Belfast Harlequins Rugby Club
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Carrick 7s: Lynda Warring Memorial Cup
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We sent The Front Row Union Academy girls along to the Carrick 7s on Sunday for the Women’s competition for the Lynda Warring Memorial Cup. There were eight teams competing in two pools of four. Pool A Cookie Monsters Queen’s University Lisburn Carrick POOL B Banbridge Ballynahinch Belfast Harlequins Novocastrians The teams in each Pool
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Brian Colclough, Hugo Godson-Treacy, Jan Andress, Liam McMahon, Matthew Dwan, Peter Quirke, Stephen WeirAIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 17 Blackrock College 29 Promotion Playoff
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Belfast Harlequins welcomed Blackrock College to Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon for an AIL 2B promotion playoff semi final. Report and pictures by Cyril Boyd. It was a cracking game of rugby at Deramore. The visitors started off strongly, and after being held up just short of the line, Blackrock’s, Liam McMahon crashed over the
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Goldsborough Trophy: 2022 U21 Club Rugby Competition
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Instonians hosted the 2022 Goldsborough Trophy at Shaws Bridge on Easter Monday with eight club sides taking place in the competition. The competition, which has been running since 1980 consisted of two, four team, leagues as below. LEAGUE ALEAGUE BInstonians RFCBallymena RFCSuttonians RFC*Belfast Harlequins RFCBangor RFCAcademy RFCEnniskillen RFCCity of Armagh RFC*Suttonians RFC come in as
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Aoife McTaggart, Emma McQuitty, Eva Cafolla, Hattie Ravenscroft, Jordanne Booth, Lauren Szymura, Melissa Traynor, Stacey BryceUlster Women’s Junior Shield: Belfast Harlequins 46 Lisburn 5 Final
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As part of a double header, Deramore Park, was the ‘neutral’ venue for the Ulster Women’s Junior Shield Final, contested by Belfast Harlequins and Lisburn. The venue was chosen before Belfast Harlequins won their way through to the final. The whistle had barely blown before Stacey Bryce touched down, under the posts and converted to
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Junior Shield: Belfast Harlequins 13 City of Derry 7 Semi Final
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On Sunday lunchtime Belfast Harlequins faced off against City of Derry in the Women’s Junior Shield semi final at Deramore Park. This was a full on, no prisoners taken encounter, with the prize a final to be played at Deramore Park. Defences largely cancelled each other out, with play confined to between the ‘22’s. City
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AIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 18 Galwegians 8
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On Saturday afternoon Galwegians made the trip up to Deramore Park, to play Belfast Harlequins in an AIL2B game. A strong wind blew diagonally across the pitch, causing problems in fielding high balls. Quins went in front on 4 minutes, when Paul Kerr, converted a penalty goal and increased their lead, though a try by
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Provincial Premier 1: Carrickfergus II 5 Belfast Harlequins II 10
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I picked up this match between my Schools Cup and Town’s Cup matches and having caught up with Carrick IIs a few weeks ago against Banbridge IIIs in a Crawford’s Cup match and I was expecting a similarly entertaining game. Unfortunately, this one was all about the hard yards in a bit of a bad
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McCambley Cup: Belfast Harlequins IV 22 Ballymoney IV 41
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On Saturday afternoon Belfast Harlequins IV’s took on Ballymoney IV’s in the McCambley Cup at Deramore Park. I took in the first half of what would prove to be a high scoring game. Ballymoney took the lead on 9 minutes, when scrum half Paul Roxborough knocked over a cheeky dropped goal from the base of
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Aloisio Vereimi, Enda Gavin, Guilherme Colghetto, James McConnell, Joel Dundas, Joshua Reeves, Malcolm Corry, Matthew Early, Paul KerrAIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 32 Sligo 22
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On Saturday afternoon Belfast Harlequins met Sligo in an AIL2B fixture at Deramore Park. I took in the second half of a high scoring game. Tries by Matthew Early and Guilherme Colghetto and a conversion and penalty goal by Joshua Reeves, countered by a penalty goal by Paul Kerr by Quins gave Sligo a 15-3
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Ulster Women’s Junior Cup: Belfast Harlequins 0 Co. Cavan 29
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On Sunday Belfast Harlequins met Co Cavan, at Deramore Park, in the quarter final of the Ulster Women’ Junior Cup. Bridget Reynolds scores Cavan’s opening try In early exchanges a large, mobile Co Cavan pack dominated proceedings, driving Quins back at nearly every collision. On 11 minutes this domination paid dividends, when Bridget Reynolds drove over
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Ulster Women’s Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 10 City of Derry 12
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On a damp, but mild Sunday lunchtime, City of Derry Women travelled to Belfast to play Belfast Harlequins Women, at Deramore Park in the Ulster Women’s Premiership. Report and images by Alan Campbell The damp underfoot conditions made ball handling difficult and this was only compounded. This was only compounded when a steady rain started
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Alex Armstrong, Conor Mawhinney, Gordon Stewart, Guido Adelade, Kevin Carrothers, Matthew Reid, Owen WintersForster Cup: Belfast Harlequins III 43 Dungannon III 10
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On a bitingly cold Saturday afternoon Belfast Harlequins III played Dungannon III, at Deramore Park, in a Forster Cup tie. Report and pictures from Alan Campbell. Belfast Harlequins had a dominant 1st half display In a dominant 1st half display, tries from Conor Mawhinney (2), Matthew Reid, Owen Winters and a conversion by Matthew Reid gave
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Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 35 City of Derry 5
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On Saturday afternoon City of Derry travelled to Belfast to play Belfast Harlequins in an Ulster Rugby Premiership League Game at Deramore Park. Images by Alan Campbell Harlequins had a blistering 1st half through tries by Kieran Tomlinson, 9 minutes, Ted Linton, 20 minutes, Jack Boal, 25 minutes and Chris Larmour, 35 minutes, all converted by
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Annie Timmoney, Emma McQuitty, Eva Cafolla, Jordan Agnew, Khloe Miller, Melissa Traynor, Stacey BryceWomen’s Junior Cup Belfast Harlequins 31 Cooke 2 5
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At Sunday lunchtime Belfast Harlequins Women met Cooke Women 2 in a Deloitte Women’s Junior Cup tie at Deramore Park. Quins attacked from kick off, pinning Cooke back in their ‘22′. After a series of drives Eva Cafolla got over for an unconverted try to give Quins a 5-0 lead on 4 minutes. Quins continued
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McCambley Cup: Belfast Harlequins IV 35 Co Cavan II 15
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I caught up with the first half of this McCambley Cup game at a quiet Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon. Quins applied pressure from the kick off and after five minutes of pressure on the Cavan line, Quins abrasive prop Kev Carothers twisted over for the opening score out wide. Any thoughts that this would
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Chris Larmour, Conor Byrne, Eoin O’Shaughnessy, James McKinney, Lucas Culliton, Malcom Corry, Matt McKelvey, Mickey Russel, Paddy McAllister, Paul KerrAIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 30 Wanderers
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Belfast Harlequins welcomed Wanderers FC to Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon for an All Ireland 2B league fixture with the teams sitting 4th and 3rd in the league ahead of kick off. It was a cagey enough opening quarter at Deramore. Wanderers missed an early penalty before sending the next into the corner for an