Tuam Summer Tag Rugby

🏉ONE DAY TAG RUGBY BLITZ🏉

Our annual one day tag rugby blitz took place yesterday in Garraun Park with eight teams taking part!

Congratulations to Mike's Marvels who won the cup after defeating Beer Pressure in the final.

Full results and player of the matches below!

🏆CUP FINAL
Mike’s Mavericks 11-5 Beer Pressure
POM Lorcan Smith (Mike’s Mavericks)

🔴BOWL FINAL
Pirates 10-3 Blow-ins
POM John Scully (Pirates)

🔵PLATE FINAL
Table Twelve 10-7 Reapy’s Recruits
POM Sarah Brandon (Reapy’s Recruits)

🏉WOODEN SPOON FINAL
Ability Warriors 6-5 Black Cat Balack Kitten
POM Diane Slattery (Ability Warriors)

🏆Male player of the tournament - Joshua Giblin

🏆Female player of the tournament- Becky McLoughlin

Well done to all our winners.👏

A big thank you to John Carr and Paul Cosgrove who had the pitches ready for us. We really appreciated it.

Thanks to our four referees for giving up their time to officiate games; Gerard Flynn, Owen Lydon, Aaron O’Connor and Brian Dempsey.

Well done to Lorna Jennings and her committee- Brian Dempsey, Owen Lydon and Martin Nally- on another successful one day blitz.

Finally thanks to Seamus and all his team in Reapys bar for looking after us so well as usual. Thank you!

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🏉ANNUAL ONE DAY RUGBY BLITZ🏉

Our annual one day rugby blitz takes place this weekend, Sunday, August 2nd. Games start at 12 noon sharp on our top pitch at Garraun Park, H54PT62.

If you or a team are interested in playing, send us a dm or contact us on 087-8575443. Registration takes place also at Garraun Park, H54PT62, at 11:30am on Sunday, August 2nd. Entry is €10 per person.

Afterparty and prize-giving in ReapysBar Tuam afterwards.

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🏉ANNUAL ONE DAY RUGBY BLITZ🏉

Our annual one day rugby blitz takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday, August 2nd. Games start at 12 noon sharp on our top pitch at Garraun Park, H54PT62.

If you or a team are interested in playing, send us a dm or contact us on 087-8575443. Registration takes place also at Garraun Park, H54PT62, at 11:30am on Sunday, August 2nd. Entry is €10 per person.

Afterparty and prize-giving in ReapysBar Tuam afterwards.

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🎉2026 FINALS NIGHT🏉

Friday last saw our fifth edition of our annual Tuam Summer Tag Rugby come to an end for this year.

We had four thrilling finals down for decision and there was little to separate any of the teams in each final. The results were as follows:

CUP: Beer Pressure 13 Funtanium 12
SHIELD: Table Twelve 14 Tap That Pass 13 (AET)
PLATE: Kilconly 9 Reapy's Recruits 6 (AET)
WOODEN SPOON: JFC Wheelbarrow Warriors 11 Ability Titans 8
BOWL: Genius Taggers conceded to Ability Warriors.

Huge thank you as always to our groundsman, John Carr, and his team for having the pitches marked and cut every week. We really appreciated it. Thanks also to our referees and lines people last week- Aaron O’Connor, Seàn Maughan, Owen Lydon, Brian Dempsey, Keith Fleming, Johannes Terblanche and Lorna Jennings.

Thanks to Tony McDonagh who recorded the cup final and also the wooden spoon and shield final. We had great fun watching them in Reapys after the prize-giving.

Thanks to Niche Burgers who were on hand selling their delicious food on the evening. It was great having you throughout the tournament.

Thanks to Lyndon Jones and Paddy Madden of Connacht Rugby for your help and assistance the last few weeks.

After the finals were all complete it was off to ReapysBar Tuam for the afterparty! A huge thank you to everyone who donated a prize or bought a ticket to our raffle on the night. Thank you all so much.

Thanks to our brilliant MC, Declan Slattery, who presided over the awards presentation and prize-giving ceremony. Also to Owen Nally from Owen Nally Photography who was on hand to capture the awards ceremony and indeed it was great having him at match nights also. Thanks Owen.

