binned for foul play.

Galwegians were leading by thirteen points to eight at this stage and winger John Cleary got in to score in the corner and it looked all over for Corinthians after they had another player sin binned.The Cloonacauneen outfit held out under great pressure and fought back with great resillence and got back into the game with two fine penaltys by outhalf Shane Muallaly after great work by loose head Catheal O Shea and flanker Sean Geraty.

After great great defence work Corinthians with a full compliment back on the pitch got back into the Dublin Road outfit half in the final minute for full back Darren Classens got in for a great touch down for Corinthians to retain that great trophy by nineteen points to eighteen.

Senior cup final

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:41:42 +0000

The final will be on Thurs at Corinthians, kick-off 7.30

Galwegians Under 21s Take title

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:08:50 +0000

Galwegians 20 – Corinthians 7

Galwegians overcame Corinthians easily in U21’S Cup Final on Saturday.

Wegians were on the score board after ten minutas after Corinthians were penalized for a delayed throw in centre David McCarthy touched down for an easy score which was converted by outhalf Dave Clarke.

Galwegians keeped the pressure on the Cloonacauneen side for the rest of the half and were awarded a penalty on thirtyseven minutes which first centre Tadgh Leader converted. Corinthians in the second half were unable to gain any ground on the Renmore outfit.Leader again converted another penalty half through the second half.

They finished off the game with sub Rory Cunningham getting in for a touch down Leader again converted.Corinthians got a concillation try in the final play of the game it was scored by outhalf Mike O Flynn he also converted same.The final score was Galwegians 20—Corinthians 7 which was well refereed by Karol Collins.