The club will be releasing our 2022 Third choice jersey tomorrow morning at 9am on our online platforms.
The jersey, designed in association with our sponsors AvantMoney will be available online at www.srfcdirect.com and at our partners Intersport Elverys.
The jersey will be a must have for all Bit O’ Red supporters as we begin our campaign away to St Patrick’s Athletic on Friday night in Dublin.
The team will wear our new kit on the night.
Two Californian based Bit O’ Red supporters have shown their support for local Sligo charities by sponsoring a Men’s team player on their behalf for the 2022 season.
Joseph Lima and Lisa Beach have been kindly donating to the club in recent seasons and allowing a local charity to benefit from the exposure that comes with such sponsorships.
This year, they have paid for sponsorships for Will Fitzgerald, Mark Byrne and Adam McDonnell.
New signing Fitzgerald will be sponsored in name by Sligo Volunteer Centre. Sligo Volunteer Centre provides a link for people looking to volunteer locally and non-profit groups looking for volunteers.
Ciara Herrity, manager of Sligo Volunteer Centre:
”Sligo Volunteer Centre are delighted to sponsor Will Fitzgerald for this upcoming season. This was made possible by donors Lisa Beach and Joseph Lima in California, USA.
“As much as we love Sligo for the beauty of the region, the most important natural resource is the people within it. We hope to celebrate their strength and resilience during these times with this sponsorship on behalf of the Sligo Volunteer Centre, and hope you volunteer through them and support their work.” Joseph Lima & Lisa Beach.
Mark Byrne will be sponsored by Sligo Tidy Towns. Sligo Tidy Towns is organised and run by a group of volunteers who are passionate and proud of the place they live in. Their mission is to help Sligo continue to tap into its huge tourism potential – and to further develop Sligo’s tourism.
Sligo Tidy Towns is always on the lookout for extra help and new volunteers. If you think you have a couple of hours to spare each week, they’d love to hear from you. You can email sligotidytowns@gmail.com.
Adam McDonnell will be sponsored by Sligo Lend a Hand. Lend a Hand is provided free of charge by a pool of voluntary handy-persons and helpers. The service includes minor repairs and small jobs inside and outside of the house. The emphasis is that no job is too small.
To avail of the Sligo Lend a Hand Service call a dedicated phone line 087 177 6386 from 11 am – 3 pm, Monday-Friday. The coordinator will organize a team of volunteers to make a home visit. The repairs will be carried out in pairs, at a time agreed with the service user and the Sligo Lend a Hand coordinator.
The club would like to thank Joseph & Lisa for their sponsorship of the club and also their promotion of these important local organisations.
None of these organisations have spent any funding on these sponsorships and have been fully funded by Joseph & Lisa.
Oh Hello Clothing have become official partners to our Senior Women’s team for the 2022 season.
As part of the partnership, The Oh Hello Clothing logo will appear on the back of our match shirts across all games in our first ever Women’s National League season. In 2021, the company appeared on our Women’s Under 19 team kit as the team reached the Shield Semi-Final after a brilliant first season.
Speaking at the launch of the partnership on Friday, owners of Oh Hello Clothing Graham & Kimberley Lee said:
‘ We are absolutely delighted to be involved with the Bit O Red Ladies once again this year and particularly proud to be sponsoring the Senior team in their inaugural season. The club as whole is growing from strength to strength through hard work and determination, and this ties in perfectly with our company ethos. We wish the ladies every success this season and can’t wait to see them in action.’
Sligo Rovers manager Steve Feeney commented: ‘’Its great that The Lee family have once again backed the club and in particular the women’s team. The company has gone from strength to strength and shows what good businesses we have here on our doorstep in Sligo. We’ll be looking forward to seeing the kits in competitive action as we get closer and closer to the league season in March’
Oh Hello Clothing are located at Unit 6a, GWI Business Park, Collooney and you can visit their website ohellocothing.com
Tickets to our first SSE Airtricity League match against Bohemian FC go on sale this morning through our online ticketing platform in association with Future Ticketing.
It promises to be a bumper crowd at The Showgrounds for a game between two sides who have been evenly matched over the last number of season.
A large travelling support is expected and Bohemian FC will be dealing with the allocation of tickets provided to them by Sligo Rovers.
