Tuesday saw the Under 14 Rugby Squad take part in their quarter final Ulster Cup match against a much fancied and experienced Strangford College team. After a long journey, the squad got themselves fully up for the fixture and approaching the end of the fist half found themselves 19-14 up on the extremely large opposition. […]
Our Year 8 rugby squad competed in the latest Ulster Rugby blitz, held once again at Ballymena RFC. The boys and girls in this squad have came on leaps and bounds since the start of the year and this was clear to see in their game play. A mixed bag of results over the games
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Our Under 16 rugby squad travelled to City of Derry to participate in their Northern regional Ulster qualifier’s on Wednesday, with the top two sides advancing to the finals day of the U16 High Schools Shield. Despite difficult opposition in Holy Cross Strabane, St. Eunan’s College Letterkenny and Sperrin Integrated, the boys battled proudly, just
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On Tuesday, the undefeated Cullybackey rugby team came up against very strong opposition in the form of Ballyclare High School. The team performed exceptionally throughout, spending the vast majority of the first half on the opposition line, only to drop the ball over the line and Ballyclare to run in a solo try to take
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Our Year 8 rugby squad competed in their first “Let’s Play” competition at Ballymena RFC today. With a quickfire four games in succession the squad grew in confidence and performance throughout the competition. A high scoring 6-3 loss was followed by a 3-2 loss against Abbey School. Game three saw the squad draw 1-1 with
Zack White has been taking part in Ulster Age Group training for the past few weeks at Ulster Rugby’s northern base in Londonderry. Last night, Zack played in several fixtures against other Ulster regions, coming away from the matches having given his all, with tries scored and several huge turnovers impressing the onlooking coaches. We,
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We were delighted to welcome Malcolm from MB Motors to Cullybackey on Friday. Malcolm has kindly agree to be a major sponsor of Football and Rugby development this year in school. This involves providing much needed sports equipment and accessories in order to propel our football and rugby teams further. With five football teams and
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The U14 rugby squad had their first ‘hit out’ of the season where they took part in the U14 7s tournament held at Carrickfergus RFC. The boys have been training hard on a Monday afternoon, and it was great to see the squad representing the school in a very professional manner. The boys played matches
Our U16 Rugby Team had a great time at the Rugby 7s Tournament at Ballyclare Rugby Club. It was fantastic to see so many of our pupils taking up the sport for the first time. A special thanks to our sponsor ‘Mortgage Wise’ for the new kit. We are looking forward to more fixtures soon!
Monday afternoon saw the return of after school rugby at Cullybackey College. It was great to see many returning faces, keen to make an immediate impact, especially with important fixtures fast approaching. They were also joined by several new recruits, which was so pleasing to see. We continue to encourage as many as possible to
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