Well done to all our prize winners:

CUP WINNERS: Beer Pressure
CUP FINAL PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Darren Geoghegan

SHIELD WINNERS: Table Twelve
SHIELD FINAL PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Ellie Sheridan

PLATE WINNERS: Kilconly
PLATE FINAL PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Katie Creavan

BOWL WINNERS: Ability Warriors

WOODEN SPOON FINAL WINNERS: JFC Wheelbarrow Warriors
WOODEN SPOON: Ability Titans
WOODEN SPOON PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Darragh Reynolds

SPIRIT OF RUGBY AWARD: Table Twelve

MALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Luke Cronin
FEMALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Amy Burns

EMERGING MALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Padraic Moran
EMERGING FEMALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Kyra Costello

RECOGNITION AWARD: Darren Geoghegan
RECOGNITION AWARD: Laura Reddington

After the awards presentation it was over to DJ Benzo who kept us entertained. Thanks Terry.

Over the past six weeks we had ten teams and almost 150 players to make it our most successful edition yet. So a big thank you to Beer Pressure, Funtanium, Table Twelve, Tap That Pass, Kilconly, Reapy's Recruits, Ability Warriors, Genius Taggers, JFC Wheelbarrow Warriors and Ability Titans. Without you all there would have been no tournament! Thank you!

Finally thanks to Seamus and all the staff at Reapys bar for looking after us so well. We had a great night.

A big thank you to all our three host pubs who hosted us the last six weeks- The Brogue Bar & Grill, Reapy's Bar and the Front Room.

Don't forget we will have a one day blitz in August. Keep an eye on our socials for confirmed date!

One last thank you to our tag rugby committee made up of Owen Lydon, Brian Dempsey, Martin Nally and the driving force of Tuam Tag rugby, Lorna Jennings. Lorna puts everything into the tournament to ensure it runs smoothly. Well done Lorna and team.👏👏

At our tag rugby prize-giving night last Friday in Reapy's Bar Tuam, we made a special presentation on behalf of Tuam RFC to two players who will be representing Ireland this year, in the ITF Tag Rugby World Cup being held in New South Wales, Australia in October.

We are very honoured to have both players playing with us in Tuam the last number of years.

Darren Geoghegan, from Funtanium, is no stranger to Tuam RFC through his sponsorship of the club in the past with Geoghegans Nightclub will be representing Ireland in the Mens’ Masters tournament.

Laura Reddington from Reapy’s Recruits, is representing Ireland in the Mixed Senior competition.

Our club President, Owen Lydon, made a presentation to Darren and Darren also collected Laura's award in her absence.

Best of luck to you both!🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Thanks to our tag rugby committee for all their hard work over the last few weeks.

Our committee led by chairperson Lorna Jennings were:

Owen Lydon
Brian Dempsey
Martin Nally
Lorna Jennings (Chairperson).

🎉SPIRIT OF RUGBY AWARD 🎉

WINNERS: Table Twelve

Well done to Table Twelve who are this year's winners of the Spirit of Rugby award. This accolade is for the team who display all the great aspects of tag rugby. From the social to the fair play to the competitive nature of the sport. Well done Table Twelve!

PHOTO CREDIT: Owen Nally Photography

🎉FINALS NIGHT- PLAYER OF THE MATCHES!🎉

Well done to all our player of the match winners on finals night. A full list and pics are below.

CUP FINAL: Darren Geoghegan (Funtanium)
SHIELD FINAL: Ellie Sheridan (Tap That Pass)
PLATE FINAL: Katie Creavan (Kilconly)
WOODEN SPOON FINAL: Darragh Reynolds (Ability Titans)

PHOTO CREDIT: Owen Nally Photography

🎉EMERGING FEMALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT🎉

🥇KYRA COSTELLO

Well done to Kyra Costello from Table Twelve who was named best emerging female player of the tournament after some brilliant eyecatching performances by her.

PHOTO CREDIT: Owen Nally Photography

🎉EMERGING MALE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT🎉

🥇PADRAIC MORAN

Well done to Padraic Moran from JFC Wheelbarrow Warriors who was named best emerging male tag player after his first ever tag tournament!

PHOTO CREDIT: Owen Nally Photography

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