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 […]
Cambridge House Rugby’s trip to Rome started with a 2am departure to catch the early flight from Dublin direct to Rome. Check in at Dublin was unbelievably quiet which meant a speedy check-in and an opportunity for breakfast before take-off. The flight was totally uneventful and we arrived in Rome and transferred to the Hotel […]
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 […]
The jaunt to Ballymena Rugby club was pleasant and the KO at 2pm allowed everyone to recover somewhat from the New Years Eve celebrations. Celebrating rugby was the order of the day as Cambridge House Old Boys played Ballymena Academy Old Boys in what will hopefully become an annual event. The rugby was champagne (mostly) […]
There were a number of games involving schools from Ulster played in the lead up to Christmas Day. The Ballymena Academy 1st and 2ndxv squads set of on Thursday 16th December on a short tour to the Enfield Hotel, Johnstown to make use of the rugby facilities available at the hotel as well as play […]
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 […]