Richard Fitzsimon, Pavilion lunch & more!

Richard Fitzsimon

It is with great sadness we note the death of Richard Fitzsimon, a past Trustee and Captain of the club. We would like to extend our condolences to his family, in particular his daughter Meriel and wife Brigid.

John Findlater, on behalf of TRR, writes:

Richard Fitzsimon died suddenly on 18th January. Richard was a former Club captain and Trustee of TRR. We pass on our sympathy to his family, who have ongoing connections with the Club. Richard’s father, Colonel Fitzsimon was a stalwart umpire and his brother, John, also played for us.

Richard played hockey for TCD, Buccaneers, Leinster and Ireland before focusing on golf at Carrickmines Golf Club, where he was Club captain in 1992. He played for Ireland at hockey from 1960-1969 gaining 17 caps. He was a key player in the TRR teams that won the Irish Senior Cup in 1962,1964 and 1974. He captained TRR in 1960 and again in 1967.The unique competence of TRR teams of that era was that it included three players with outstanding passing skills. John Lavan delivered crisp accurate centres from right wing to Derek Henessey (CF), David Judge hit pinpoint accurate weighted passes from left back and Richard laid off perfect attacking short passes. Dick had a characteristic long stride and reach which earned him the nickname “Long-fellow”. I remember joking to Fitz, soon before he retired, that he better stay on as he had given me hundreds more passes that I to him; I needed time to pay him back.

Pavilion lunch

Saturday 21st January at 1pm in the clubhouse. We look forward to hosting many of our members tomorrow at Grange Road! The Mens 1X will be playing a match v Lisnagarvey at 3pm so hopefully you will stay or come to HQ to watch the match and catch up with old friends.

Junior Results January 13th to 15th

Boys:
6th Class blues won 5-1 vs Corinthians
6th Class browns lost 6-1 to Corinthians

Girls
Girls Inter 1s lost 3-0 vs Pembroke
Girls Inter 2s lost 2-0 vs Muckross
Girls Minor 1s lost 4-1 vs Loreto
Girls First Year 1s drew 2-2 vs Pembroke
Girls First Year 2s drew 1-1 vs Our Lady’s
1st to 6th class girls had blitzes vs Monkstown (see photos)

Club dinner

The annual club dinner is being held on the 4^th of March in Old Wesley Rugby Club, please do save the date (if you haven’t already) as it is always a wonderful night celebrating all things Rovers!

More details to follow so please do keep your eyes peeled!