Sullivan Upper School Sports
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Richardson Plate: Sullivan Upper 5 City of Armagh High 0 Final
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We caught up with the Richardson Plate FInal between Sullivan Upper and City of Armagh High Under 15 sides at Havelock Park on monday afternoon. This was one of my favourite games of the schools finals, the first half largely featuring Sullivan Upper in attack and Armagh defending resolutely. Trying to cover this game at
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Bannister Plate: Sullivan Upper School 3(0) Wallace High School 3 (3) Final
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Early Monday afternoon Sullivan Upper U13XI faced Wallace High School U13XI in the Bannister Plate Final at Havelock Park. There was a lot of sounding out in the 1st quarter with neither team grabbing the initiative. The quarter ended scoreless. Joshua Patterson opened the scoring The 2nd quarter was equally as dour before Joshua Patterson gave Wallace
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Gibson Plate: Sullivan Upper 3XI 0 (1) Strathearn 3XI 0 (2) Final
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We caught up with the Gibson Plate match between Sullivan Upper and Strathearn 3XI’s on Tuesday afternoon at Stormont. The game ebbed and flowed over the 60 minutes with Sullivan enjoying the best of the first quarter only for Strathearn to have the edge in the second quarter. Action from the Gibson Plate Final between
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Dylan Moreland, Harry McCartney, Jacob Dumigan, Jake Lynch, Ollie May-McCombe, Ronan Naysmith, Zach GordonMedallion Shield: Sullivan Upper School 17 Wallace High School 19 Final
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On Tuesday afternoon Sullivan Upper School and Wallace High School clashed in the Medallion Shield Final at Ravenhill. On a sunny afternoon both teams served up a cracker of a game. Harry McCartney scored Sullivan’s early try In a hectic start Sullivan were quickly in the lead. A chip kick into Wallace’s in goal took a
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Regent House and Sullivan Upper U12 Girls Hockey Hit Out
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On Friday afternoon the assembled U12 Squads from Regent House School and Sullivan Upper School held a ‘hit out’ in Newtownards. This was the first time that the girls had played an 11 aside game against opposition and the first time that they had represented their respective schools. There was much excitement! In the ‘A’
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Burney Cup: Banbridge Academy 3 Sullivan Upper 1 Semi Final.
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We caught up with the Burney Cup Semi Final between Sullivan Upper and Banbridge Academy on Wednesday afternoon at Havelock Park. The teams battled out a scoreless first quarter. Banbridge looked to have the initial upper hand but Sullivan came more into the game as the quarter progressed. Action from the Ulster Schoolboys Burney Cup
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Medallion Shield: Sullivan Upper 45 Royal School Armagh 2 Semi Final
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We caught up with the Medallion Shield Semi Final between Sullivan Upper and The Royal School Armagh on Saturday morning at Wallace High School. It was a classic game of two half’s as Armagh had the better of the first half in terms of territory and possession, coming close to scoring on a couple of
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Schools Cup: Sullivan Upper 10 Ballymena Academy 22 Quarter Final
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We caught up with the Schools Cup Quarter Final between Sullivan Upper and Ballymena Academy at Belfast Road on Saturday morning. Ballymena got off to a good start as an early penalty from James McMillan, quickly followed by a try from William Wylie gave the visitors an 8 – 0 lead after 8 minutes. William
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Medallion Shield: Methodist College 3 Sullivan Upper School 10 Replay
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On Tuesday afternoon Methodist College faced Sullivan Upper School in a replay of Saturday’s drawn Medallion Shield Quarter Final Tie at Pirrie Park. A deceptively strong cold wind blew diagonally across the pitch. Saturday’s encounter was a tense, pulsating affair. The scene was set for an epic! Sullivan set about Methody in the opening moments
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Senior Cup: Sullivan Upper 1 Rainey Endowed 3
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We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Schoolgirls Senior Cup Quarter Final Between Sullivan Upper and Rainey Endowed at Holywood on Monday evening. It was another high quality game in this competition as the two evenly matched teams battle it out under the floodlights at Sullivan. It was a fairly even first half. Sullivan just
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Medallion Shield: Sullivan Upper School 7 Methodist College 7 Quarter Final
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On Saturday morning Sullivan Upper School and Methodist College met in an eagerly anticipated quarter final tie in the Medallion shield in Holywood. Previous meetings this season had been closely contested affairs. The grey, damp day overhead and the soft pitch after the week’s rain, added jeopardy to ball handling. From kick off Sullivan took
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Gibson Plate: Sullivan Upper 3XI 1 Omagh Academy 3XI 0
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On a cold, sunny Wednesday afternoon Omagh Academy 3XI were the visitors to Holywood to play Sullivan Upper School 3XI in a Gibson Plate 2nd Round Tie. For all their efforts neither side could impose themselves in a scoreless 1st half. In the 3rd quarter Sullivan began to exert pressure and for long periods Omagh were trapped in
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McDowell Shield: Sullivan Upper 2XI 2 Ballymena Academy 2XI 0
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On a cold, sunny Wednesday afternoon Ballymena Academy 2XI were the visitors to Holywood to play Sullivan Upper School 2XI in a McDowell Shield 1st Round Tie. Sullivan edged possession and territory in the 1st quarter but couldn’t make it tell in front of goal. The 1stquarter was scoreless. Isla Wiltshire, 8, put Sullivan ahead Though Ballymena
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Senior Cup: Ballymena Academy 1 Sullivan Upper 3
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We caught up with the Ulster Schoolgirls Senior Cup match between Ballymena Academy and Sullivan Upper at Galgorm Road on Saturday morning. Due to a later starting time we were only able to pick up the first half of this one. In an energetic performance Sullivan’s Emily Walls picked up the only goal of the
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Senior Friendly: Carrickfergus Grammar 0 Sullivan Upper 0
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I caught up with our friends at Carrick Grammar and Sullivan Upper as they enjoyed an extended squad hit out ahead of a series of cup games. The match was played in wet and windy conditions, so much so, I had to move from my usual spot along the baseline to the sideline to prevent
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Medallion Shield: Sullivan Upper 25 Banbridge Academy 0
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We caught up with the Medallion Shield match between Sullivan Upper and Banbridge Academy at Sullivan on Saturday morning. Sullivan had too much firepower and two tries either side of half time eased them through to the next round of this year’s Medallion Shield. On 7 mins Sullivan worked the greasy ball wide and big