Instonians Newsletter – Monday 27th Mar 23 |
Recent results / events  March - Recovery of pitches has started Pitch 4 re-seeded STAY OFF PLEASE!!   Pitch 1 – 12th April reseeding (approx.) Pitch 2 – 1st May reseeding (approx.) Pitch 3 – 1st May reseeding (approx.)   Mon 20th March – Instonians Youth Rugby help UTV In the wake of the Ireland grand slam on Saturday 18th March UTV wanted to speak to a local club Instonians were only too happy to oblige  https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2020-06-29/catch-up-with-the-latest-edition-of-utv-live From 12 minutes in.   Wed 22nd March – Instonians host or own Annual Des O’Donnell Youth Cup Schools featured included: Rathmore St Pats Lisburn LaurelHill 80 kids involved – playing rugby at a very good level Congrats on Rathmore for winning.    President’s pre-match swim A good selection of the Instonians family joined the president Owen Lambert for his pre-match swim. This is organised by Owen at all the away matches.   Some players needed a bribe “The water is a bit warmer in Fiji!!”  Mini Rugby Mini rugby welcomed Ballynahinch and Holywood to Shawsbridge on Saturday. Some great rugby was played by all clubs  So this Saturday, we have our festival. P1 to p5 being at Shaws Bridge. We aim to get going at 9am. P6 and p7 are at Osbourne playing fields Again 9am start  U12s Under 12 visited Belfast Harlequins on Friday evening. Played some tough matches. This week coaching: Tuesday and Thursday 18:30 to 19:30  U12s – Girls U12s girls trained last saturday morning - many thanks to Marianne Breen from Ulster Rugby for leading a very enjoyable session for the girls.  This week coaching at Shawsbridge 9am to 10am  U14s U14s hosted Wimslow RFC U14s    Instonians lost 10-17 in a close match, Both teams still friends afterwards.   Each team selected a player of the match from their opposition:     U14 coaching on Monday and Wednesday 18:15 start. Saturday away at Academy Festival U16s U16 won 40-0 away to Ballynahinch. Maybe the result of the season for the entire club? Training Wednesday 6:30pm. Saturday 1st April festival at Civil Service 11am  U18s U18XV played a friendly against Ballynahinch on Saturday After a slow start found themselves 14-0 down after 10 minutes. A gutsy display followed with a converted try from Instonians. Hinch then scored again making the score 21-7 but Instonians fought back again with another converted try. However Hinch scored at end of 2nd half making the final score 28-14 to the home side. Some poor discipline on the day cost the Stones side the match. Hopefully we will be able to arrange one final fixture. MOM award went to James Henry. The lads went back to the Club and watched the 3rd XV’s win against Lisburn 2nd XV.  U21s Academy Continue to train with 3rd & 4th XV on a Tuesday evening All new players welcome  3rd & 4th XV 3s defeated Lisburn 2s 39-17 in the semi-final of the Forster Plate Winger Teao Carolan showing off his pace by scoring a hat trick. The final is against Academy 2s at Shaws Bridge on Saturday 8th April. No training this week, next session Tuesday 4th April at 7pm.  4th XV no fixture last week Next fixture is wed 29 Mar Home to Ballyclare 4th XV Training Tues TBC  2nd XV No games last week This Saturday we play our last fixture of the league. Home to City Of Derry 2nd XV Kick off slightly early at 2pm 1st XV 1st XV won a tough encounter away to Bangor 1st XV Match report for 1st XV tough 40-17 bonus point win at Bangor, is on the club website.   Last home match is this Saturday:  Sat 1st April 1st XV home to Skerries 1st XV 1st plays 2nd!! Will be a cracker  For the team the same focus continues: “One game at a time!!” “Next job!!”  For adults team results and league tables go to Ulster Rugby & IRFU Website   1st XV – Ulster Rugby Premiership Division 2  2nd XV - League Table Ulster Rugby Provincial Premier Division 2  3rd XV - League Table Ulster Rugby Provincial East 1 – Phase 2  4th XV – League Table Ulster Rugby Regional East 1- Phase 2  https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues-old/men/league-tables/  1st XV – Division 2C  Full domestic fixtures on Ulster Branch Website   1st XV – Ulster Rugby Premiership Division 2  2nd XV - League Table Ulster Rugby Provincial Premier Division 2  3rd XV - League Table Ulster Rugby Provincial East 1 – Phase 2  4th XV - League Table Ulster Rugby Regional East 1 – Phase 2  https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues-old/men/league-tables/  1st XV – Division 2C   Articles to read:  FinalWhitle.IE Review of Division 2c  Other information: Sat 1st April - Ulster v Leinster match on the big screen 5.30pm kick off Food available Sat 15th April - Last league match of the season 19 Days to go!! Away to Tullamore – supporters coaches to be filled!!  Hello folks What a season so far! Final AIL battle on Saturday 15th April at Tullamore. We are organising as many buses as we need to get great traveling support pitchside. It'll be a great family day out. Bring a picnic and a few toots!  £10 a seat just provides cost coverage for a full 48 seater with toilet. (Entry fee for match not included so don't forget your euros!) Bus leaves Shaws Bridge Sports Association (large car park) at 10am. Return bus will leave Tullamore RFC at 5.30pm arriving back at Shaws Bridge at approximately 8.45pm.  Please support your Club. RICKETY!!  Buy Online Now https://www.seahorsesminirugby.co.uk/product/bus-ticket-to-tullamore/   Dead line 30th March - Be cool for the summer – Instonians Sliders!!    Fri 31st Mar - Last Friday of the month lunches
 “Instonians live” – an experiment in communication The “Instonians live” is an experiment by harry Mussen to try and streamline the live scores on Saturday afternoons. At the moment, Harry posts to four Instonian chats, the Ulster Rugby Scores chat and the Energia AIL Div 2 chat. Often, he resembles a whirling dervish! WhatsApp have just introduced the Communities function and he is trying to use it to make one post go to all our Instonian chats. It’s a work in progress and might well be superseded by the Instonians One App.  Instonians in the media Tiktok. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFqR62tL/ Instagram  Interesting in refereeing? Instonians referees Michael Pollock and Richard Sweeny would like to hold a few sessions for potential club referees that would like to be able to referee either school or club youth games. Michael Pollock 07710 602191 . INSTONIANS RFC – Pre Match Lunches at Shaws Bridge for 2022 / 23
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