The Royal School Armagh Sports
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1st XI Superleague: Grosvenor Grammar School 0 The Royal School Armagh 5
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On a grey, but mild Saturday morning, The Royal School Armagh were the visitors to east Belfast to play Grosvenor Grammar School in a Superleague Tier A Group A fixture. Daisy Nicholson gave RSA a 1st minute lead In their first attack Daisy Nicholson gave RSA the lead, after only a minute’s play. Despite the
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1st XI Superleague: Royal School Armagh 3 Friends School Lisburn 0
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We caught up with The Royal School Armagh and Friends’ School Lisburn on Thursday afternoon for a rearranged 1st XI Superleague Pool 1 match at College Hill. After the previous days excesses it was quite a pleasant afternoon for some top class hockey and the teams didn’t disappoint. Friends enjoyed a strong start to the
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U14 Superleague: Friends’ School 1 Royal School Armagh 0
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I caught up with the early morning U14 Superleague fixture between Friend’s School and The Royal School Armagh on Saturday morning in Lisburn. It was a great way to start my busy Saturday with both teams producing an entertaining match. Action from the U14 Superleague match between Friends’ School and The Royal School Armagh at
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1st XI Superleague: Royal School Armagh 2 Portadown College 1
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We caught up with, defending champions, The Royal School Armagh in their opening Superleague match where they hosted Portadown College at their new pitch at College Hill on Wednesday afternoon. Both teams appeared to be up for this one with Armagh forcing an early penalty corner before Portadown broke downfield for Emily Adamson to fire
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Adam Bickerstaff, Cal Banyard, Callum Moore, Cameron Dale, Josh Lowey, Kai Sterritt, Shay Ritchie, Tom NicholsonSchools Friendly: Bangor Grammar 21 The Royal School Armagh 19
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The Royal School Armagh were the visitors to Bangor Grammar School for an early season Friendly. The effects of the hot sun were dissipated by a deceptive breeze, blowing straight down the pitch. The opening minutes were punctuated by handing errors, as players sought to ease out the early season rustiness. Training pitch moves were
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Girls Schools Cup: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 10 The Royal School Armagh 2 Final
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Late Thursday morning Enniskillen Royal Grammar School faced The Royal School Armagh, in the Girls Schools Cup Final, at Kingspan Stadium. The final was played in a ’Sevens Format’, over 4 x 7 minute quarters. Only tries counted, as a single point, with no conversions, nor penalty nor dropped goals. Enniskillen Captain and Player of
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McDowell Plate: Portadown College 4 Royal School Armagh 2 Final
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Portadown College and the Royal School Armagh 2nd XI’s contested the McDowell Plate on a damp, cold and wet Wednesday afternoon at Stormont Pavillion. Portadown got off to the best of starts with Emily Adamson netting an early penalty corner in the 2nd minute. Emily Adamson netted a hat-trick for Portadown against Royal School armagh
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Junior Shield: Friends School 3 The Royal School Armagh 0 Final
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Stormont was again the venue for day 3 of the girls’ finals. I talked a lot about the weather conditions for the McDowell Shield final. They only got worse for the Junior Shield Final between Friends and The Royal School Armagh. This Under 14 Age Group final is played over 2 x 20 minute halves.
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Senior Cup: Strathearn 0 The Royal School Armagh 2 Final
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Stormont was the venue for Wednesday’s the Senior Girls Cup Final, between Strathearn and The Royal School Armagh. A large and very vocal crowd welcomed both schools at the walk on. Whether it was the occasion and nerves but both sides made a cagey start with passes going astray or failure to control first touches.
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Senior Cup: Banbridge Academy 1 The Royal School Armagh 4 Semi Final
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Stormont hosted a double header of Senior Schoolgirl semi finals on Wednesday afternoon. First up was a Co Armagh/Co Down affair between arch-rivals Banbridge Academy and The Royal School Armagh. Alyssa Somerville leaps highest to celebrate her equaliser for Banbridge Armagh took the lead on 3 minutes, courtesy of a penalty stroke, converted by Scarlett
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Senior Cup: Royal School Armagh 2 Methodist College 0 Quarter Final
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It was an early start on saturday morning with an hour drive to Armagh for a 9:30 pass back between Royal School Armagh and Methodist College Belfast in the quarter final of the Schoolgirls Senior Cup. The game started in a heavy mist and defending champions Methodist College knew they had a stiff test ahead
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Medallion Shield: Ballyclare High School 6 Royal School Armagh 22
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I caught up with the rearranged Medallion Shield match between Ballyclare High School and The Royal School Armagh at Ballyclare on Tuesday afternoon. Ballyclare got off to a good start with early pressure yielding a penalty, converted by Harry Thompson on the third minute. Unfortunately, for the home side, Armagh pretty much took control of
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Medallion Shield: Royal School Armagh 52 Lurgan College 0
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We caught up with The Royal School Armagh and Lurgan College for their Medallion Shield Match on Saturday morning in Armagh. The home side showed total dominance from early on with two tries initially ruled out for infringements before Armagh’s No 5, Starrett crashed over to open the scoring, the conversion going wide. Armagh’s Starrett
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Adam Boyd, Connor Pattan, Conor Bell, Jonah Power, Peter Elliott, Ronan Hamilton, Ross Dillon, Ruairi Lester, Zack SurphisMedallion Friendly: Royal Belfast Academical Institution 55 The Royal School Armagh 0
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On Saturday morning The Royal School Armagh were the visitors to an overcast Osborne Park to play Royal Belfast Academical Institution in a Medallion friendly. In a shortened game, Inst dominated in every aspect, controlling set pieces, allowing their backs to express themselves. Inst opened the scoring, after 5 minutes, with a try by debutant,
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1st XI Super League Tier A Final: Methodist College 0 The Royal School Armagh 1
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Late on Wednesday afternoon, under lights, Methodist College Belfast played The Royal School Armagh in the 1st XI Super League Tier A Final, part two of a double header at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club. Defenders surrounded & shut down attackers For 3 quarters and almost all of the 4th, this was a scoreless, high intensity, high speed
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Aaron Mitchell, Adam Bennett, Archie Johnston, Ben Murphy, Daniel Bennett, Finn Fenhert, Joey Ashby, Josh Watterson, Kai Sterritt, Robbie McMinn, Thomas DouganSchools Friendly: Belfast High School 5 Royal School Armagh 55
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We took the opportunity to catch up with The Royal School Armagh on Saturday morning as they visited Belfast High School for a 1st XV friendly match. We’ve caught up with the High School a few times this season and they are a much improving side and this was the sort of challenge they needed