A simply fantastic week of rugby! We attended on Saturday morning the Portadown v Dromore youth systems, 3 games at 18/16 and 14, then in the afternoon we attended the Gordon West Cup fixture between Lurgan & Newry. Images and Videos + Interviews to follow from these games.
The morning games at Portadown RFC were well attended and all 6 teams were good. In the afternoon the Gordon West Cup game was a fantastic showcase of Club Rugby with both teams playing smart, developed rugby to which both clubs are looking to maintain and develop further through their engagement with local populations in schools and youth rugby. Expansive and fast, the speed of recycling was high, the off load based game and passing game developing at pace, and the counter attack and use of quick penalties, kicking from hand as well as penalties good, hands to the corner, and defensive capability defending successfully against sustained attacks, all a credit to the training, coaching and increased concentration for longer periods during the game, re-organising the line, performance of tackles, work at the set piece scrum and lineout. With player welfare to the fore the referee stopped the game on a couple of occasions to carry out a welfare assessment on a player. The professionalism of both teams was indeed a true showcase of their high performance mindset.
Just you take a look at the results below (all scores not yet finalised chasing a few up). A resounding performance by Ballymena Rugby Club sees them start their UBL campaign from scratch again admittedly after two shocking performances, the All Ireland Cup produced 3 fine wins for Bangor, CIYMS & Clogher Valley who progress to the semis, while in the Gordon West PSNI put 38 on Service, while Lurgan racked up 25+ points (awaiting final score confirmation) on Newry and Monaghan put 41 on Cavan, in Q2 Enniskillen put 57 on Holywood while Omagh put 46 on Grosvenor, in the II XV league City of Derry put 39 on Ards 2s, Dungannon put 30 on Queens 2s and Hinch put 42 on Malone 2s and Queens put 21 on Ballymena 2s, in the Junior Leagues Ballyclare 2s put 43 unanswered points on Grosvenor 2s while Inst2s put 34 on Carrick2s, Bangor 2s put 34 on Omagh 3s, Enniskillen 2s put 39 on Quins, in Minor League East 1 Ards4s put 48 on PSNI 2s, in East 2 Carrick put 34 on Malone, in South Clogher 3s put 27 on Armagh 3s!
Respect for athletes welfare is growing in club rugby and the dedication and training of the players towards this physical game is of a very high standard and is a reflection that these athletes are setting very high standards for themselves.
Gordon West League Cup Group A
22/11/2014
B.H.S Fp 12 vs 17 Ophir
Limavady 7 vs 16 Larne
Gordon West League Cup Group C
22/11/2014
Donegal Town 5 vs 21 Strabane
Londonderry Y M 14 vs 15 Letterkenny
Gordon West League Cup Group B
22/11/2014
P.S.N.I 38 vs 13 Civil Service
Lurgan 41 vs 5 Newry Peter Jackson (win for Lurgan)
Gordon West League Cup Group D
21/11/2014
Monaghan 41 vs 16 Cavan
AI Junior Cup
CIYMS 18 v Coolmine 13
Clogher 43 v Connemara 10
Bangor 14 v Enniscorthy 12
AIL Ladies Division 2 North
23/11/2014
Sligo vs Queens
Ulster League Womens Division 1
22/11/2014
20:00 Enniskillen 59 vs 0 Omagh Jonny Gibson
UBL
BALLYMENA 43 SHANNON 15
U18 Ladies League
23/11/2014
Bangor 5 vs 5 Belfast Harlequins Teddy Hall
Kukri Qualifying League 2
22/11/2014
Enniskillen 57 vs 3 Holywood
Grosvenor 14 vs 46 Omagh
U.U.C 19 vs 28 Coleraine
Randalstown 18 vs 13 Lisburn Neil Robertson
2XV League
22/11/2014
Ards 2 12 vs 39 City Of Derry 2
Ballymena 2 13 vs 16 Banbridge 2
Belfast Harlequins 2 35 vs 22 Rainey Ob 2
Dungannon 2 30 vs 13 Queens 2
Ballynahinch 2 42 vs 10 Malone 2
19/11/2014
Queens 2 21 vs 9 Ballymena 2
Junior League 1
22/11/2014
Coleraine 2 vs Banbridge 3
Grosvenor 2 0 vs 43 Ballyclare 2
Instonians 2 34 vs 3 Carrickfergus 2
