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 […]
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 fixtures scheduled for Saturday 18th December 2010 will be subject to weather conditions allowing the games to be played. With the approach of the end of term, schools with fixtures will hope to play to enable their players to get some game time, something that has been difficult to achieve in recent weeks due […]
With the onset of a thaw following the extreme weather conditions experienced throughout the province, a number of schools did manage to host games on Saturday 11th December. The thaw did not come soon enough for the majority of games to take place but six venues were able to cope. Ground staff had worked hard […]
Dromore High School did manage to escape on tour (the only rugby team from Ulster Rugby to do so) prior to the onset of the inclement weather with their U15 and U16 teams going on a joint rugby/hockey tour to Holland. The U16 & U15 rugby squads from Dromore High School embarked on their second […]
Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term holiday break for teachers and pupils there are still quite a number of rugby fixtures involving schools from Ulster scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd October. The “Match of the Day” will be played at Osborne Park when Methodist College travel to play Royal Belfast Academical […]
Wednesday 24th March . Report and pictures John McMurtry. Dromore High School ran out comfortable winners for the seventh year in succession, scoring six tries in their 37- 7 win over Slemish College. Slemish College kicked off and had an early chance with a penalty for offside. Unfortunately full back David McWirter put the kick […]