FOR THIS third national lockdown we’re continuing with a popular feature – presenting Sligo sports photos from the past, images that we have gathered from an old biscuit tin, a USB stick and PC found at the Sligo Weekender offices on High Street. These Sligo sports images go back to the early 2000s and there are also older images. This week’s instalment – the 13th in the current series – features nostalgic Sligo pictures from soccer, Gaelic football, rugby, athletics and Ladies Football. Readers with further details on this week’s featured photos or those who’ve got old sports photos that they would like published in this feature should email liam.maloney@sligoweekender.ie
SKILLS: A youngster representing Yeats United FC.
PROVIINCIAL CHAMPS: The Sligo squad that won the 2005 Connacht GAA Junior Football Championship title, beating Mayo in the final at Charlestown.
PAIN GAME: Sligo players display their anguish after losing to Armagh in the LGFA AllIreland Junior Championship final of 2005 at Croke Park.
CLUBS DUEL: Action, above, from a meeting of Eastern Harps and CoolaneyMullinabreena at Markievicz Park. RIGHT: A game between west Sligo’s St Farnan’s against Calry-St Joseph’s, also at Markievicz Park.
EFFORT: Simon Galvan in action for Sligo RFC’s first XV.
TEEN CONTEST: Sligo against Leitrim in a Connacht GAA Minor Football Championship fixture in Carrick-on-Shannon.
EXERCISE: Running on IT Sligo’s track.
FOCUS: Crosscountry running at Sligo racecourse.