On Wednesday Ulster Hockey held its annual Pearson Cup tournament, at Stormont, for primary school boys. After a series of preliminary tournaments, across the province, the 18 qualifying primary schools met on a grey drizzly morning. As the tournament progressed, so the rain got heavier and coupled with a bitingly cold wind, the wind chill dropped the temperature significantly.

The qualifying schools were Friends PS, Mossley PS, Gorran PS, Bocombra PS, Cookstown PS, Inchmarlo Prep, Sullivan Upper Prep, Bready PS, Antrim PS, Downshire PS, Whitehead PS, Harpur’s Hill PS, Pond Park PS, Ballytrea PS, Markethill PS, Strandtown PS, Ballyholme PS, and Irvinestown PS.