inspiresport, the specialist team sports tour operator, has forged a new partnership with Premiership Rugby to provide a range of exciting new development experiences for groups of young players from schools and clubs throughout Europe. The Cardiff-based company will join forces with the Premiership Rugby clubs to provide development programmes for youngsters of all ages […]
Sports Video Analysis is a science normally reserved for the elite levels of Rugby. It is also a topic that is not very well represented on an academic or training front. That is until know, a Local Company, Lear Sports Training Company have developed a learning program in Sports Performance Analysis that has been endorsed […]
“Nathan had an accident whilst playing for the Under 17’s team on Sunday, 6th November at KRUFC playing against Bradford and Bingley team. In this freak accident Nathan broke his neck. It’s left him paralyzed from the armpits down but he has movement in his arms and wrists. Nathan has no fine motor movement in […]
Opened in 1923 and owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union, the Ravenhill Grounds had seen little change until 2009 when a new stand was built and the terrace upgraded on the Mount Merrion side. Drawings to upgrade and redevelop the remaining three sides of the Ravenhill Grounds were initially submitted to the planning authorities […]
Saturday’s hard fought battle against Clermont-Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin marked Ulster’s 100th game in the Heineken Cup. Former French International and Heineken Cup Ambassador Raphael Ibanez presented Ulster Branch President Laurence Caldwell with a plaque prior to the match to mark the club’s 100th appearance in the tournament. Ulster played their first game […]
Five nations will contest the Heineken Cup quarter-finals in April for the first time since the 2003/04 tournament – and for only the second time in the 17 seasons of elite European club rugby. On a drama-packed final weekend of make-or-break Pool stage matches Edinburgh Rugby became the first Scottish club to claim Pool honours […]
Saturday 14th Jan saw the fourths commence their Forester Cup campaign with a hard fought victory over City of Derry threes at Kilraughts Road. Ballymoney Fourths 11 V’s City of Derry Thirds 3 The opening period of the first half saw the Ballymoney side take the game to their opponents. City of Derry defended hard […]
On a recent visit to the Maiden City we found Tomorrows, the perfect place to keep you perfectly dressed for all occasions. Owners, the Morrow family from Derry celebrated 79 years of business in the city when they opened their new bridal salon in October 2006. The directors, husband and wife team Dermot and Clare […]
The Ireland Fund of France is to present Stephen Roche with the Wild Geese Award at its Gala Dinner on Friday 10 February, 2012. 2012 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stephen Roche’s most remarkable sporting feat. By any standards he was one of the finest cyclists of his generation with 58 career wins, and it […]