Tickets for home supporters only will be on general sale from today. No away supporters will be admitted into the home section with a home ticket due to strict segregation rules.
The last time the sides met was in the last game of the 2021 season, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw at The Showgrounds.
Home supporters are advised to purchase tickets online in advance as much as possible moving forward. It is a quick and easy way to access The Showgrounds and you can print your ticket out or have it scanned on your smartphone.
Tickets are available now here: https://srfcdirect.com/match-tickets/?ftredirect=1
The Bit O’ Red have teamed up with Strength & Conditioning software providers RYPT to aid our Senior Men’s and Women’s teams in the upcoming 2022 SSE Airtricity League seasons.
RYPT will work alongside Strength & Conditioning coach Mark Howley to assist our players and help them individualize their training programmes.
Speaking this morning, Rovers’ coach Howley commented:
”We’re delighted with this new partnership which starts today. The players will find great benefit to having this software at their disposal and we think it will greatly improve all aspects of their training and performance levels. We are always looking for new ways to improve at the club and this certainly helps in that regard.”
A spokesperson for RYPT added: “We’re very happy to welcome Sligo Rovers Football Club on board for the upcoming season. The club has huge ambitions for the season ahead for the men’s team, after a very successful season last season, and for the newly formed women’s team. We’re excited to be working with them and helping them streamline their strength and conditioning and athlete monitoring across the entire organisation.”
The software is already being rolled out to the players at the club and Sligo Rovers and RYPT will continue to work together over the coming months with tailored programmes for all players.
With the kick-off to our 2022 season now just over three weeks away, we wish to update fans on our Season Tickets which are available to them.
Season Tickets have been available online, at The Showgrounds and at our various outlets around the region since the end of the 2021 season in November, with sales figures showing why our supporters are again renowned at one of the best in the country.
Season Tickets that were purchased up to and including Monday January 10th are now ready and available for collection from The Showgrounds office. Tickets purchased online up to and including Monday January 10th have been posted in the last 24 hours.
We now have a cut-off date for ordering tickets in time for the opening game of the season against Bohemian FC. In order to receive your Season Ticket in time for the new campaign, you must order on or before Friday February 4th at Midday. These orders will go to print and be ready for collection or delivery from February 14th.
We will hold a ticket collection day and evening at The Showgrounds that week, with details to follow. Office hours will be as normal from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday. No tickets will be available for collection on Matchday, Saturday February 19th.
All online orders will be posted out while any physical sales will be held for collection.
The club announced recently that all 2022 season ticket holders will gain access to both Men’s senior and Women’s Senior matches at The Showgrounds this year meaning that supporters will now have over 30 live games on their season tickets.
Tickets can be bought online at https://srfcdirect.com/season-tickets-2022
Tickets are also available at The Showgrounds and through the following list of outlets. Please note, if purchased through an outlet, the cut off point will be Wednesday February 2nd.
Tickets purchased after February 4th will receive their season ticket before our next home fixture against Dundalk FC however will receive a match ticket for the Bohemian FC game to grant access to that.
The Annual Draw for 2021 took place this evening at The Showgrounds with ten entrants drawn by Senior Men’s team player John Mahon and Women’s Under 17 & 19 star Nola Eivers.
The draw took place in the presence of peace commissioner Thomas Cummins and members of An Garda Siochana in The Bit O Red Supporters Trust Clubhouse.
The first prize drawn was €5,000 which went to Kathleen Henry from Ballintogher. A massive congratulations to Kathy from all at Sligo Rovers.
Second prize was a €500 PetStop Discount Warehouse voucher which went to David Ronayne, c/o Clifford Electrical, Sligo. We wish to thank John McKeon for sponsoring this prize.
Third prize went to Michael Lyng from Kilkenny who wins a one night B&B at our partner Clayton Hotels in Liffey Valley. Huge thanks to Delatta Group and Clayton Hotels for this prize.
The €250 voucher for Harvey’s Point was won by Evan O’ Neill, c/o Sally Gardens with Hugh Pitt, Carlow winning a Sligo Rovers 2022 Season Ticket.
Ex Bit O’ Red academy player Jordon Loftus won two premium level tickets to a Republic of Ireland international in 2022 while Ray Gallagher from Strandhill Road won two tickets to a Liverpool FC game at Anfield.
