Navan
Stephen Beggy and his family have had a very long and positive association with
Navan Rugby Club. He recently told Rugby Club Magazine, “My father and brothers
have been part of this great club and played with many of their winning teams since
the early 70s. Myself, my dad Gerald, brothers David and Gerry all played either on
the wing or as full back for Navan with Paul, who played for Navan for 17 years, was
an outside half and expert kicker who rarely missed and was considered to have
one of the best boots in Ireland.
Martin was the only forward among us who played number 8 for the club. My mum
Rita Beggy, who sadly passed away just over a year ago, was also a big part of the
club sitting on many of the women’s committees.
I spent some time in Australia across a ten year period, playing for Manly in
Sydney. This came about through the encouragement and friendships with Chris
Humphries, John Mulvihill and Jim Hartnett.
Beggy’s Bar has sponsored the club for many years now and we like to help out as
much as we can; Navan RFC has given a lot of enjoyment to our family.
For such a young coach Alan Kingsley has performed a great job with the boys at
Navan and there is absolutely no reason why the club can’t continue to progress
through the leagues, best wishes to everyone at the club from all the Beggy’s, keep
up the good work!”
getting the little things right and making sure
everyone is proud to be a part of the club
and wants to progress. It is very much
a one club mentality here with all of
our teams pulling together.”
2017
“I’m going to take a break
for a few weeks and then
recruitment will start with a
view to preseason beginning
at the start of July. As much
as it’s a quiet time of the year,
as Director of Rugby there is
a lot of work that needs to be
done.
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Traditional Irish pub located in
the heart of the Boyne Valley
Opening hours : Mon to Thurs 5:30
Fri 5pm and Sat & Sun
Tel: 0868074560
Beggy's Bar
Bridge St, Navan Co Meath.
We need to make sure that we don’t rest
on our laurels; the club needs to push
on in the right direction and prove
that we can compete in the league
above. Teams have normally
done quite well when they
make the step up from this
league and we’re looking to
continue that trend.”
Community
“The
club
plays
a massive role in the
community here. The club
is very tightly knit together
and everybody involved
is always happy to chip in.
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