Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2022
On Monday 28th November Larne Grammar School provided the opposition for the Ulster U18 Clubs’ team at the Rainey Old Boys’ Rugby Football Club in Magherafelt.
This game proved to be a real test of character for the Larne Grammar School team and the players were delighted to come away with a 29-15 victory.
Ethan Duncan had a night to remember with three tries, three conversions and one penalty for the Larne Grammar School team. Jack Sweeney scored a fourth try and Charlie Wilson impressed with his performance for the Larne Grammar School team.
The Ulster U18 Clubs’ team scored their points through tries from Daniel Neely and Cormac Creagh with James Orr adding one successful conversion as well as one successful penalty.
Both teams, and their coaches, would like to thank Rainey Old Boys’ RFC for the provision of excellent facilities and hosting the game.
The draw for the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup was made on Monday 28th November.
The results of the draw are as follows: –
1/Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4thxv v Dromore High School 3rdxv
2/Campbell College, Belfast 4thxv v Regent House School 3rdxv
3/Down High School 3rdxv v Methodist College, Belfast 3rdxv
4/Ballymena Academy 3rdxv v Rainey Endowed School 3rdxv
5/Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3rdxv v Wallace High School 3rdxv
6/Belfast Royal Academy 3rdxv v Campbell College, Belfast 3rdxv
7/Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 3rdxv v Limavady Grammar School 3rdxv
8/Ballyclare High School 3rdxv v Royal School, Armagh 3rdxv
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup 2nd Round games MUST be played on/before Saturday 10th December
Some Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield, 2ndxv and 3rdxv Cup games were played on Tuesday 29th, Wednesday 30th November, Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd December in the lead up to a good fixture list of three Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield Round 2 games and one Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup Round 2 game as well as a number of 1stxv friendly games on Saturday 3rd December.
On Tuesday 29th November there were three 2nd Round Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield games played.
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School played Omagh Academy in a very close encounter which the Omagh Academy team won by 3-0.
Foyle and Londonderry College hosted Banbridge Academy and won the game by 13-0.
Larne Grammar School played Strabane Academy and won the game by 27-10.
On Wednesday 30th November a number of 2nd Round Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup games took place.
Banbridge Academy played Royal School, Dungannon and won the game by 22-12.
Dalriada School hosted Regent House School in a game the Regent House School team won by 18-7.
Lurgan College played Bangor Grammar School in a game the Lurgan College team won by 10-5.
Omagh Academy played Down High School and won the game by 25-15.
Meanwhile, Campbell College, Belfast 4thxv hosted Methodist College, Belfast 4thxv in the replay of their drawn 1st Round Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 3rdxv Cup game.
The Campbell College, Belfast 4thxv won the game by 36-5.
On the same afternoon Banbridge Academy played Royal School, Dungannon in a 1stxv friendly 31-7
On the back of good performances from players such as Ryan Matthews, Tom King and Noah Myles, the Banbridge Academy team scored five tries. Noah Myles touched down for two, and was involved in the lead up to a penalty try, Noah Bell added a fourth with Ryan Matthews touching down for a fifth try. Ryan was also successful with two of his conversion kicks.
Jacob Clarke ran in for a converted try for the Royal School, Dungannon team.
Dromore High School hosted Cambridge House Grammar School at the Barban Hill venue and won the game by 33-7.
Both teams used the opportunity to use extended squads and all the players in attendance got plenty of game time.
The Dromore High School points came through tries from Kyle Sterling, Jonny Thompson, who ran in for a brace, Jack Allen and Alexandre Ferreira. Ethan Mount added the extras to two of the tries as did Josh Quigley.
The Cambridge House Grammar School points came through a converted try from Dan Chestnutt.
On Thursday 1st December the Ballyclare Secondary School Medallion team was scheduled to have played Lurgan College in the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield.
Due to a series of unfortunate circumstances which impacted upon the Ballyclare Secondary School team it will be the Lurgan College Medallion team going through to the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield.
On Friday 2nd December Rainey Endowed School hosted Friends’ School, Lisburn in the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup. This game was played at Rainey Old Boys’ RFC.
Following an exciting game, which turned out to be a very close encounter, the Friends’ School, Lisburn team emerged as 22-21 winners.
Both teams, their coaches and supporters, would like to thank Rainey Old Boys’ RFC for the provision of excellent facilities and hosting the game.
Later that evening Bangor Academy hosted Antrim Grammar School in the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield at Uprichard Park, home of Bangor Rugby Football Club.
Following a very exciting game the final scoreboard read Bangor Academy 12 Antrim Grammar School 32.
Both teams, and their coaches, would like to thank Bangor RFC for the provision of excellent facilities and hosting the game.
Meanwhile, at CIYMS RFC Sullivan Upper School played Regent House School in a 1stxv friendly game.
The Sullivan Upper School team won the game by 12-0 with two tries from Harry Tindle, one of which was converted by Harry McKeown.
Both teams, and their coaches, would like to thank CIYMS RFC for the provision of excellent facilities and hosting the game.
On Saturday 3rd December the three remaining Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 2nd Round games took place.
