Rachel Beukes The wife of our recently departed friend and head Coach Cois Beukes was a guest at the pre-match luncheon on Saturday before the Navan. After the meal, Rachel presented a boxed and framed pair of rugby boots to Ards RFC President Mr. Reggie Haddock in honour of her late husband. Mr. Haddock accepted […]
Ards will be digging deep this week, when they field 4 Senior teams, two Youth sides and a full compliment of Minis at the weekend. In the Senior section, the 1st XV will be hosting Navan in the AIL, the 2nds are away to near neighbours Holywood, the 3rds will be hosting Portadown. Meanwhile, the […]
Ards under 19s travelled to Portadown for this league fixture, Ards started at a blistering pace with an excellent unconverted try in the fourth minute for winger Adam Coulter. Ards kept up the pressure keeping Portadown pinned in their 22, fly half Andy Savage scored a penalty in the 15th minute to extend the lead […]
1st XV – Belfast Harlequins 30 v 22 Ards The large crowd at Deramore Park was thoroughly entertained by a match which saw Belfast Harlequins win by 30 points to 22 against a spirited Ards team. It was Belfast Harlequins who showed most endeavour in the opening encounters and they took the lead after 4 […]
Instonians Under 19’s registered an excellent 20-14 away win at Ards on Saturday, 11 September. Playing with the wind and a heavy rain in their favour it was not surprising that Ards exerted to the early pressure. They were wide with two penalty kicks from wide out before they scored from a lineout and drive […]
1st XV – In a highly competitive game Ards started stronger than their more illustrious opponents and should have taken the lead after 12 minutes when they failed to convert a penalty, following a Ballymena infringement. Ballymena claimed the first points after 17 minutes, when, against the run of play Fisher converted a penalty, following […]
Rugby League ss Back, and bigger than ever with the new Fermanagh Redskins joining the league for there first season. They join the Portadown Pumas, East Belfast Bulldogs, Strangford Sharks and the Ballynahinch Bulls (now Rabbitohs). Last season East Belfast won the 9’s and Ballynahinch won the grand final. This season Fermanagh Redskins have joined […]
Location, location, location. It could not be better for Jake Stasiun who has opened his sports massage clinic on the Lisburn Road, above Bastille restaurant. Surprisingly good parking for the Lisburn Road allows you to calmly approach the clinic from a short distance away and you enter the newly refurbished gentile townhouses lovingly refurbished into […]