1st XV – In a highly competitive game Ards started stronger than their more illustrious opponents and should have taken the lead after 12 minutes when they failed to convert a penalty, following a Ballymena infringement. Ballymena claimed the first points after 17 minutes, when, against the run of play Fisher converted a penalty, following […]
Seniors Main Picture: Rory Eaves gets the ball away. The Conditioning games on Saturday went extremely well with all the players getting a good run out as they tried to impress the coach and stake a claim for all the vacant berths in the various teams. To help further boost their chances, both the 1st […]
Seniors The seniors are looking very sharp as pre-season heads into the game-plan mode at training, as they begin to prepare themselves for their forthcoming season. This Saturday will be the last Saturday training session of the pre-season as next week sees them playing off against each other in the Probable’s v Possible’s conditioning games. […]
Thunderstorms and lightening strikes greeted Ards new Ladies section at their first training session on Wednesday night (21st July). But undeterred by the downpour, they took to the soaked pitches like ducks to water, if you pardon the pun. Well done to Ross Reid, ably assisted by Ian Caughey, on his inaugural outing with Ards […]
The Mini section held their Annual Festival at Hamilton Park on Sunday and attracted over 650 players at all levels. In all, well over a thousand people, including many local residents descended on Hamilton Park, and everyone was well catered for. This was a huge undertaking and special thanks must go to Ian Caughey, for […]