After a long break from rugby, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV started 2011 with a 22-3 away win against Belfast High School Former Pupils. In far from ideal conditions, and with the lack of match practice evident on both sides, Carrick could not convert dominance in both territory and possession in the first half into […]
All Carrick’s games scheduled for Saturday 8 January were postponed because of the weather conditions. However, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd XVs did manage to get in a training session on Saturday afternoon. Fixtures for Saturday 15 January are: 1st XV vs BHSFP,away 2nd XV vs Ballyclare II,home 3rd XV no match 4th XV vs […]
An excellent day for Carrickfergus U19s as they entertained Ballymena at home on Sat 11th Dec 2010. This fiercely competitive U19s league is being contested right to the wire with Carrickfergus convinced they can win the league on bonus points. they have set their sights on bonus points and achived this against Ballymena at the […]
Ballymacarn Park was a hive of activity on saturday past with 3 teams competing. Fortunately the ice and snow had thawed and the games commenced. Troops assembled and battled progressed. One of the games was a Junior League 1 game between Carrick II XV & Ballynahinch III XV. Good rugby, followed by better rugby made […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were beaten by 25 points to 6 by CIYMS in a League match at Woodlawn on Saturday 11 December. While the so far unbeaten Belfast side deserved their victory, this was a much better performance from Carrick than in the away fixture at Belmont in October. Indeed, the final score […]
After a long weather enforced break CI continued their unbeaten winning streak in Junior 2. A hard fought victory over a tough and determined Carrick side who never gave up. Veteran CI fullback Mark Spottiswode was man of the match with two, one on one try saving tackles. Great performances in the pack from Stefan […]
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 […]
Ballymena Rugby V v Carrick Rugby IV: Something altogether joyful to watch is a good closed team teach an opposition of mostly youngsters how its done. Nearly every team that play “The Black Knights” of Ballymena find themselves on the receiving end of a lesson on brute force combined with skill, a keen eye for […]
It has been a long time since Newry and Carrick have played competitively in a league fixture, and an eagerly awaited match did not disappoint. Carrick and Newry fought hard in the pack and backs and neither team gave an inch. Newry’s attack came from centre’s Ryan Sparkes and Patrick Wentworth, both combining well with […]