A number of midweek games were played prior to a full list of Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ fixtures on Saturday 8th October. Methodist College hosted a very spirited Down High School team at Pirrie Park on Wednesday afternoon. Due to other school commitments the Methodist College team was missing a number of frontline players including […]
On a wet and miserable afternoon at Upritchard Park, Bangor hosted Ballyclare in the first round of the Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup,eventually finishing as 35-17 winners. With further meetings in the league competition later, both sides were anxious to assert themselves. However, it was Bangor who made an explosive start with a converted try […]
League defeat by Ballyclare Grosvenor started with a stiff breeze behind them but it was the vistors who enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and territory in the opening quarter. Both sides were guilty of fairly scrappy play and basic mistakes and Ballyclare managed to punish Grosvenor with two early penalties. 6-0. Grosvenor’s influential second-row […]
THIRDS WIN LEAGUE GAME Ballyclare Thirds had their second game of the season and fielded a strong side at the Cloughan against Grosvenor 2nds. It was particularly good to see J.J.Baird returned from America and also David Crawford both backs could soon challenge for 1st XV places. The Thirds dominated from the start and by […]
Ballyclare Rugby Club had three games against opposition from Grosvenor F.P. and came out on top in each one. At the Cloughan on Wednesday night the Clare Fourths-a very experienced team racked up a 55-3 win over Grosvenor 4ths and on Saturday the Thirds had a welcome 32-10 win against Grosvenor 2nds but at Belmont […]
Ballyclare Rugby Club 1st XV went down at home on Saturday to old rivals Carrick in Qualifying 2 which means the Clare side have lost the first two games while Carrick remain unbeaten from three starts.The game was sponsored by S.D.E. Decorators , the match ball sponsored by Ian Morrow and Man of Match award […]
The Maxol sponsored Carrick 1st XV maintained their unbeaten League record, and stayed top of the Table, with a hard-fought 19-14 away win over Ballyclare on Saturday 17th September. The breezy and, in the second half, damp conditions were not conducive to flowing rugby and both sides made a lot of handling errors. The foundations […]