The improved weather conditions on Saturday 15th January ensured that all the scheduled Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round 2 games were completed on Saturday 15th January. There were a number of non-cup games played on Saturday 15th as well as several midweek fixtures. Omagh Academy and Rainey Endowed played their postponed Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ […]
With all six Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round 2 Cup matches postponed on Saturday 8th January, arrangements have been made to play one of the games on Wednesday 12th with the remaining five games rescheduled for Saturday 15th January. There are also a number of non-cup games scheduled to take place on Saturday morning. Omagh […]
Despite the fact that all the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 2 games, scheduled for Saturday 8th January, had to be postponed due to frozen pitches, a number of schools managed to get games played in the week leading up to Saturday 8th January. Despite the frozen conditions affecting rugby in most of the […]
Omagh Academy v Rainey Endowed replay scheduled for Wednesday 12th January at 2.00 pm Saturday 15th 1. Royal School, Dungannon v Antrim Grammar School 11.00 am 2. Carrickfergus Grammar School v Belfast High School 10.30 am 3. Portadown College v Wellington College 11.00 am 4. Portora Royal School v Larne Grammar School 11.15 am 5. […]
The first Saturday of the new term sees twelve teams compete in the second round of the 2011 Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup campaign. Wellington College, having come safely through their hard earned win against Lurgan College in Round 1, will be joined by eleven other teams who have come in at the Round 2 […]
With the long awaited thaw setting in immediately after the Christmas period, a number of schools did manage to play games between Christmas and the New Year. Belfast High School entertained Portora Royal School in a game where the visitors were unlucky to lose their captain, Adam Farrell, in the warm up. The Enniskillen team […]
Our first game to cover since the senior cup final at Ravenhill after the worst weather in atleast 25 years. Belfast High School vs Portora – good game of rugby and great to see the enthusiasm from both teams. A fairly wet day led to some handling errors by both sides but overall some excellent […]
Despite the fact that all schools are now on holiday quite a few are hoping to get some games played during the Christmas break. Like a lot of schools Campbell College will be hoping for a major thaw if they are to have any chance of playing Larne Grammar School on Wednesday 22nd December. The […]
Despite the arrival of more extreme weather conditions which impacted on the games scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th December, a number of schools did manage to get games played either on tour to warmer climes or midweek prior to the onset of the extreme weather. The RS Dungannon team played two tour games […]
The traditional St Patrick’s Day Final of what is the second oldest rugby competition in the world after The Hospitals Cup, is one of the great occasions in the rugby calendar and eagerly anticipated by all followers of the game. The preliminary rounds of the 2010-11 Northern Bank Schools’ Cup competition have concluded, with Wellington […]