It’s the 1st of December and most of us are thinking about our Christmas trees and buying gifts for the upcoming holidays. Christmas is after all about giving to others. As the 1st of December rings the start of Christmas it also rings the end of Movember. There is no spelling mistake Mo-vember. Movember is […]
The snow and frost which seems to have lasted for a long time meant that Ballyclare rugby just like that across the province at the week end was a total white out. The 1st XV match against C.I.Y.M.S. will have to be re arranged as will those fixtures for the other club sides from Saturday […]
BALLYCLARE WIN UNDER 19 LEAGUE Despite the wintry weather on Saturday Ballyclare Rugby Club teams managed to complete their league games. The only side not to play was the unbeaten Fourths as their opponents Malone 5ths were unable to raise a side and this was the second consecutive week that the Fourths had their game […]
The unbeaten Ballyclare Under 19 side travelled to Carrick for a vital league game and took an early 5-0 lead with a try by top scorer Craig Wallace. The lead was increased by a penalty from Chris Harvey and before the interval Lewis Campbell went in for an unconverted try to build up a useful […]
The Maxol sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost away to Larne by 14 points to 13 in the Hawkins Cup on Saturday 20 November. In this hard-fought encounter, Carrick have only themselves to blame for the narrow loss. The penalty count against them was something of the order of twelve to three; when a tendency to […]
BALLYCLARE WIN MOVES TEAM UP TO THIRD PLACE Ballyclare Rugby Club by virtue of a 25-3 win away to Grosvenor F.P. on Saturday have moved into third place in Qualifying 2 despite a sluggish start to their league programmeback in September. The two sides above them are Donaghadee and C.I.Y.M.S. who are both unbeaten to […]
Donaghadee certainly seems to have some luck with Saturday weather. For the second home league game in a row it was fine after a wet week. Last Saturday’s two games became only one when word arrived that Cooke had not been able to field a team to play Donaghadee Thirds in Minor League East 3. […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV remain in the bottom third of Qualifying League, Section 2 after losing away to local rivals Ballyclare by 30 points to 13 on Saturday 13 November. The Carrick tries came from Jason Wady and Daryll Crothers while Johnny Sheriff kicked a penalty. The Carrick 2nd XV lost away to Clogher […]
Saturday brought an East Antrim derby to the Cloughan when Ballyclare 1st XV took on local rivals Carrickfergus in a Qualifying 2 league rugby clash. The match was sponsored by Country Estates and the match ball by Kare Bears. The only changes on the Clare team from the winning side at Enniskillen were the inclusion […]
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 […]