At a frosty Belmont CIYMS continued their winning 48-7 against Belfast High School. High School started strongly bagging an early try through some great rucking an mauling by the pack. However CI soon took control of the game. Stevie McReynolds, Mark McConkey and Matt Armstrong made some rampaging runs up the middle with Armstrong securing […]
Randalstown 2s continued their good run of form with a 3rd successive win as they triumphed over CIYMS at Neillsbrook on Saturday afternoon. CI looked a useful unit as they eventually took to the field and they started brightly creating the first chance in the opeing minutes which Ben Winter did well to clear. This […]
CIYMS registered two home wins on Saturday and played some fine rugby in the process. Dromore are new to their league and battled well to hold their own. the step up is rarely easy and with determination they will succeed. The CI team ran out coinvincing winners. UUC are playing their second season in Q2 […]
On Saturday 23 October, Carrickfergus RFC had five senior teams and four age group teams out; including Ladies and minis, there were almost 300 players representing the Club. Unfortunately, the 1st XV went down to one of their heaviest defeats in some time, losing by 50 points to 3 away to CIYMS at Belmont. The […]
Nearly 600 mini rugby players and over 1000 people in total descended on Belmont for the annual CIYMS Mini Rugby Festival on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March 2010 with the host club CIYMS being joined by 10 other clubs namely Academy, Ards, Ballyclare, Ballymena, Bangor, Cooke, Donaghadee, Instonians, Lisburn and Malone. There was a […]
Friday 12th March. Harry Allen reports. Last Friday brought a novelty to Donaldson Park rugby ground. At 7.30pm Donaghadee’s First XV played their first-ever floodlit game. Their opponents were near-neighbours CIYMS. Donaghadee, as is their wont, having won the toss for this crucial League game, opted to play against the elements in the first half, […]
Saturday 13th February 2010. Report by Harry Allen. According to the Ulster Branch, until last Saturday CI had only lost one game out of eleven, and had scored over 400 points, but the Dee fans well knew that their First XV’s form since before Christmas was greatly improved since their poor early season and that […]