Junior pre-season starts on tuesday the 2nd august but w welcome new players any time… training starts at 6.15 and ends around 7.30. Open to ages 11 upwards and youngers girls attend the mini section. Girls will be taught everything in a fully safe manner and are coached by fully trained IRFU qualified coaches Gen […]
I was rudely awoken by my alarm clock at 6:30am on Monday 20th June. In a dazed desperation I turned it off and then remembered – it was the first day of pre-season training and I had to get up, get breakfast and get on the road. Four weeks of holidays came to an abrupt […]
Building on last years tournament with atleast 3 times as many teams competing this promises to be an excellent day of 10 A Side rugby played in the brilliant surroundings of Rostrevor Country Park and with the Rostrevor festival in the evening it will make for a superb day out! We look forward to covering […]
21st July marked the first anniversary of the Ladies section at Ards RFC. On 21st July 2010 a group of ladies met and trained for the first time under the watchful eye of Ross Reid and Ian Caughey. Sadly Ross has recently moved on, but Ian continues cracking the whip every Wednesday night from 6.45PM. […]
The sun was shining down on the Glebe this Saturday as everyone gathered to take part in Letterkenny Rugby Clubs annual Tag Festival. Over one hundred players took to the field with aspirations of being crowned champions but alas only 1 team could come away with victory. The competition was split into 2 groups with […]
The tag was mighty in the County Armagh as the young farmers’ from Co Down, Fermanagh, Armagh & Tyrone battled it out for their places for glory in the finals this Saturday @ Ballymoney Rugby Club. Heat 1 was held @ The City Of Armagh Rugby Club and the standard was excellent with a smattering […]
There is a bootcamp @ Ards rugby club on Monday and Wednesday at 6pm and Saturday mornings at 9am. Run by Neil McMillan and Scott Young and is open to everyone (male and female) at a cost of £5 per session. Some of the Ards ladies have been attending as part of pre-season training, in […]
In what would turn out to be a nail biting clash between bitter rivals Brian O’Brien took just three minutes to open the scoring when he slipped in down the right hand side to put the visitors in front. Behind the posts Munster gathered themselves and came straight back at the champions elect when solid […]
Sunny summer weather, the perfect day to push hard and train for success. The coaching team headed up by Niall Malone had a training session on Saturday past as part of their preparations for the September Interpros. 40 players were there although a full squad of 65-70 is expected to pick two sides from who […]