Larne 2 31 vs 12 C.I.Y.M.S 2 Peter Martin
Junior League 2
22/11/2014
Ballymoney 2 17 vs 0 Cooke 2 More
Ballynahinch 4 18 vs 15 Portadown 2
Bangor 2 43 vs 17 Omagh 3
Rainey Ob 3 12 vs 14 Dungannon 3
Junior League 3
22/11/2014
Academy 2 24 vs 21 Ballynahinch 5
Dromore 2 17 vs 17 Queens 3
Enniskillen 2 39 vs 15 Belfast Harlequins 3
Junior League 4
22/11/2014
Coleraine 3 15 vs 14 Ballymena 4
Donaghadee 2 19 vs 5 Ards 3
Ballyclare 3 vs Randalstown 2 Kirker Dalton
Junior League 5
22/11/2014
Newry 2 vs U.U.C 2
Lisburn 3 14 vs 17 Armagh 3
Ballymena 5 vs Grosvenor 3 Terence Cooke
Junior League 6
22/11/2014
Banbridge 4 vs Dromore 3
Dungannon 4 vs Monaghan 2 Steven Crothers
Inishowen vs Cooke 3 Jonny Gibson
Minor League East 1
22/11/2014
Malone 5 41 vs 3 Armoy
P.S.N.I 2 20 vs 48 Ards 4
Belfast Harlequins 4 vs Ballymoney 4 Paul McAlister
Minor League East 2
22/11/2014
Ballynahinch 7 vs Academy 3
Carrickfergus 4 34 vs 13 Malone 4
Minor League South
22/11/2014
Portadown 5 9 vs 9 Cookstown
21/11/2014
Armagh 4 3 vs 27 Clogher Valley 3
Ballynahinch 6 47 vs 7 Rainey Ob 4 Ron Higgins
Qualifying U18
22/11/2014
Larne 0 vs 53 Ballyclare
U18 League Section 1
22/11/2014
Virginia vs Rainey Ob
Armagh vs Banbridge
Carrickfergus vs Monaghan
Randalstown 12 vs 0 Ballymena
U18 League Section 2
22/11/2014
Omagh 25 vs 22 Letterkenny
Portadown 0 vs 40 Dromore
22/11/2014
Coleraine vs Malone
Enniskillen vs Donegal Town
U18 League Section 3
22/11/2014
City Of Derry 19 vs 15 Ballymoney
Newry 17 vs 19 Ballynahinch
Clogher Valley vs Lisburn
Dungannon vs Cavan
U18 Friendly
22/11/2014
Carrickfergus 35 vs 10 Banbridge
Qualifying U16
22/11/2014
Ballymena 2 vs Ballyclare Duncan Wallace
Ballyshannon vs (win for Inishowen) Inishowen
U16 League Section 1
22/11/2014
Armagh 29 vs 10 Banbridge Keith Lewis
Carrickfergus vs Monaghan
Randalstown 0 vs 60 Ballymena Gordon Taylor
Virginia 8 vs 12 Rainey Ob Kevin Feeney
U16 League Section 2
22/11/2014
Omagh 12 vs 22 Letterkenny
Portadown 0 vs 33 Dromore
Coleraine vs Malone Jonathan MacCorkell
Enniskillen 67 (win for E vs (tbc)Donegal Town
U16 League Section 3
22/11/2014
Clogher Valley 55 vs 7 Lisburn
Newry 7 vs 5 Ballynahinch
City Of Derry vs Ballymoney
U16 Friendly
22/11/2014
Lisburn 36 vs 0 Instonians Billy O Gorman
Qualifying U14
22/11/2014
Ballyshannon (win for Ballyshannon) vs Inishowen
Larne vs Ballyclare
Strabane vs Lurgan
Instonians vs Virginia
U14 League Section 1
22/11/2014
Randalstown 34 vs 12 Ballymena
Armagh 33 vs Banbridge 21
Carrickfergus vs Monaghan
Virginia vs Rainey Ob
U14 League Section 2
22/11/2014
Coleraine 31 vs 7 Malone
Omagh 0 vs 22 Letterkenny
Enniskillen (win for Enniskillen) vs Donegal Town
Portadown vs Dromore
U14 League Section 3
22/11/2014
City Of Derry 24 vs 0 Ballymoney
Newry 0 vs 36 Ballynahinch
Danske Bank High Schools Trophy
19/11/2014
Belfast Boys Model 41 vs 10 Markethill HS
Schools Friendly
22/11/2014
Royal School Armagh 31 vs 20 Belfast High School
Ballyclare High School 27 vs 5 Foyle College
Banbridge Academy 26 vs 7 Wellington College
Carrickfergus GS 7 vs 13 Lurgan College
Dalriada School 31 vs 10 Belfast Royal Academy
Limavady GS 0 vs 19 Sullivan Upper School
Ballymena Academy 36 vs 10 Rainey Endowed School
Cambridge House GS vs Belfast Met
Grosvenor GS 42 vs 3 Larne GS Mark Orr
Methodist College 19 vs 11 Coleraine Academical Inst Chris Logan
Regent House School vs Down HS Roger Cleave
Campbell College 10 vs 16 Royal Belfast Academical Inst Gareth Dunlop
19/11/2014
Wallace High School 33 vs 12 Bangor GS
Portadown College 22 vs 40 Banbridge Academy
Portadown College 5 vs 50 Banbridge Academy
II XV
Campbell College 12 RBAI 26
III XV
Campbell College 0 RBAI 14
Medallion
Carrick GS 10 Lurgan College 43
RBAI 3 CCB 0
omagh academy 0-12 Wallace hs
Strabane Academy 15 v 14 Cambridge house
U13
RBAI 31 Campbell College 0
U14
SUS 36 Limavady GS 0
U14a RBAI 36 CCB 0
