Last Saturday saw over 200 Rainey OB players put on the red and black to represent the club. Just as Ireland were overcoming Australia, the Mini section hosted a regional festival at Hatrick Park with visiting teams from Lurgan and Randalstown, with success in all age groups from P4 – P7. It was then the […]
In their first home match of the season Ballymena Under 15s enjoyed an emphatic victory over local rivals Randalstown. With the heavy showers relenting the boys took full advantage of the good conditions to produce an excellent display of open running rugby. The 15s got off to a superb start when Randalstown having secured the […]
Following their recent 32-8 defeat in the Ulster League at the hands of Instonians the loyal Armagh supporters were naturally apprehensive as Ballymena kicked off for the evening game on Wednesday at the Palace grounds. The home side, however, had instilled an attitude from the training pitch, which meant that they feared no side. This […]
Match Report, 10 September – Conference League, Cooke v Ballymena II Firsts pass Conference League encounter with flying colours Cooke showed their intentions to challenge for Qualifying League One honours during a confident performance against Ballymena IIs. The game started with a series of bruising exchanges as both packs sought to make their presence felt. […]
Donaghadee v Dromore Dromore travelled to newly promoted Donaghadee and in a disjointed performance lost 38 14. There where many similarities to last week as once again Dromore faced a team that where simply bigger and stronger and had to spend long periods of the game defending. Once Dee got into their stride it was […]
Ards Ladies won their first game in the Ards colours on Saturday 27th Sept, when they beat Belfast Harlequins Ladies 15 – 5 at a 7s Tournament in Belfast. The girls came 3rd overall and considering 5 of the squad had never actually played before, this was a truly amazing achievement. Well done to everybody […]
It was a successful day at the PowerNI-Randalstown tournament for the home side as they got their hands on the cup for the first time, at the 39th time of asking, albeit that they had to share the spoils with Grosvenor. THIS FIRST CLIP IS THE FINAL BETWEEN RANDALSTOWN & GROSVENOR [youtube GqH2Ga76VxM] Randalstown kicked […]
Hatrick Park was bathed in warm sunshine for Rainey Old Boys’ Ulster League opener against neighbours Ballymena,who made the most of their numerical advantage late in the first half to build up a comfortable lead which they had little trouble holding on to.Rainey battled gamely to claw their way back into the contest,but it was […]