There was one midweek fixture played when Uprichard Park, home of Bangor Rugby Club, hosted a game featuring Sullivan Upper and Wallace High School on Wednesday evening. The opportunity to play under lights was enjoyed by all the players and both teams are grateful to the Bangor Club for use of their excellent facilities. Both […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2011. The Rainey Endowed School 1st and 2nd xv’s have returned recently from a successful tour, playing games in Dublin and Manchester. On Wednesday 23rd November the ‘P Keenan Road Surfacing’ sponsored Rainey Endowed School Senior Rugby squads left on their annual rugby tour. They left […]
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A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to a full list of fixtures on Saturday 26th November. Portadown College travelled to play Banbridge Academy and came away with a resounding midweek victory. The Portadown team scored two first half tries with Ben Matchett and Nathan Montgomery getting the scores. The conversions […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 19th November 2011. Once again a few midweek games were played midweek before a full list of fixtures on Saturday 19th November. Regent House continued their recent run of good form when they hosted a very committed Bangor Grammar School team on Wednesday 16th. Regent House played into […]
A number of midweek games took place on Wednesday 9th November because of transfer tests being hosted at schools on Saturday 12th November. Regent House hosted Sullivan Upper at the Circular Road venue in Newtownards. Before the game all players took part in a Minutes Silence in memory of Ben Reid, the Regent House pupil […]
The biggest names in the world of rugby business and administration will share their frank analysis of the key issues facing the sport in a series of challenging and thought-provoking conference sessions at Rugby Expo 2011, taking place at Twickenham on November 23 and 24. Premier Rugby CEO Mark McCafferty, Mike Miller, chief executive of […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]