A Kate’s Kitchen hamper sponsored by Andy Dodd was won by Paul Walsh in Clogher, Mayo.
The final two prizes went to Reuben Mortyn from Rosses Point who wins a Sligo Rovers jersey and Ian Shovlin from Maugheraboy who takes home a Republic of Ireland jersey.
We wish to thank all Bit O’ Red Supporters for once again contributing massively to this important fundraiser.
Special thanks must go to Mark Cummins and the rest of The Sligo Rovers management committee who spent the last couple of months distributing tickets to friends and family and fellow supporters.
The final total raised was €49, 660.
List of winners:
1st: Kathleen Henry, Ballintogher
2nd: David Ronayne, c/o Clifford Electrical, Sligo
3rd: Michael Lyng, Lyng Motors, Kilkenny
4th: Evan O’ Neill, Sally Gardens
5th: Hugh Pitt, c/o Sheehy Motors, Carlow
6th: Jordon Loftus, Castlebar, Mayo
7th: Ray Gallagher, Strandhill Road, Sligo
8th: Paul Walsh, Clogher, Mayo
9th: Reuben Martyn, Rosses Point, Sligo
10th: Ian Shovlin, Maugheraboy, Sligo
All winners will be contacted in due course regarding their prizes.
We are currently on the look out for a new Primary Sponsor for our Women’s Under 17 team that will compete in the Women’s National Under 17 League in 2022.
The team will play in their fourth season next year and will be our youngest female squad at the club with our Under 19 and Senior teams also playing at a national level.
The sponsorship will include a logo on the front of all playing kits for the duration of the deal as well as a pitchside advertising sign at The Showgrounds which would be in place for our Men’s and Women’s league games with added potential for TV and streaming coverage.
The Women’s Under 17 Season is set to begin in February or March 2022.
For full details you can email colinfeehily@sligorovers.com
Our monthly 500 Club draw took place this week with our 500 Club Committee drawing 11 names from it’s members list, each of who have won a cash prize.
The winner of €500 was Stephen Gilroy from Tonaphubble. Stephen has been a loyal club volunteer for many years and is a fully deserved winner.
Full list of winners:
€500 – Stephen Gilroy, Tonaphubble
€100 – Alberto Conz, Newtown Abbey, Co Antrim
€100 – Barbara McLynn, Old Market St, Sligo
€100 – Blaine Gaffney, Summerhill Village
€100 – Declan McGarragly, Rathcormac, Sligo
€100 – David Taylor, Dunally, Sligo
€100 – Stephen Crossan, Woodtown Lodge, Sligo
€100 – Liam Rooney, 4 Lynndale, Sligo
€100 – Alan Fox, Rathmines, Dublin
€100 – Greg McCullagh, Coolaney, Sligo
€100 – Paddy Colgan, Mullingar, Westmeath.
Congratulations to all our winners in December.
You can enter our 500 club for as little as around €5 per week. You can enter here https://srfcdirect.com/fundraising/500-club/
Our 500 Club monthly draw was held by the 500 Club committee this week with ten supporters drawn out to win cash prizes.
The top prize of €500 was won by Blaine Gaffney, Summerhill Village, Sligo. We congratulate Blaine and thank him for his continued support.
Full list of winners below:
€500 – Blaine Gaffney, Summerhill Village, Sligo
€100 – John McKeon, Drumfin, Sligo
€100 – Rodney Allsop, Shankhill, Dublin
€100 – Joe Doherty, Maugheraboy, Sligo
€100 – Martin Reilly, Carraroe, Sligo
€100 – Martin Callaghan, Lower Kimmage Road, Dublin 6.
€100 – Denis McGuinness, Cemetary Road, Sligo
€100 – Jessica Farry, Coolaney, Sligo
€100 – Marion Harkin, Kevinsfort Heath, Sligo
€100 – Una Fallon, Strandhill, Sligo
We thank all our 500 Club members for the support of the club. The 500 Club is one of our most important fundraising tools and the committee continue to seek new members to grow it year on year.
To join, visit https://srfcdirect.com/fundraising/500-club/ or email michaelclancy04@gmail.com
