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Club Friendly: Queen’s University II 6 Club KV 1
I picked up a quick 25 minutes of the women’s hockey friendly between Queen’s University 2nd XI and Club KV early Saturday afternoon at the Dub. It was an enjoyable game which was keenly contested while I was there. Queen’s took an early lead with the mercurial Megan Getty threading the opener between the keeper…
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Schools Rugby: Banbridge Academy win Graham Cup.
We caught up with one of our featured schools on Saturday morning as Banbridge Academy competed in the Graham Cup, hosted and organised by Grosvenor Grammar School. The competition featured four schools; Grosvenor Grammar, Antrim Grammar, Banbridge Academy and Rainey Endowed. The teams played each other in a round robin of 6 games with each…
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Championship 1: Cooke 33 CIYMS 15
I caught up with my favourite league on Friday night as cooke entertained, one of our featured clubs, CIYMS in the opening round of Championship 1. The opening exchanges were a bit stop start as the teams adjusted to the new tackle heights, however the changes do look as though they will benefit the game…
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Club Hockey: Portadown Ladies U15 Girls Hockey Tournament Finals.
After a bit of a delay due to the Antrim Coast Half Marathon I eventually caught up with Finals Day at the Portadown Ladies Hockey Club U15 Girls Tournament at Edenvilla Park on Sunday. I picked up three games, the 5th-6th place play off, the 3rd-4th place play off, and the final. In the 5th-6th…
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Junior Cup: Carrickfergus 15 CIYMS 0 Group 1
We caught up with CIYMS at Carrickfergus on Saturday afternoon as they kicked off their season with a Junior Cup Group 1 match. It was a bit of a scrappy first half at the Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon as the teams dusted off the cobwebs and adjusted to the new tackle laws…
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Representative Friendly: Ulster U18 Boys 6 Wessex Spartans 3
We caught up with the second match in the representative series between Ulster Hockey Boys and Wessex Spartans on Saturday morning at Jordanstown with Ulster represented by their U18 side. The first quarter was a close affair with both side having chances though Wessex probably enjoying the bulk of territory and possession. Just as it…
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Junior Shield: Academy 66 Donaghadee 0
Academy kicked of their season with a big win in the Junior Shield Group 3 match against Donaghadee at Roughfort on Friday night. With the nights starting to draw in I only covered the first half of this game but there was plenty of action as Academy racked up a 26 – 0 lead in…
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Chester Cup: Larne 26 Randalstown 12
We caught up with the Chester Cup match between Larne and Randalstown at The Glynn on a pleasant Saturday afternoon. Larne were keen to pick up a win after a difficult season last season and they were quick off the mark with an early try from Eddie Hunter who made the most off an out…
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Representative Friendly: Ulster Development 10 AIL Select 14
An Ulster Development side played an, Ulster based, AIL Select side on a very wet and windy Friday evening at Gibson Park, home of Malone RFC. Storm Betty made conditions very difficult and it was an error strewn match with play largely concentrated at the top end of the pitch thanks to the prevalent wind.…
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Representative Friendly: Ulster U16 17 Connacht Blues 10
Ulster U16 girls also got a run out at Enniskillen on Saturday afternoon with a combined clubs side from Connacht standing in at late notice. The game was played over two 35 minute halves. The Ulster side was first on the scoresheet after a scorching break out wide by Eva Draycott gave them a 5…