Hi girls, conditions were pretty awful on Sunday for a part although it did brighten up second half, it was so good to watch the game and see the team. Ref Kevin said that he is seeing all the time the ability level improving to the point where you all even know when he is […]
Ards Rugby Club Notes: I XV 38 v City Of Derry Rugby I XV 32, II V Malone, III v Omagh, IV v D’Dee
Match Reports And Scores 1st XV – City of Derry 32 v 38 Ards Kelly’s Hero’s Return Triumphant Laurence Kelly’s men silenced their critics with a superb 38 – 32 bonus point victory over City of Derry at Judges Road in the AIL on Saturday. Tries by Jason Morgan (2) Conor Piper, Taylor Ferguson, Gareth […]
Ards Rugby Club Notes: Includes special feature on Ards Ladies Recruiting @ Ards Shopping Centre / Pictures & Video
Pictures and video from Ards Ladies below. Once again all Ards teams fell foul of the freezing conditions with all games having to be postponed because of frozen pitches. This was a very disappointing but necessary decision to be made, and one that had to take the health and safety of players and officials into […]
Ards Rugby Club Notes: Reports – I XV v Rainey Pictures / Video of Play & interview with Lawrence Kelly also Minis Play at Holywood & more…..
Ards 2nds, 3rds and U17s, all fell foul of the weather on Saturday as games were cancelled right across the province due to frozen pitches. The 1st XV and Minis, only just managed to get through their games on the day, with yet more head scratching for the beleaguered fixture secretaries, as they try to […]
ARDS Rugby Club Notes
Ards will be digging deep this week, when they field 4 Senior teams, two Youth sides and a full compliment of Minis at the weekend. In the Senior section, the 1st XV will be hosting Navan in the AIL, the 2nds are away to near neighbours Holywood, the 3rds will be hosting Portadown. Meanwhile, the […]
Cois Beukes
The Ards rugby fraternity was plunged into mourning late on Thursday night, when news broke of the untimely passing of our good friend and head coach Cois Beukes. Cois had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in December 2009 and underwent major surgery to have a huge tumour removed from his […]
ARDS RFC – WELCOMING NEW PLAYERS MALE AND FEMALE TO PRE-SEASON TRAINING!
With the summer still in full swing, pre-season training has arrived once again to help get all the players in good shape for the season that lies ahead. Fitness testing of senior players on Saturday 17th July from 10.30am and full pre-season training for senior players on Tuesday 20th July from 6.45pm. Ards U19 Carrick […]
Cups
For many years now we have been covering the following tournaments in club rugby in Ulster and have often wondered – Who are these people, Forster, McCambley, Crawford? Thanks to the work of Colm O’Kane who has completed some work experience for us. So many people follow the game that we have been increasing our […]