After a very wet Thursday and Saturday last week, the Saturday turned out nice again for the rugby football game against Instonians 4. The referee, players of both sides and all the spectators at Donaghadee’s Donaldson Park stood in silence as a token of respect for the loss of a former player from both clubs […]
Turnovers and defensive lapses cost Lurgan Monaghan 48 Lurgan 7 Having made a promising start to the season Lurgan were dealt a heavy eight try defeat on Saturday on the road at Monaghan, Writes Paddy Allen. The visitors had to make several changes to the side that won comfortably the previous week with centres Scott […]
A Fantastic Performance By City Of Derry Ladies. City of Derry Ladies moved into third place in the league after a 20-5 win at home against Longford on Sunday. The girls are now only 2 points behind the league leaders. The opening exchanges were fiercely contested with both defences being put to the test. After […]
Despite the torrential rain during the night the Valley welcomed neighbours Enniskillen to the Crann for an under 13 match. The match started competitively, with both teams finding it hard to retain the ball in the contact area. Enniskilen getting the better in the area launched a number of attacks at the home side. Unfortunately […]
Instonians knew that they would be facing a tough task when they brought their Under 17 squad up to Dungannon’s Stevenson Park on Wednesday, 27 October for a friendly game. It was a dark, damp but windless night. The game was keenly contested throughout with little quarter asked or given. Inst drew first blood through […]
City of Derry Rugby Club lost their undefeated record in all competitions this season when they were narrowly defeated away to Greystones on Saturday in the All Ireland League Division 3. Derry now slips back to second place in the league table two points behind their northern rivals Instonians. Both Greystones and Derry served up […]
This game was not as straightforward as Instonians might have hoped. They faced a very determined Rainey side that gave them plenty to think about. Instonians got off to a perfect start when their captain Stephen Douglas finished an early attack by running round behind the posts for a try converted by Nick Finlay. At […]
The Ards rugby fraternity was plunged into mourning late on Thursday night, when news broke of the untimely passing of our good friend and head coach Cois Beukes. Cois had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in December 2009 and underwent major surgery to have a huge tumour removed from his […]
NZ Meads Cup Poverty Bay 45pts, Thames Valley 18pts LONDONDERRY, or Derry, is Northern Ireland’s second-largest city, with a population of about 100,000. It is also the place where the Battle of the Bogside took place from August 12 to 14, 1969. Fighting between Roman Catholics and the Royal Ulster Constabulary erupted in what is […]
Despite the fact that all schools are enjoying their half term break there are still a number of games involving schools in Ulster scheduled for Saturday 30th October. The Royal Belfast Academical Institution team stole the headlines last weekend with their 23-18 win against their Belfast rivals, Methodist College. The Belfast Inst team will head […]