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Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2011. The Rainey Endowed School 1st and 2nd xv’s have returned recently from a successful tour, playing games in Dublin and Manchester. On Wednesday 23rd November the ‘P Keenan Road Surfacing’ sponsored Rainey Endowed School Senior Rugby squads left on their annual rugby tour. They left […]
Excitement is building ahead of the start of the annual Ulster Schools’ Cup with tournament organisers and participants boosted by the news that Northern Bank, who have supported the competition since 2005, have renewed their sponsorship of one of Ulster’s premier school sports tournaments and the second oldest rugby competition in the world. Rosamond Bennett, […]
A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to a full list of fixtures on Saturday 26th November. Portadown College travelled to play Banbridge Academy and came away with a resounding midweek victory. The Portadown team scored two first half tries with Ben Matchett and Nathan Montgomery getting the scores. The conversions […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 19th November 2011. Once again a few midweek games were played midweek before a full list of fixtures on Saturday 19th November. Regent House continued their recent run of good form when they hosted a very committed Bangor Grammar School team on Wednesday 16th. Regent House played into […]
A number of midweek games took place on Wednesday 9th November because of transfer tests being hosted at schools on Saturday 12th November. Regent House hosted Sullivan Upper at the Circular Road venue in Newtownards. Before the game all players took part in a Minutes Silence in memory of Ben Reid, the Regent House pupil […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]
The match of the weekend involved the meeting at Pirrie Park of Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Rudolph Benade landed a penalty to put the home side into a 3-0 lead. Royal Belfast Academical Institution came back strongly and enjoyed the majority of territorial possession for the remainder of the first half with […]
A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to the fixtures played on Saturday 15th October. Belfast Royal Academy hosted a very spirited Larne Grammar School team in a midweek fixture at Roughfort. The home team enjoyed long periods of possession and territory which brought the best out of the committed Larne […]