The Final Series Of Games! Its been some season and Q1 will enjoy the company of 2 new clubs from Q2! One Q1 will be in AIL next season, hats off to Coleraine who have achieved an astonishing position given their start to the season, and Academy. The other seasoned Q1 clubs will play to […]
Match Reports 1st XV – Ards 12 v 24 Instonians 2nd XV – No game 4th XV – Ards 39 v 12 Bangor 3rd XV – Omagh 15 v 5 Ards Ards 3rds made the long journey west on Saturday to face league leaders and unbeaten Omagh 3rds. So far this season Ards have not […]
Following their very successful end of year tour last season when they won the International Tournament hosted in Serbia by the Vojvodina Rugby Club, Lisburn Rugby Club continued their success into the new season by reaching the final of the Ophir Seven a side competition, held recently at Mallusk, where they were beaten by an […]
A good day weather wise and even better for some excellent rugby and the spectacle of teams playing and preparing for the new season. Games kicked off at 1pm, with Randalstown haveing an excellent first game against Ballymena. Teams competing were: Grosvenor, Ophir, Carrick, Lurgan, Randalstown, Hollywood, Civil service, Ballymena and Bangor. Good flowing rugby […]
The draw was made this week by chairman Andy Collins and Vice Chairman Addie Patterson. Group A Group B Balllymoney Grosvenor Ballymena Lurgan Carrickfergus Hollywood Bangor Ophir Randalstown Civil Service As ever the burger stand will be in full swing and refreshments will be available in the clubhouse throughout the day. Robert de Niro and […]
DONAGHADEE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1885-2010 The 21st August 2010 has been chosen for the formal opening of the celebrations for Donaghadee Rugby Football Club’s 125th Anniversary. This previous sentence took about 20 seconds to type, but it highlights a truly momentous history for a sports club. To put it in perspective, the year 1885 when […]
The annual Randalstown RFC tournament will take place on the 28th August, with matches commencing at 1pm. The Randalstown Tournament has been played for more than 25 years and takes place the weekend before the start of the domestic season. Clubs travel to take part from all over Ulster. The Tournament begins with two leagues […]
We ran a 10’s rugby tournament on Saturday with 6 sides in the main competition and 4 Vets teams. The event was held at Rainey Old Boys RFC in Magherafelt. The main competition involved 3 Rainey teams along with Bangor RFC, Cookstown RFC and Deviance, a team managed by a former Rainey man Wilbert Leacock […]