Banbridge Academy Sports
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U14 Superleague: Banbridge Academy 1 Royal School Armagh 2 Tier A Semi Final
The final match at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club on Tuesday was the Tier A Semi Final between Banbridge Academy and Royal School Armagh, with both teams producing a thrilling game. Banbridge were quick out of the blocks with a goal by Casey Cousins a few minutes in the game. Bann went on to have the best…
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Schools Friendly: Banbridge Academy 31 Regent House 14
Despite schools being on half term we managed to catch a Schools Friendly match between Banbridge Academy and Regent House senior squads early Saturday morning. Banbridge took the lead thirteen minutes in with a try from their wing Darragh Knox, converted by Andrew Jackson and four minutes later the Academy full back Joey Mackrell crossed…
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All Ireland Schoolboys Championship: Day 3
The Group matches were played over Day 1 and Day 2 with the Semi Finals and Finals of the Tasmanian Shield and the Herbie Sharman Perpetual Shield played on Day 3. group sTANDINGS The group winners progress to the semi finals of the Tasmanian Shield and the group runners up progress to the semi finals…
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All Ireland Schoolboys Championship: Day 2
The group stages of the All Ireland Schoolboys Championship continued with the Group games on Day 2. Once again we focused our coverage on our Featured Schools in Group 3 and Group 4 whose matches were played at Banbridge Academy and Havelock Park. GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3GROUP 4Bandon GrammarCookstown HighBanbridge AcademyFriends‘ SchoolBangor GrammarSt Andrews CollegeNewtown…
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All Ireland Schoolboys Championship: Day 1
We caught up some of the games in the Irish Hockey Schoolboys Championship hosted by Banbridge Academy on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday of this week. The Championship featured 16 teams in four groups with the group winners going into the semi finals of the Tasmanian Shield and the group runners up the semi finals of the…
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Schools Cup: Carrickfergus Grammar 7 Banbridge Academy 63 Pool E
We caught up with the Schools Cup Pool E match between Carrickfergus Grammar and Banbridge Academy on Saturday morning at Carrick. Schools Cup Results and Standings Banbridge were quick out of the blocks applying early pressure to the Carrick line and the visitors opened the scoring after 4 minutes with Callum Little going over out…
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1st XI Superleague: Banbridge Academy 2 Strathearn School 0 Quarter Final
Banbridge Academy welcomed Strathearn School to Havelock Park on Thursday afternoon for a 1st XI Superleague Quarterfinal match. I surprisingly, dry conditions, the home team started off strongest and quickly moved into the lead with a lovely deflected finish by No 6, Alyssa Somerville off a shot from Ellen Jack. High fives from Alyssa Somerville…
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1st XI Superleague: Larne Grammar 0 Banbridge Academy 4
My second match at Upper Cairncastle Road was the Group 2 Superleague match between Larne grammar and Banbridge Academy, Larne needing a win to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knock out rounds alive. The teams battled out a tight first quarter. It was a tight first quarter with both sides creating a couple…
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Schools Friendly: Banbridge Academy 21 Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 7
After catching an early Saturday morning 1st XI Superleague hockey match at Dromore I popped on down to Banbridge Academy for the second half of their senior friendly match against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School. The first half was ending on my arrival with Banbridge defending a 7 – 0 lead by virtue of a Luke…
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1st XI Superleague: Banbridge Academy 2 Coleraine Grammar 1
I caught up with the match between Banbridge Academy and Coleraine Grammar in the second round of the Ulster Hockey Schools 1xt XI Superleague on Wednesday afternoon at Havelock Park. Unfortunately Coleraine were delayed due to traffic and the match started 30 minutes late. As I’d a 3:00 pm appointment at Dromore I was only…
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Senior Friendly: Larne Grammar 14 Banbridge Academy 26
It was a quick dash from the hockey to capture the schools senior friendly between Larne and Banbridge at Upper Cairncastle Road. There was no score when I arrived part way through the first half but Banbridge were applying pressure on the Larne line. The visitors got the scoreboard up and running minutes later with…
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1st XI SUPERLEAGUE: Banbridge Academy 0 Wallace High School 0
The newly laid pitch at Havelock Park was the venue for Wednesday’s 1st XI Superleague fixture between Banbridge Academy and close rivals Wallace High School. The threatened heavy rain thankfully turned out to be a prolonged light shower. However it was dank, overcast and cool. 1st quarter pressure on the Wallace goal Both sides showed early…
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Andrew Jackson, Daniel Hutchinson, Darragh Knox, Dr Francis Vassey, Harry Wan, Jack Shaw, Joey Mackrell, Noah HaugheySchools 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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All Ireland School Hockey: The June Smith Trophy 2023
We caught up with the June Smith Tournament, for Junior girls provincial champions, on Thursday afternoon at Loreto High School Beauford. The schools taking part were: UlsterBanbridge AcademyMunsterCrescent CollegeLeinsterLoreto High School beaufordConnachtsalerno high schoolsouth eastkilkenny college Fixtures The teams played each other once over 10 games, the results are shown below. MatchSchool School01Beauford00Salerno02Banbridge00Crescent03salerno02Kilkenny04Crescent10Beauford05kilkenny12banbridge06Crescent10Salerno07kilkenny01beauford08banbridge01Salerno09crescent00kilkenny10banbridge10beauford Final standings…
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Netball NI Schools Finals Day
On Friday, at Lisburn Racquets, Netball NI held its Schools Finals Day. Sixteen finals took place in the Minor, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Age Groups. One of our featured schools, Banbridge Academy, appeared in three of the finals. Junior Shield: Banbridge Academy A 14 Glenlola Collegiate 20 This was a very even contest with only…
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Dowdall Cup: Banbridge Academy 4 Friends School Lisburn 0 Final
We caught up with Banbridge Academy and Friends School Lisburn 2nd XI’s as they competed for the Dowdall Cup at Havelock Park on Wednesday afternoon. The match started just as, the now habitual, rain kicked in. It looked as though it was going to be a tight game as the teams battle out a fairly…