Above Picture: Youth team players at Ards RFC. Roy Lawton brings INTOUCH up to date with what’s happening at Ards Rugby Club. Ards RFC – A Brief History Ards Rugby Football Club has been in continual operation since its foundation in 1928. There is no question but that it has been sustained through its close […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Roy Lawton. Ards senior status in the North Down area has been secured for another season after their emphatic 44 – 11 victory over Dublin side, Suttonians on Saturday. Leading up to this game Ards senior status was still in doubt and with them sitting 12th in the AIB League […]
Saturday 27th February. Roy Lawton reports. Heavy rain on Friday, forced a change of venue for this Ulster Senior Cup first round tie on Saturday, when Ards had to host Portadown at Regent House School playing fields at Circular Road in Newtownards. Regent has some excellent facilities on site and after a bit of a […]
A superb team performance secured a famous away victory for Ards against Division 3 newcomers, Navan on Saturday. With the squad weakened by a number of injured and absent players and Navan sitting three positions above Ards in the league table, this was going to be a hard ask of the players who took to […]
Ards 25 – 3 Co Carlow The three weeks enforced layoff due to the bitterly cold weather, appeared to do Ards the power of good when they finally pulled on the jersey last Saturday and welcomed Co Carlow to Hamilton Park in the AIB League. Even this match was touch and go for a while […]