{"id":6963,"date":"2010-11-28T18:38:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=6963"},"modified":"2010-11-28T18:43:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T18:43:02","slug":"ards-rugby-club-notes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/ards-rugby-club-notes-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ards Rugby Club Notes: Roundup of results and up coming news at Ards Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Match Reports And Scores<br \/>\n1st XV v Seapoint \u2013 Game Postponed<br \/>\n2nd XV \u2013 Belfast Harlequins 48 v 5 Ards<br \/>\n3rd XV \u2013 Ards 5 v 36 Cooke<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchero.com\/clubs\/ards\/photos\/ards-3rds-v-cooke-27112010-87489.html\">CLICK HERE to enjoy 41 picture slideshow from Ards v Cooke<\/a><br \/>\nHeadline Pictures Photo 1 Johnny Garret<br \/>\nPhoto 2 Graham Martin<br \/>\nPhoto 3 Roger Scott<br \/>\n4th XV v CIYMS \u2013 Game Postponed<br \/>\nU19s \u2013 Methodist College v Ards \u2013 Game Postponed<br \/>\nU17s \u2013 Methodist College v Ards \u2013 Game Postponed<\/strong><br \/>\nThe early seasonal weather got the better of a number of games over the weekend, prompting the cancellation or postponement of a number of fixtures because a snowflake was forecast to land somewhere. This is unfortunately a sign of the times as health and safety takes precedence over everything else. This will undoubtedly have a knock-on effect as the season progresses, but hopefully all postponed or cancelled games will be rescheduled in due course.<br \/>\nThe scribe travelled to Limerick and back via Dublin on Saturday and only encountered stubborn resistance from the elements over a short distance in Kildare. But apart from that, everywhere else appeared to be fine and dandy.<br \/>\nOne cant help wondering if a touring side from Eskimo RFC would have cancelled last week because the pitches over here were too soft, just a thought.<br \/>\nSix Nations Ticket Applications<br \/>\nApplications for the AWAY 2011 Six Nations match tickets are now available for club members at the club.<br \/>\nITALY &#8211; SATURDAY 5th Feb 2011<br \/>\nSCOTLAND &#8211; SUNDAY 27th Feb 2011<br \/>\nWALES &#8211; SATURDAY 12th March 2011 <\/p>\n<p>All applications should be returned to the club by TUESDAY 7th December from 7pm.<br \/>\nFor More information and application forms, please contact Alastair Wilson, Robin Cole or Terry Atcheson.<br \/>\nSocial<\/p>\n<p>The club will be hosting a Table Quiz on Friday 10th December from 8pm. A maximum of 6 persons per team please, with prizes for the winners.<\/p>\n<p>The Teams Christmas Dinner Night will be held on Saturday 11th December from 8pm, so make sure you have your placed booked through your team captains for a great night\u2019s festive craic.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12th December sees the Mini sections Christmas party taking place from 2pm. More details on this event will be known soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tag Rugby<\/strong><br \/>\nBookings for the next set of schools Tag Rugby sessions, are beginning to fill up nicely with Londonderry Primary, Comber Primary, St Patrick\u2019s Primary and Killinchy Primary all set to avail of this fun sport early in the New year. Ards Arena is also introducing Tag Rugby into their activities on Monday and Thursday evenings in January 2011.<br \/>\nTag Rugby (none contact) is for both boys and girls and can be played both indoors and out.  Anyone who would like this great activity delivered to their school or clubs should contact Emma Hingston, the Sports Development Officer at Ards Borough Council on 02891 824000 or e-mail emma.hingston@ards-council.gov.uk to book their place.<br \/>\nFixtures &#8211; Saturday 4th December <\/p>\n<p>Ards 1st XV v Rainey Old Boys &#8211; AIL (Home)<br \/>\nArds 2nd XV v Virginia &#8211; League (Home)<br \/>\nArds 3rd XV v Clogher Valley- League (Away)<br \/>\nArds 4th XV \u2013 No game<br \/>\nArds U19s v Portadown \u2013 league (Home)<br \/>\nArds U17s v Instonians \u2013 League (Home) Kick-off 11am<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 5th November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ards Mini Section \u2013 Training from 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Saturday fixtures have a 2.30pm Kick-off unless otherwise stated.<br \/>\nPlease refer to the club website at www.ards-rfc.com for any late changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Reports And Scores 1st XV v Seapoint \u2013 Game Postponed 2nd XV \u2013 Belfast Harlequins 48 v 5 Ards 3rd XV \u2013 Ards 5 v 36 Cooke CLICK HERE to enjoy 41 picture slideshow from Ards v Cooke Headline Pictures Photo 1 Johnny Garret Photo 2 Graham Martin Photo 3 Roger Scott 4th XV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,16,11,813,3],"tags":[209,139,114,3813],"class_list":["post-6963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ards","category-belfast-harlequins","category-cooke","category-methodist-college-belfast","category-ulster-rugby","tag-ards-rugby","tag-belfast-harlequins-rugby","tag-cooke-rugby","tag-mothodist-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6963"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6970,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963\/revisions\/6970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}