Belfast High School played Cambridge House Grammar School in the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield and won the closely contested game by 15-10.
Dalriada School played Limavady Grammar School and it was the Limavady Grammar School team that won the game by 22-7.
Grosvenor Grammar School and Friends’ School, Lisburn played their Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2nd Round Medallion Shield game and it was the Friends’ School, Lisburn team that won the game by 36-5.
Once all the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield Round 2 results were known, the draws for the 3rd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield and the 1st Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy were released.
The results of the draws, which were conducted by Mr Ian McConaghy, Principal of Dromore High School, are as follows: –
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield Round 3
1/Royal School, Armagh v Lurgan College
2/Bangor Grammar School v Rainey Endowed School
3/Royal School, Dungannon v Coleraine Grammar School
4/Belfast High School v Dromore High School
5/Down High School v Regent House School
6/Foyle and Londonderry College v Omagh Academy
7/Antrim Grammar School v Friends’ School, Lisburn
8/Larne Grammar School v Limavady Grammar School
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 3rd Round games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th January 2023
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy Round 1
1/Strabane Academy v Portadown College
2/Banbridge Academy v Carrickfergus Grammar School
3/Craigavon Senior High School v Wellington College, Belfast
4/Bangor Academy v Cambridge House Grammar School
5/Grosvenor Grammar School v Bye
6/Dalriada School v Bye
7/Ballyclare Secondary School v Bye
8/Enniskillen Royal Grammar School v Bye
These Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Trophy 1st Round games MUST be played on/before Saturday 7th January 2023
In the 2nd Round of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ 2ndxv Cup Portadown College hosted Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in a game which saw the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School emerge as 17-0 winners.
At 1stxv level eight friendly games took place on Saturday 3rd December.
Coleraine Grammar School hosted Belfast Royal Academy and won the game by 26-0.
The Coleraine GS points came through tries from Matthew Curry, Jacob Lennox, Conor Draycott and Max McCrabbe. Jordan McAuley was successful with three of his conversion kicks.
Down High School played Bangor Grammar School in an exciting game which the Down High School team won by 22-15.
Ryan Connolly, with two, Jonathan Russell and Fionn Carey were the Down High School try scorers. Rhodri Phillips was successful with one of his conversion kicks.
The Bangor Grammar School team scored three unconverted tries through Jack Mason, Shay Ritchie and Noah Courtney-Gardiner.
Lurgan College played a Ballyclare High School xv in a game the Ballyclare team won by 38-0.
For Lurgan College players such as Matthew Conn, Daniel Parker, Andrew Richardson and Calum Marsden impressed with their performances.
David Gillespie, Tom McAllister, Neil McCrea, Ewan Jones, Aaron Beattie and Jacob Scarlett scored the Ballyclare High School tries to which Joel Flynn added two conversions as did Jacob Scarlett.
Methodist College, Belfast played Campbell College, Belfast in a very closely contested game the Methodist College team won by 31-28.
David Armstrong, Josh Stevens, Ben McFarlane and Ryan Kidd scored the Methodist College tries. Ben McFarlane added two conversions as did David Armstrong who was successful also with one penalty kick.
The Campbell College, Belfast team points came through tries from Lucas Kenny, Jake Daley, Matthew Booth and Chris Booth. Matthew Rea added the conversions to all four of the Campbell College tries.
Omagh Academy played Foyle and Londonderry College and won the game by 22-17.
The Omagh Academy team scored three tries through one penalty try, one unconverted try from Harvey King and one try from Conrad Hale. Andrew Johnston added one successful conversion kick as well as one penalty goal.
The Foyle College points came through two unconverted tries from James McKillopp, and one converted try from Adam Killeen.
Royal Belfast Academical Institution played Enniskillen Royal Grammar School at Osborne Park and finished the game as 45-19 winners.
On the back of an outstanding performance from Bryn Ward, the Belfast Inst team scored seven tries. Bryn scored one of the tries with Jack Parkinson, Alex Place, Euan Patterson, Josh Gibson, Josh Eagleson and Flynn Morrow also running in for one try each. Josh Eagleson had also a fine morning off the tee with five successful conversions.
The Enniskillen Royal Grammar School team played with great commitment throughout the game. They got some reward for their endeavours with tries from Ben McLaren, Reece Holmes and Jake Woods. Tadhg Hambley was successful with two of his conversion kicks.
Royal School, Armagh entertained the Rainey Endowed School team and won the game by 31-5.
Thomas Dougan, Finn Fehnert, Matthew Whittle, Josh Lowey and the impressive Sam Montgomery scored the Royal School, Armagh tries. Josh Watterson added the extras to three of the tries.
Rossa Bell impressed with his performance for the Rainey Endowed School team and was rewarded for his endeavours with an unconverted try.
Wallace High School entertained Dromore High School and won the game by 33-14.
The Wallace High School team points came through tries from Jack Shannon, Michael McCavery, Noah McCluskey, Quinn Armstrong and Ethan Patterson. Charlie Beattie was successful with five of his conversion kicks.
The Dromore High School team points came through a brace of tries from Jack Allen both of which were converted by Ethan Mount.
