AGM

Michael Toolan, Tony Quinn and Mary McGowan were re-elected as Chairman, Vice-Chair and Secretary respectively at last night's (30 Jan) annual General Meeting held in the Radisson Hotel Sligo.

The remaining officers will be elected at a meeting next Monday night.

Outgoing Treasurer, Fergal Keavney, did not go up for re-election stepping down from his position on the Management Committee due to work commitments.

Fergal's place on the Committee is taken by Graham Monaghan and the new treasurer is Loman Gallagher, who has been Assistant Treasurer in recent seasons.

Keavney played a pivotal role in the continuing improvements to the finances of the club and his contribution was praised at the top table last night. sligorovers.com would like to add their thanks to Fergal who has been a consistent supporter of the official site in recent seasons.

Report of proceedings
At the club's annual general meeting last Tuesday night at the Radisson Hotel Sligo Rovers management committee were happy to report a profit in the region of €48, 000 for the year ended November 2006.

At the beginning of the meeting attended by the members of the club, Chairman, Michael Toolan, opened by thanking the club’s sponsors for their contribution to the club and praised the hard work of the committee in recording a great year for Sligo Rovers on and off the pitch.

He also paid tribute to departing committee member, Fergal Keaveney, for what he has done for the club whilst was on the committee.

With the club returning to the Premiership in 2006 it was no surprise to hear turnover increased to close to €900,000. Departing treasurer Fergal Keaveney gave a brief presentation on financial performance a emphasizing the importance of the cup run in ensuring that Rovers had a good financial year.

The profit of over €48,000 was delivered at the same time as the club reduced overall debt to less than €110,000.

Manager Rob McDonald briefed the members of the club on his career so far as Sligo Rovers manager and his plans for the future and promised that Sligo Rovers would benefit from his tenure as manager.

By Rory Houston

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