Ophir RFC Annual 7-a-side Tournament Friday 15th/ Saturday 16th August 2014 The annual Ophir Rugby sevens tournament this year will be held over the weekend of the 15th/16th August at the Ophir RFC pitches, The Cottonmount, Mallusk. On Friday evening an u16s tournament will take place commencing at 6.30pm and on Saturday morning there will […]
Mallusk Club Ophir RFC celebrated quite a year at their annual dinner where the newly promoted 1st XV where celebrated with a gathering of friends. An honour to have reported on Ophir this season……. for more follow :>> https://www.facebook.com/ophir.rfc?fref=ts an extra special moment for this year included 2nd row KEnny Morton playing for the Ulster JNRS interpro […]
Randalstown 2nd XV 22 Ballymena 4th XV 12 A young Randalstown 2nds took their revenge on Ballymena 4ths at Neillsbrook on Saturday afternoon. The first half saw them run in four tries without reply. The scores came in a flurry after about 15 minutes played. First over was young Donnelly out wide. Then some good […]
Never write off the human spirit, this Ophir side have played 13 and won 13 they have rampaged across Ulster and though many had written them & Ken off last season the human spirit prevails. They are a credit to the game and delighted for them. TEAM! ARMAGEDDEN! SKILL! HARD WORK! Ophir come from behind […]
OPHIR STAY TOP by Ron Bell At the Cottonmount last Saturday it was back to Qualifying League action for Ophir Firsts after the previous week’s narrow defeat in the Gordon West Cup. Supported by Biffa and MCW Properties, Ophir hosted a visit from Belfast High School Former Pupils The opening minutes of the confrontation went to […]
OPHIR STILL UNBEATEN by Ron Bell Last Saturday Ophir Firsts, supported by Biffa and MCW Properties, crossed town to Stormont to meet Civil Service in their next challenge of the Kukri Qualifying league Section 4. Missing 4 key players, Karl Davis,Kenny Morton, Paddy McCabe and John-Joe Flood through injury or unavailability, this could have been a stiff test for the Cottonmount […]
Ophir firsts make it ten on the bounce in the league by Ron Bell Last Saturday at the Cottonmount, Mallusk, Ophir First XV, supported by Biffa and MCW Properties, hosted Cavan in the Kukri Qualifying league 4. This was a crunch match for both teams who occupied the top spots in their Section. Bitterly cold, […]
Ophir start the year in great form Supported by MCW properties and Biffa, Ophir Firsts had managed to get through the 2013/2014 season so far undefeated in all competitions. And last Saturday gave them the best possible start to the New Year with another convincing victory. The Mallusk team had defeated Armoy Firsts three times […]