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Junior 4: Owls II 3 Coleraine III 3
I caught up with the Junior 4 league match between Owls 2nd XI and Coleraine 3rd XI at Roughfort on Friday night. It was an enjoyable game but it looked as though it was going to be a bit one sided as Owls rushed to a 2 – 0 lead in the first quarter. The…
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Schools Cup: Royal School Armagh 36 Omagh Academy 0 Group A
One of our Featured Schools, The Royal School Armagh kicked off this season’s Schools Cup group stages with a Pool A fixture against Omagh Academy on Wednesday afternoon at College Hill. Thankfully the anticipated storm didn’t arrive and the teams produced an entertaining game in front of “Rugby Royalty” Rory Best. It was a tightly…
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Under 16 Shield: Ballyclare High 20 Larne Grammar 15 Final
Ballyclare High School and Larne Grammar met in the final of the Schools U16 Shield competition of Wednesday afternoon at Roughfort. The storms stayed away for this battle between two local rivals and both teams served up an excellent game of rugby. Larne took an early advantage through a Will Millar penalty but Ballyclare hit…
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Premier Women: Queen’s University 7 Malone 32
We caught up with the Top Four Clash in the Women’s Premiership, on Sunday afternoon at the Dub, both teams going into the game with three bonus point wins from three games. I was expecting this to be a close and exciting match but Malone took control early in a disappointing error ridden game as…
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Championship 2: Academy 38 Letterkenny 10
I caught up with the Championship 2 match between Academy and Letterkenny at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon. With my previous fixture running over and a bit of traffic between the two venues I didn’t arrive at Roughfort until the end of the first half. Academy were leading 5 – 3 at my arrival, Stuart Martin…
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Women All Ireland: Ulster University Elks 2 Catholic Institute 2
My big match of the weekend was the Women’s All Ireland Hockey League match between Ulster University Elks and Catholic Institute at Jordanstown Sports Village early Saturday afternoon. This one had it all; two strong teams bristling with Internationals, a fair bit of niggile and excited entourage’s in the dugouts – great! It was a…
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Junior 2: Larne II 1 Ulster University Elks II 5
I caught up with the Junior 2 clash between Larne HC 2nd XI and Ulster University Elks HC II at Larne Grammar on Friday evening. It was a lively and enjoyable game, much closer than the scoreline would indicate with both sides keen to push forward. Elks opened the scoring at the end of an…
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Women AIL: Cooke 14 Ballincollig 24
I caught up with the Women’s AIL match between Cooke and Ballincollig late on Saturday afternoon at Shaw’s Bridge. It was a bit of a scrappy match initially but Ballincollig enjoyed a golden spell midway through the first half when Michelle O’Driscoll burst through the Cooke defence to open the scoring 13 minutes in. Allison…
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Championship 1: CIYMS 21 Grosvenor 27
I caught up with the Championship 1 clash between CIYMs and Grosvenor on Saturday afternoon at Belmont, a match with plenty at stake between these local rivals. Grosvenor started the game full of intent and they were 5 – 0 up after three minutes thanks to a cross field kick and touch down by Luke…
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Junior 9 Cup: CI V 1 Lisnagarvey V 5
I caught up with the Junior 9 Cup match between CI Ladies 5th XI and Lisnagarvey Ladies 5th XI early Saturday afternoon at Belmont. It was a fairly close opening quarter with both sides attacking freely, but neither side found their touch in front of goal. Garvey opened the scoring towards the end of the…