Sligo Rovers would like to thank both the Match Sponsor and Match Ball Sponsor from last Saturdays home league game against St. Patrick’s Athletic.

The Match Sponsor on the night was Live Tiles, who set up their Sligo base in 2018 and specialize in software. Their headquarters are located in New York.

The Match Ball Sponsor on the night was Rogers Topline Ballymote, who have been servicing the region with building, plumbing, DIY and electrical materials since 1870.

Our thanks to both Live Tiles and Rogers Topline Ballymote for their kind sponsorship and continued support of the club as a whole.

Next up in The Showgrounds is this coming Friday night June 14th, as we entertain Cork City with a 7.45pm kick off.

The player of the month awards for March and April were presented last week, which were as always kindly sponsored by Richard Wehrly of Wehrly Bros Jewelers in Sligo.

Dante Leverock picked up the award for March, while Lewis Banks picked up the player of the month award for April.

Sligo Rovers would like to put on record our thanks to Richard Wehrly and his team in Wehrly Bros for their continued support and sponsorship of the club as a whole.

Voting for the player of the month award for June will be open to supporters in the coming days.

Sligo Rovers would like to thank both the Match Sponsor and Match ball Sponsor from last Saturdays home league game against Derry City.

The Match Sponsor on the night were the Vintage Reds, while the Match Ball Sponsor was Filans Centra Castle St in Sligo.

Our thanks to both the Vintage Reds and to Filans Centra Castle St Sligo for their generous sponsorship and continued support of the club as a whole.

Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce The Sligo Champion as the sponsor of our upcoming 2019 Summer Camps.

Both Sligo Rovers and The Sligo Champion have always enjoyed a strong partnership together, with the children’s summer camps enhancing our relationship even more as we aim to get more children active in sport through football.

The Sligo Champion have sponsored our Summer Camps for numerous years now, with the camps growing in participants’ year on year. Camp co-ordinator Shane Crossan spoke of his delight with The Sligo Champion coming on board yet again. He added:

“To have such a strong local brand supporting the camps here in The Showgrounds is invaluable.  I would like to thank Lorraine and all of the staff in The Sligo Champion for their continued support and commitment towards the Sligo Rovers Summer Camps. We are very much looking forward to the camps kicking off in July.”

Lorraine Mc Donnell, General Manager of The Sligo Champion added:

“We are very proud to be once again sponsoring the ‘Sligo Rovers Summer Camps’. We’re delighted to be associated with Sligo Rovers, one of Sligo’s greatest brands.  The success of the camps could not happen without the hard work and commitment of everyone involved in running these camps; so well done to all and here’s to another successful year”

This year’s Summer Camps will run for eight weeks in total, starting on July 1^st and finishing on August 23^rd.

With Sligo Rovers renowned for providing one of the most affordable children’s camps in the region, the cost remains unchanged yet again at €60 per child. Each child who participates will also receive an official Sligo Rovers training top (white), a free ticket to a Sligo Rovers home league game, a participation certificate and a picture with the Sligo Rovers first team.

Family discounts will apply yet again, with the cost of two children from the one family €100 per week (€20 saving) and €135 for three children from the one family per week (€45 saving).

The camp runs from 10.30am until 3pm daily. The optional Breakfast Club which sold out at the Easter Camps returns again, which opens from 8.30am each morning. The cost of the Breakfast Club is an additional €25 per child. Each child that attends is provided with a choice of cereals, toast and juice each morning which is then followed by fully supervised outdoor activities. Each participant is then walked down to the camp each morning by a coach. The Breakfast Club is limited to 25 children per week with pre booking strongly advised.

For more information or to make a booking, you can email shane@sligorovers.com or contact him on 071-9171212.

Alternatively, you can book your place online here: https://www.sligorovers.com/product-category/kids-camps/

Sligo Rovers would like congratulate Alan Jinks and Peter Kerins who are the final two players left standing in our Last Man Standing competition. After a brief consultation between the two players and the club, both players agreed to split the €1,000 prize money and collect €500 each.

Both Alan and Peter are Sligo based and will be presented with their winnings later this afternoon by competition co-ordinator Shane Crossan.

The club would like to put on record our thanks to everyone who entered the competition which began last February. The club would also like to thank Jevin O Toole from Letterkenny IT who assisted in the running of the competition during his work placement with the club.

Due to the popularity and success of the competition, plans have already commenced within the club to run another Last Man Standing competition which will kick off in conjunction with the new Premier League season in August.

Sligo Rovers would like to thank both the Match Sponsor and Match Ball Sponsor from our last home league game against Shamrock Rovers.

The Match Sponsor on the night was Comit PR while the Match Ball Sponsor was Hot Rods in Collooney.

Comit PR are based in Dublin who specialize in tech focused PR, social media marketing and communications.

Hot Rods are based at the Sligo Junction Collooney who specialize in hot food for both sitting in and taking out.

Also on the night, MEP Luke “Ming” Flanagan was guest after being an advertiser in the Dublin Race Night.

Our thanks to all parties for their kind sponsorship and continued support of the club as a whole.

Tottenhams defeat to West Ham and Southampton failing to defeat Bournemouth last weekend resulted in 18 casualties, meaning that just five are left standing as we approach round 10.

Listed below are the five who remain standing and in the running for the €1,000 top prize.

