Several age groups attended a Blitz at Ballyclare and competed against the hosts, BHSFP, and Larne. The weather was great and all teams played well, with varying degrees of success. Under the new directive from the Ulster Branch the focus has now shifted away from Competition to ensuring participation. Only time will tell if this […]
Randalstown’s U17 squad made the short trip to Ballyclare RFC on Saturday in their final warm up game prior to the League campaign commencing in two weeks and returned to Neillsbrook with a 0-12 victory. Ballyclare’s bulky pack made it difficult for Randalstown in the opening 10 minutes and there was little between the teams […]
Academy 1s v Limivady 1s q1 Conditions – Summer is OVER! But Academy Found Some Sunshine, with a historic victory racking up their first ever victory in Q1. Well done guys! Despite the conditions both teams began positively and tried to move the ball and make the best of it, endeavouring to play some running […]
Despite all the euphoria from the good form shown in the pre-season friendlies Ballyclare 1st XV suffered a shock defeat in the opening Qual.2 league match at the Cloughan on Saturday against a well prepared Omagh team. With a good crowd at both the match and the pre-game lunch everyone was anticipating a home win […]
Ballyclare 1st XV will start the new league season officially on Saturday 11th September when Omagh will be the visitors to the Cloughan. It is expected that this will be a bigger test this season in Qualifying 2 as the league has two strong newcomers Enniskillen and Grosvenor High (F.P.)– the former having come down […]
Ballyclare RFC 1st XV & 2nd XV played Coleraine RFC 1st XV & 2nd XV at The Cloughan on Saturday 28th August 2010. The 1st League games will take place this weekend and this game from last weekend represented a full training game for the teams in their preparations for various league and cup campaigns. […]
Preparations for the new season are nearly complete with some league games taking place this Saturday and most teams beginning their campaigns next week. This weekend sees the Harlequin Womens 7’s, Randalstown Tournament & George Tees Cup at city Of Derry. However, an interesting encounter on Wednesday 24th August took place at The Cloughan in […]
What a fantastic day everyone had at the annual Ophir Sevens on 21st august 2010! It was definitely the rugby that astounded everyone, but the beautiful sunny weather did add to the sheer enjoyment that Antrim RFC, Lisburn & Lisburn B RFC, Randalstown RFC, Ophir & Ophir B RFC, Queens RFC & Ballyclare RFC had […]
Ophir RFC Hosted their Annual 7-a-side Youth Tournament on Friday the 20th August from 6.30pm – 9pm. The evening was brilliant with good light and the standard of the rugby was excellent! Malone, Carrick, Larne, Ballyclare, Instonians, Ophir, Ballymena and Randalstown competed in two sections. The high standard of rugby bodes well for the future […]
In 3 weeks time 52 Clubs in ulster will embark on the 2010-2011 season. The effort and work being put in across Ulster is massive in the preparations, the pre-season friendly encounters are taking place each weekend in the run up to the first competitive league games in early September. Coaching, training, skills, strategy, mind-set, […]