Above Picture: Youth team players at Ards RFC. Roy Lawton brings INTOUCH up to date with what’s happening at Ards Rugby Club. Ards RFC – A Brief History Ards Rugby Football Club has been in continual operation since its foundation in 1928. There is no question but that it has been sustained through its close […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Roy Lawton. Ards senior status in the North Down area has been secured for another season after their emphatic 44 – 11 victory over Dublin side, Suttonians on Saturday. Leading up to this game Ards senior status was still in doubt and with them sitting 12th in the AIB League […]
Saturday 27th February. Roy Lawton reports. Heavy rain on Friday, forced a change of venue for this Ulster Senior Cup first round tie on Saturday, when Ards had to host Portadown at Regent House School playing fields at Circular Road in Newtownards. Regent has some excellent facilities on site and after a bit of a […]
Saturday 20th February. Roy Lawton reports. Ards were unable to replicate their magnificent performance they had against Navan the previous week, when they travelled to Shaws Bridge last Saturday to face Instonians in the AIB league and probably only have themselves to blame. In a game littered with so many handling errors and lack of […]
A superb team performance secured a famous away victory for Ards against Division 3 newcomers, Navan on Saturday. With the squad weakened by a number of injured and absent players and Navan sitting three positions above Ards in the league table, this was going to be a hard ask of the players who took to […]