BUCCS HOME TO NAVAN IN ‘MUST WIN’ MATCH
BUCCANEERS final home Energia All-Ireland League heralds the first competitive visit to Dubarry Park by Navan. This Division 2A fixture, sponsored by the Hodson Bay Group, has a 2.30 p.m. kick-off on Saturday.
Both clubs are at the wrong end of the league table which is being propped up by the Athlone outfit. Winless Buccs are in absolute dire need of a victory but their campaign has been blighted by a sizeable number of absentees through injury. Hopefully, the couple of weeks since their last game away to Greystones will have helped reduce their injury list.
Meanwhile, Navan have just one win to date when they surprised high-flying Cashel at the Co. Tipperary club’s ground. They too are fighting for survival in this division so it is likely to be the case of which team wants it more that will edge what could be a dogged battle.
PRE-MATCH FUNCTION v NAVAN
There will be a traditional ‘festive season’ pre-match function in The Bounty on Saturday ahead of the Navan match starting at 12.30 p.m. At the lunch the club will celebrate IVANA KIRIPATI playing for Ireland and Ivana is presenting her Ireland jersey to the club. Contact Geraldine at 0861732711 to book. Bookings at the time of writing are strong and groups or individuals can be catered for.
U-20s HOME TO TRINITY
BUCCANEERS U-20s are the squad that is hoisting the club’s colours to best effect this season. They recovered from a disappointing Connacht League campaign to win all but one of their J.P.Fanagan Leinster League Premier 2B division matches. This qualified them for the “Super Six” second phase of the league where the top three teams in Pools A and B will now battle it out for honours.
University College Dublin and St. Mary’s College were the other two sides to qualify from Buccs pool while Blackrock College, De La Salle Palmerston and Dublin University qualified from the other section. Buccs get their first taste of “Super Six” action when they host the latter at busy Dubarry Park on Sunday following a 2 p.m. kick-off.
SECONDS HOME TO TUAM
BUCCANEERS SECONDS are scheduled to play Tuam in the Bank of Ireland Connacht Junior 1A League at Dubarry Park on Saturday, kick-off 2.30 p.m. Despite neither the Firsts or U-20s having fixtures last weekend, it was very disappointing and surprising that the Seconds were unable to field for their fixture away to Galway University last Sunday. Consequently, there must be some doubt about the game against Tuam going ahead
