With perfect weather conditions at Donaldson Park the large crowd welcomed both sides on to the pitch for this appetising opening Qualifying League One match between newly promoted Donaghadee and potential league contenders Portadown. After a tentative start by both sides the Dee’s attempt to offload turnover ball on their own twenty two produced an […]
Donaghadee 34 – 3 Bangor Fixture: Rodney Gray Cup Date: Saturday 27th August 2011 KO: 12:30 Bangor lose out in Rodney Gray Cup Despite the encouraging performance last week against CIYMS, Bangor were soundly beaten by local adversaries Donaghadee for the Rodney Gray Cup. Donaghadee’s dominant forward play combined with a variety of errors by […]
Last Saturday Donaghadee hosted Bangor in the Rodney Gray Cup which would be the last warm up game for both teams before the start of the new season’s league action. Although these two teams have met frequently in recent seasons this was the first in which Donaghadee would have been considered favourites to win, if […]
A fantastic day of rugby and fun for all the family. Donaghadee played rugby host on Saturday past to two invitation sides, Suttonians Rugby Club & Letterkenny Rugby Club. What was amazing to see was the club taking the opportunity to invite their club members and the local community to visit the club and enjoy […]
Donaghadee Rugby Club Family Fun Day & Season Opening Tournament – Saturday 20th August 2011. The new season of rugby at Donaghadee Rugby Club is nearly upon us, and as part of the coaching team’s final preparations we will be hosting a three team tournament at Donaldson Park. Our guests will be Suttonians (AIL 3) […]
Donaghadee recently attended the Ganaway Activity Centre for a team building day – and have compiled a special video of the day which you can see by CLICK HERE Probably the most challenging course we have seen yet – at one point they are about 100 foot of the ground on climbing frames! Under three […]
Part 2 of our tour covers the Donaghadee promotion winning season of 2010/11. Starting August 2010 with pre-season training the Dee were very proud of having entered their 125th season. They had a good squad who had been in the race for promotion for some time. While they had great seasons the illusive goal of […]
It was glorious sunshine, warm, and dry at the CIYMS Mini rugby festival on 26th 7 27th March 2011. The CI mini rugby players promise brought a ray of sunshine to the pitches and beyond when they run out wearing bright yellow socks to mark their support for THE NORTHERN IRELAND CANCER FUND FOR CHILDREN. […]