Ballyshannon Ladies are a development squad, newly formed and things are going from strength to strength! They now have the numbers to enter the Ulster Cup and we look forward to following them. They recently entertained Letterkenny Ladies at home (20th Nov) and we managed to catch up with Shane Toolan a referee and Ballyshannon […]
Since September primary schools through out Fermanagh have been receiving tag rugby coaching. As a result of this local Community Rugby Officer Rob Watson organised a, primary 5 class tag rugby blitz, for all the primary schools who took part in the coaching before Haloween. The blitz day was the chance for the children to […]
It’s the 1st of December and most of us are thinking about our Christmas trees and buying gifts for the upcoming holidays. Christmas is after all about giving to others. As the 1st of December rings the start of Christmas it also rings the end of Movember. There is no spelling mistake Mo-vember. Movember is […]
The snow and frost which seems to have lasted for a long time meant that Ballyclare rugby just like that across the province at the week end was a total white out. The 1st XV match against C.I.Y.M.S. will have to be re arranged as will those fixtures for the other club sides from Saturday […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools Round Up Saturday 4th December 2010 The adverse weather conditions prevalent on Saturday 4th December ensured that no schools rugby matches took place. This means that for the second week in a row, most schoolboy players lost out on game time. One of the matches lost to the weather conditions on […]
Match Reports And Scores 1st XV v Rainey Old Boys – Game Postponed 2nd XV – Virginia – Game Postponed 3rd XV – Clogher Valley – Game Postponed 4th XV v Shorts – Game Postponed (Possible walkover to Ards) U19s – Portadown – Game Postponed U17s – Instonians – Game Postponed The white stuff accompanied […]
At the time, North was one of the oldest clubs in Ireland and they played at The Gasworks in the Cromac Area of Belfast. We where known as the Gasworks. Malone was a local Derby, and Malone were known as the bin men and they normally swipped the gasworks unless we had Mike Gibson playing, […]
Height: 5 9 Weight: 18 stone Clubs: Fivemiletown High School, season for Enniskillen u16s, then Clogher Valley RFC 18 years & 3 seasons with Jnr Ulster. Honours: We won the Junior Interprovincials for Ulster, 1998/99. Victories over Ballymena II XV & Dungannonn II XV at home in Bohatton lane before our new club house and […]
Height: 6ft ish Weight: 100kgs Clubs & schools: Campbell College, Civil Service, CIYMS, Havelock North (New Zealand) Honours: Hawkes Bay Colts Cup Semi Finalist, CCF National 7s Champion. What is your most memorable moment as a number 8? My best moment as a number 8 so far happened last year when I scored on my […]
A large crowd gathered in scenic and sunny Carrickfin on Saturday last to witness the debut of the Tir Chonaill rugby club senior team in their first game. The club played host to Finn Valley RFC, and these two clubs are the newest rugby clubs in Ireland. Finn Valley have only recently begun playing with […]