GRITTY RAINEY EDGE HOME: Previous meetings between Rainey Old Boys and Barnhall have been closely contested affairs,so it was always likely that their top of the table encounter at Hatrick Park would be a ding-dong battle.And while it was no classic,the closeness of the score and the importance of the result kept the crowd on […]
200 Club Winners Congratulations to the latest 200 Club Draw winners – Stephen Fields, Moneymore and Jackie Rankin, Limavady. Pictures: Pic: 200 Club 1 Club President Arnie McLean with 200 Club winner, Stephen Fields Pic: 200 Club 2 Ex-Ulster Coach Brian McLaughlin with 200 Club Winner, Jackie Rankin
ARDS 8 – 27 RAINEY AIL 6th October 2012 Scorers: O’Connor(2*Pen, 3*Conv) Rainey Old Boys picked up another four points in the AIL when they beat Ards 27-8 at Hamilton Park. Ards led 5-0 within two minutes of the kick-off, but Rainey controlled matters up front for O’Connor to reduce the deficit. Ards had a […]
Two long range penalties from full-back Mark O’Connor helped Rainey Old Boys over the line and open their AIL campaign with a much sought after victory, but a dogged Nenagh Ormond side threatened to spoil their day. It looked good for Rainey when they led 13 – 0 after 20 minutes at Hatrick Park, but […]
The latest instalment of the typically unrelenting Ulster League campaign saw Rainey travel to Gibson Park to face an inspired Malone side, in peak form and brimming with confidence on the back of their remarkable promotion-winning last season. FOR ACTION SHOTS FROM CHARLES HENDERSON CLICK HERE It mustn’t be overlooked that there has been a […]
RAINEY 5 – 10 BELFAST HARLEQUINS Ulster League 15th September 2012 Scorers: Clarke(1*Try) Rainey Old Boys were able to call on forwards Dawson and McDowell for the first time this season when they met Belfast Harlequins in the Ulster League at Hatrick Park. But they had several other key players missing, as had the Deramore […]
RAINEY III 10 – 38 BALLYMENA IV Rainey welcomed near neighbours Ballymena to Hatrick Park for both side’s first warm up match before the season’s kick-off in September, and on the warmest day of the summer so far, Rainey started at a blistering pace. The back row trio of A.Davis and the Patterson brothers dominated […]