Ballyclare High School on Saturday played one of the stronger school 1st XVs at home and continued their excellent run of unbeaten matches this season. They entertained Wallace High from Lisburn and wecomed back regular fly half Jonny Holmes who gave them an early 3-0 lead from a penalty. Wallace hit back with a try […]
Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term holiday break for teachers and pupils there are still quite a number of rugby fixtures involving schools from Ulster scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd October. The “Match of the Day” will be played at Osborne Park when Methodist College travel to play Royal Belfast Academical […]
On Saturday morning in excellent conditions at Hillmount Avenue Ballyclare High 1st XV recorded another deserved win 24-14 against a useful Limavady Grammar side which started and finished strongly. The result keeps the Clare boys undefeated and the victory came despite being forced to make several changes due to injuries including both regular half-backs being […]
Friday 19th November will be a night full of many memories for some former pupils from Ballyclare High School. After leaving school over 30 years ago some of the pupils in the form year who joined the school in 1970 and subsequently left around 1977, have made arrangements for a big re-union celebration which will […]
Ballyclare High School 1st XV following the memorable unbeaten tour in the summer to New Zealand have made a good start to the new schools rugby season and last week recorded a 24-5 win over one of this year`s Schools Cup favourites Campbell College. The previous week-end Ballyclare had a fine 29-7 win over B.R.A. […]
On the 26th June forty players, five staff and a physiotherapist embarked on a 3 week rugby tour to the Southern hemisphere, to play school teams in the greatest rugby playing nation in the world! Where were they from? Ballyclare High School of course the home of Ireland and Ulster Rugby legend Gary Longwell no […]
Ballyclare scored five tries in this Northern Bank Schools Cup third round tie as they comfortably saw off the challenge from Rainey Endowed. The weather conditions hampered play at the start of the match with a heavy mist which made kicking and catching difficult during the first ten minutes of the game . Ballyclare started […]