Club News – Ards Prepare for Sligo This week Sligo RFC visit Hamilton Park for an AIL clash! Newly promoted Sligo who are seven points ahead of Ards in the League will be arriving as confident favourites for this encounter, but Ards Head Coach Mervyn Tweed will have different ideas as he continues to prepare […]
We are pleased to report that U-15 players Joel DePledge and Patrick Clarke are joining the Ulster Regional Development Squad at the end of the month. Both have excelled in their appearances this year and fully deserve their opportunities. Some achievement as both are in their first full season of league rugby and have superb […]
Belfast Harlequins 2nd XV 22 Randalstown 1st XV 27 For the 2nd successive Saturday Randalstown 1sts came out on top in the Conference league, this time at the expense of Harlequins 2nds up at Deramore Park. Again personnel were reshuffled due to injury and unavailability and this Saturday 3rd XV Player Niall Johnston was handed […]
Crushing victory over Civil Service It took Grosvenor about ten minutes to shake off the rustiness of a four week lay-off before they cut loose against Civil Service and ran in a bagful of tries in both the first and second half periods. Their dominant set piece play gave them a steady stream of possession […]
Ards Mini Rugby returned to training on Sunday past All age groups were present from P2 to U13s, some players were missing, this is a reminder to all parents that training is back on after the Christmas break. On Sunday 15th January the Minis travel to near rivals Donaghadee to play matches. Coaches will confirm […]
Annual Christmas Exiles v Club Select Comments (0) Share0Tweet0 The annual Christmas game between the Exiles and a Club Select took place on Tuesday 27th December at Hamilton Park as a pre-cursor to the Ulster League game between Ards and Ballynahinch This year the game took on the extra significance of being played for the […]
ORBIS Christmas Charity Morning Christmas Charity Coffee & Shopping Morning with Katrina Dowling and Siobhan Gadd in aid of Orbis Ireland. 10am-12.30pm Wednesday 21st Dec. Christmas Charity Coffee & Shopping Morning Please come and join Katrina Dowling and Siobhan Gadd for a coffee/tea or glass of mulled wine and sweet treats in aid of Orbis […]
Vast imrovement from the 1sts The 1sts lost to Harlequins at the weekend despite a much improved performance…. This week seen a huge improvement in the all round performance of the 1st XV as the took on Belfast Harlequins in the Ulster League. The squad showed a different level of game management and awareness from […]
On Saturday 17th December Quins 2’s travelled to Hamilton Park to play Ards 2’s in the Ulster Senior 2nd XV League hoping to continue their winning form coming into the Christmas break. The conditions were not good for clinical handling and most supporters thought the game was going to be forward orientated from both sides […]