Gerard Burns Selections To Date: Newcastle Liverpool Chelsea Bournemouth Arsenal Leicester Tottenham Watford Man City

Daniel Kelly Selections To Date: West Ham Arsenal Wolves Leicester Crystal Palace Chelsea Tottenham Watford Liverpool

Peter Kerins Selections To Date: Newcastle Southampton Brighton Leicester Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham Liverpool Man City

Jessica Farry Selections To Date: West Ham Leicester Chelsea Bournemouth Man City Tottenham Burnley Watford Liverpool

Alan Jinks Selections To Date: Newcastle Liverpool Man United Man City Crystal Palace Chelsea Tottenham Watford Wolves

The best of luck to all remaining players and may the best man/woman win!

The following are the fixtures for round 10:

Everton vs. Burnley

Bournemouth vs. Tottenham

West Ham vs. Southampton

Wolves vs. Fulham

Cardiff vs. Crystal Palace

Newcastle vs. Liverpool

Chelsea vs. Watford

Huddersfield vs. Man Utd

Arsenal vs. Brighton

Man City vs. Leicester

The 2019 Sligo Rovers Easter camps concluded on Friday last which marked the end of two incredible weeks of fun, football and laughter for everyone involved.

Over 300 children descended on The Showgrounds for the camps, which ensured The showgrounds was a hive of activity over the Easter holidays.

The Breakfast Club sold out for both weeks for the first time in its history, while the camp itself was attended by over 300 participants over the two weeks.

Camp coordinator Shane Crossan spoke of his delight and appreciation on how well the Easter Camps went and is very much looking forward to the Summer Camps already. He added:

“I would like to thank the coaches, parents and most importantly the children for making the 2019 Easter Camps such a success. Without their support, hard work and good will the camps would not have been as successful”.

One parent in particular summed up the Sligo Rovers camps on the last day by stating:

“as a club Sligo Rovers are making it affordable for children in the North-West to play football and the positive atmosphere here at the camp itself is a credit to everyone involved. We live in Kildare but we will most certainly be back here for the Summer”

Sligo Rovers would like to wish all of the children that attended the very best of luck in their final term of school and we look forward to welcoming them all to the Summer Camps in eight weeks time. Details of the clubs Summer Camps will be available in the next two weeks.

We would like to thank both the Match Sponsor and the Match Ball Sponsor from last Fridays home league game against Finn Harps.

The Match Sponsor on the night was Nathaniel Lacy & Partners while the Match Ball was sponsored by the Sligo Super Cup.

Our thanks to both Nathaniel Lacy and the Sligo Super Cup for their kind sponsorship and continued support of the club as a whole.

Sligo Super Cup 2019, played over three days at the Showgrounds last weekend, proved to be an outstanding success, with 16 top class games, 55 goals, and a fairy tale ending.

Huge crowds marvelled at the high standard of attractive and creative football as elite academies from across Ireland and the UK battled it out for the prestigious title.

In the end, the honours rested with the courageous Donegal Schoolboys League, who defied all the odds to defeat hotly fancied reigning champions, Dublin District Schoolboys League, in a thrilling final.

On their way to the final, Donegal had claimed the scalps of top rated academies Derby County and Aberdeen to justify their place as worthy Sligo Super Cup champions.

The local Sligo/Leitrim Schoolboys League also enjoyed an excellent tournament. They were unfortunate to go down by the only goal of the game to the DDSL before facing Leeds United in one of the best games of the weekend.

A highly impressive Leeds team raced into a three goal lead at the break, but the local lads produced a stunning second half revival, scoring twice late on and just narrowly missing out on securing a draw.

They had much better luck in their final group game, romping to a 3-0 win over Glenavon and then beating the Mayo League on penalties in the play-offs to secure a very creditable fifth place finish.

Among the stand-out games was the meeting of the DDSL and Leeds United, both knowing that victory would guarantee a place in the final. A terrifically entertaining game ended with the Dubs winning through by the odd goal in three.

In the other group, Aberdeen were favourites to advance after rattling in nine goals in victories over Derby County and Mayo, but they met their match against Donegal, with the Ulstermen coming from behind to record a shock 2-1 victory for a place in the final.

It left Leeds and Aberdeen playing off for 3rd and 4th place, with the Scottish side edging a tense contest by 2-1.

And so to the marvellous final showdown. With terrific atmosphere generated by the enthusiastic followers of both teams, the DDSL looked set for a three-in-a-row victory when they took a 1-0 half time lead. But Donegal refused to yield, equalising early in the second half and then surviving a massive onslaught from the Dubs as the game went into extra time.

With the sides still locked at the end of a breathtaking contest, a penalty shoot-out was required to seal the deal. The Donegal lads held their nerve to win 3-1 and so record a famous victory.

There was some consolation for the Dublin team when their multi-talented midfield player, Christopher Conlon was named player of the tournament.

A big innovation this year was the live streaming of eight of the matches on the Sligo Super Cup Facebook page by Full Time Productions, with big audiences tuning in all weekend.

Another unexpected treat for the young lads (and many of their parents!!) was the attendance of Westlife star, Nicky Byrne, who was there to support his son, Rocco, who played in goals for the DDSL.

Nicky kindly agreed to present the coveted trophy and medals to winners and runners-up, thus adding another feather in the cap for what proved to be an outstanding weekend of youth football.

Tournament Director, Packie Lynch, thanked all who helped to make the tournament such a huge successs.

“This was our third year and it proved to be the best tournament yet, with record attendances and positive feedback all round. We started with only a logo three years ago and now we have a brand. We are already planning for next year’s tournament and look forward to seeing the Sligo Super Cup continuing to grow in the years ahead,” he said.