Picture: John Campbell receives his Ireland v Scotland tickets from Max Williamson of MWM Sports Management. John Campbell was the lucky winner of a pair of tickets for last weekends RBS Six Nations match between Ireland and Scotland. John’s name was drawn at random from the hundreds of entries for the competition in INTOUCH in […]
On St Patrick’s Day the small village of Bushmills on the north coast of Northern Ireland was the focus of global media attention with the launch of a global competition – ‘Make it at Bushmills’. The Bushmills Whiskey Master Distiller Colum Egan is giving one person the chance to work alongside him and his team […]
Wednesday 17th March. Report and pictures by John McMurtry. Ballymena Academy ran out deserved winners in the Northern Bank Schools Cup Final at a packed Ravenhill on Wednesday afternoon by the score 10 – 7. BRA opened the scoring with a try by Jordan Buchanan, converted by David Cartmill but Ballymena hit back late in […]
Friday 12th March. Harry Allen reports. Last Friday brought a novelty to Donaldson Park rugby ground. At 7.30pm Donaghadee’s First XV played their first-ever floodlit game. Their opponents were near-neighbours CIYMS. Donaghadee, as is their wont, having won the toss for this crucial League game, opted to play against the elements in the first half, […]
Enniskillen Rugby Club hosted the area and regional girls tag rugby competitions over the past two weeks. The competition is to introduce girls to rugby in a non-contact way by the use of tag rugby. In this format, scrums and line outs are used to make the game as realistic as possible. For the area […]
Saturday 13th March. Sue Roper reports from the Palace grounds. Armagh faced tough opponents Ballymoney in their last home league match of the season. The third match in 7 days and Armagh would have to be on top form to maintain their goal for promotion. A change in the front row saw Peter Lamb in […]
Ards played their First Trust Senior Cup quarter-final against Instonians at Shaws Bridge on Thursday evening, and despite what the score line might suggest, this was far from being a one sided contest. Indeed at one stage in the second half, both teams were separated by only 3 points. Inst hit the ground running after […]
Saturday 13th March. Report by James Barr. AIL Division 2 side Malone booked their place in the semi-finals of the First Trust Senior Cup when they beat a depleted Rainey Old Boys 10 -49 at Hatrick Park. Joining them in the last four are Dungannon, Instonians and Queen’s, who came from 25-0 down to beat […]