On Saturday 23rd August the big fight night comes to the Neillsbrook playing fields when Randalstown Rugby Club stage a White Collar Fight Night.
The evening is sponsored by Pneutrol Ireland Ltd (PIL) who have been very generous to Randalstown Rugby Club over the years and the club is naturally delighted to continue this association.
Opening at 7 pm there will be 10 bouts involving Randalstown’s finest against a selection of good men and true from various local sports clubs including Ballymena Rugby Club, Harryville Homers, Galgorm Blues and Antrim Rugby Club among others.
The boys have been training hard at Toome Amateur Boxing Club under the watchful eye of Damien Kennedy.
Randalstown are very grateful to Damien for all his hard work towards making this night a success. Toome Amateur Boxing Club is based at Carlane School and is open Monday to Thursday from 6.30pm for training. Anyone interested in boxing is more than welcome. The club currently has about 30 members and since they were established in 2001 they have produced many fine boxers competing from County to National level including commonwealth games.
Damien works alongside Patsy Hurl, Aidan McElhome and Roddy McCorley. They were complimentary about the level of dedication shown by the Randalstown boys and their opponents throughout the training.
Representing Randalstown on the night we have
Chrissy Allen
Neil Foster
Daryl McGarry
Ryan Bailey
Michael Hamilton
Graham Hume
Gary Hume
Paul Morriss
Scott McClenaghan
Thommy Brownlee.
Opposition will be provided by
David Jamieson (Galgorm Blues) Adie Kirkpatrick & Stuart Barker (Ballymena RFC) David Lowry & David McWhirter (Harryville Homers) Matt Webb & Chris Burke (Antrim RFC) along with Richard Gault, James Pedlow and Adam Higgins.
The combatants will go head to head for 3 bouts lasting 1 minute each.
A few tickets are still available – contact rrfcmarketing@gmail.com. Come along and support your favourite be it from the home stable or the opposition. The bar will be open and snacks will be on offer throughout the night. When the action in the ring is complete ‘Storm’ will take the stage to provide entertainment for the remainder of the evening.
We look forward to seeing everyone on what is shaping up to be a great night’s craic.
On Saturday there was some rugby action up at the Ophir 7s tournament. This was a useful run out for the ‘Town men who won their section but lost out to Queens in the semi finals.
Randalstown opened brightly against Ophir in contrast to the damp slippy conditions. A brace of tries from Ryan Bailie eased ‘Town into a half time lead, but the hosts hit back in the second period levelling the scores and keeping ‘Town pinned in their own half. It was a breakaway try by Calum McGrenaghan from his own line in the last minute which won Randalstown the game.
Two tries apiece from James Millar and Michael Smith were sufficient to despatch UUC 22-7 in the next encounter.
A third successive win against Larne B team saw ‘Town into the semi finals. The 38-12 win was inspired by Scott Stevenson whoc claimed a hat-trick of scores with McGrenaghan, Smith and Matty Turner also touching down.
In the fourth group game ‘Town slipped to a 14-5 defeat against Ards with Turner scoring the only try.
A useful Queens side provided the semi-final opposition and after taking an early lead courtesy of another Stevenson try the Randalstown men were edged out 15-5.
It was an enjoyable afternoon and a useful run out for Randalstown despite the conditions. New comers Daniel Morgan and Chris McGoldrick showed their mettle with impressive displays.
Squad: J Millar S Stevenson D Morgan S Rothwell C Ferry C McGoldrick M Smith R Bailey D Goodrich N McGlade C McGrenaghan M Turner.
