Carrick 1st XV could not complete the double over Limavady, losing by 16 points to 6 at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 26th January. The visitors deserved their victory because they displayed more urgency in all facets of the game and took their chances when they came. In short, they appeared to want the […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV won their away League match against Randalstown by 11 points to 5 on Saturday 19th January. In a match played in very cold conditions and on a heavy pitch, Carrick made hard work of overcoming their game opponents. Despite being in almost complete control of the game in the second […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV suffered a narrow away defeat for the second week in a row when they were beaten by 18 points to 16 by Lisburn on Saturday 12 January. After a scrappy and erratically refereed first sixty minutes, Carrick had the better of the final quarter in terms of possession and territory […]
The Carrick 1st XV narrowly lost their first round Towns’ Cup match with Dungannon II on Saturday 5 January, going down by 10 points to 9 at Stephenson Park. In wet and fairly miserable conditions,the Maxol- sponsored Carrick side led from the seventeenth minute of the match and, after a great defensive performance in the […]
Ballymena 9 – 9 Dungannon 1XV On what would be described by the locals as a dreach afternoon the two Ulster teams propping the Ulster Bank League fought out a predictably tight battle. Ballymena fullback Timothy Small struck two penalties to put the Braidmen 6-0 ahead at halftime. Dungannon struck back in the second half […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV completed the double over local rivals Larne on Saturday 29th December with a deserved 21 points to 7 victory at Tom Simms Memorial Park. After a first half which the visitors shaded, on the score-board and in general play, and an uneasy start to the second half, Carrick gradually took […]
As 2012 draws to a close, Carrick Ladies can look back on an almost flawless end to the calendar year, suffering only one league defeat and scoring an impressive 119 league match points . The season got off to a good start when a last-minute cancellation of the season’s first match against Ards saw a […]
Carrick 1st XV lost their League encounter with local rivals Ballyclare by 29 points to 3 at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 8th December. On a cold and blustery day, the title chasing visitors always looked the more likely to score tries and the frustration for the Maxol-sponsored Carrick side is that they could […]