Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Group Stages 2024/2025

Group Stage Qualifying (on or before Saturday 19th October 2024)

Wednesday 16th October 2024
Match A: Grosvenor Grammar School 27 – 5 Belfast High School
Match C: Strabane Academy 10 – 45 Bangor Academy

Saturday 19th October 2024
Match B: Lurgan College 27 – 9 Carrickfergus Grammar School

Group Stages:

Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Regent House 39 (7) – 21 (3) Down HS

Saturday 26th October 2024
Ballyclare HS 33 (5) – 5 (1) Lurgan College

Saturday 26th October 2024
Bangor GS 0 (0) – 40 (6) Rainey ES
Grosvenor GS 0 – 40 (4) Dromore HS

Saturday 26th October 2024
Enniskillen Royal GS 38 (6) – 22 (4) Coleraine GS
Foyle College 40 (6) – 0 (0) Bangor Academy

Wednesday 23rd October 2024
RS Dungannon 15 (2) – 17 (3) Banbridge Academy
Omagh Academy 7 (1) – 42 (6) Dalriada

Saturday 12th October 2024
Limavady GS 26 (2) – 14 (2) Larne GS

Saturday 26th October 2024
Cambridge House 0 (0) – 40 (7) RS Armagh

Saturday 26th October 2024
Belfast Royal Academy 47 (4) – 7 (1) Portadown College
Friends’ School 29 (5) – 7 (1) Antrim GS

Round 2 (on or before Saturday 9th November 2024):
Group A: Ballyclare HS v Regent House, Lurgan College v Down HS
Group B: Rainey ES v Dromore HS, Bangor GS v Grosvenor GS
Group C: Foyle College v Enniskillen Royal GS, Bangor Academy v Coleraine GS
Group D: Banbridge Academy v Dalriada School, RS Dungannon v Omagh Academy
Group E: Larne GS v RS Armagh, Limavady GS v Cambridge House
Group F: Belfast Royal Academy v Friends’ School, Portadown College v Antrim GS

Round 3 (on or before Saturday 7th December 2024):
Group A: Lurgan College v Regent House, Down HS v Ballyclare HS
Group B: Rainey ES v Grosvenor GS, Dromore HS v Bangor GS
Group C: Enniskillen Royal GS v Bangor Academy, Coleraine GS v Foyle College
Group D: Omagh Academy v Banbridge Academy, Dalriada School v RS Dungannon
Group E: RS Armagh v Limavady GS, Larne GS v Cambridge House
Group F: Antrim GS v Belfast Royal Academy, Portadown College v Friends’ School

It is hoped that schools will be able to play a full block of fixtures based on the Group Stages Draw.

The six group winners and four best placed runners-up from the group stages will qualify for the knockout stages of the Schools’ Cup and Subsidiary Shield, where they will be joined by the six Tier 1 teams (Ballymena Academy, Campbell College Belfast, Methodist College Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Sullivan Upper School and Wallace High School). The remaining teams will then enter into a knockout competition for the Schools’ Trophy and Schools’ Bowl.