Donaghadee certainly seems to have some luck with Saturday weather. For the second home league game in a row it was fine after a wet week. Last Saturday’s two games became only one when word arrived that Cooke had not been able to field a team to play Donaghadee Thirds in Minor League East 3. […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV remain in the bottom third of Qualifying League, Section 2 after losing away to local rivals Ballyclare by 30 points to 13 on Saturday 13 November. The Carrick tries came from Jason Wady and Daryll Crothers while Johnny Sheriff kicked a penalty. The Carrick 2nd XV lost away to Clogher […]
Saturday brought an East Antrim derby to the Cloughan when Ballyclare 1st XV took on local rivals Carrickfergus in a Qualifying 2 league rugby clash. The match was sponsored by Country Estates and the match ball by Kare Bears. The only changes on the Clare team from the winning side at Enniskillen were the inclusion […]
Rachel Beukes The wife of our recently departed friend and head Coach Cois Beukes was a guest at the pre-match luncheon on Saturday before the Navan. After the meal, Rachel presented a boxed and framed pair of rugby boots to Ards RFC President Mr. Reggie Haddock in honour of her late husband. Mr. Haddock accepted […]
Enniskillen Seconds sought to continue the recent improvement to their season on Saturday when hosting Ballyclare. Following a late cry-off Tim Finlay stepped into the breach and acquitted himself well, and thanks must go to him for doing so at short notice. The visitors had, as always, useful backs and early on they tested the […]
Enniskillen were routed by the visitors in what was, by some distance, their poorest performance of the season. They started the game flat as if they had just rolled out of bed onto the pitch and within two minutes were behind on the scoreboard when the ‘Clare forwards mauled a line out over for a […]
Ballyclare U19s remain unbeaten in a thorough and complete performance against Ballymena U19s. Ballyclare dominated the entire first half. Only one try and a penalty, but no significant play by Ballymena. In the second half Ballyclare continued where they had left off in the first half registering a few more scores and finsihing the came […]
Ards will be digging deep this week, when they field 4 Senior teams, two Youth sides and a full compliment of Minis at the weekend. In the Senior section, the 1st XV will be hosting Navan in the AIL, the 2nds are away to near neighbours Holywood, the 3rds will be hosting Portadown. Meanwhile, the […]
The Corus sponsored Lisburn took another positive step up the Qualifying League at Blaris last Saturday when they took four valuable league points against visitors Ballyclare. This was a match that Lisburn knew they would have to work very hard for as the previous week the ‘Clare team had given Division 1 high flyers Cooke […]