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Medallion Shield
The Medallion Shield is an annual rugby union competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The competition is open to all schools within Ulster, but only schools from within Northern Ireland currently enter, with no entries from schools situated in the three Ulster counties within the Republic of Ireland. The competition has been contested continuously since its inception in 1910 and, in that time, fourteen different schools have secured at least a shared win of the shield. Teams entering the Medallion Shield are composed of boys who are under 15 years of age at the start of the school year. Entry in 2012-13 stood at 38 schools. Campbell College, Belfast, has won 5 outright, most recently being the 2022 season. The 2023 competition resulted in a final between Ballymena Academy and Royal Belfast Academical Institution with RBAI winning 10-7.RBAI have now won the competition 35 times outright and shared it 3 times. Foundation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodist College Belfast
God with us , established = 1865 , type = Voluntary grammar , religion = Interdenominational , principal = Jenny Lendrum , chair_label = Chairwoman , chair = Revd. Dr Janet Unsworth , founder = Methodist Church in Ireland , address = 1 Malone Road , city = Belfast, County Antrim , country = Northern Ireland , postcode = BT9 6BY , local_authority = Education Authority , enrolment = ≈1,800 , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 11 , upper_age = 18 , colours = Navy & white , publication = ''The MCB Magazine'' , free_label_1 = Former pupils , free_1 = Old Collegians , free_label_3 = Preparatory schools , free_3 = Fullerton House Downey House , free_label_4 = Nobel laureates , free_4 = Ernest Walton , free_label_5 = Affiliation , free_5 = HMC, ISC, ISBA , we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymena Academy
Ballymena Academy is a mixed gender grammar school in the market town of Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1828 as a small provincial school for children in the town and surrounding agricultural hinterland. Admissions The school currently has approximately 1300 pupils and 128 members of teaching staff. The school has of mature grounds situated on the Galgorm Road, just west of the town centre. The school motto is ''Tenax Propositi'' meaning ''Steadfast in Purpose''. Following the August 2014 retirement of J. R. Hassard (announced on 19 November 2013), the appointment of Stephen Black (former headmaster at Antrim Grammar School) was announced on 7 March 2013; he became headmaster on 1 September 2014. Notable former pupils * John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Liberal Democrat peer, first Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly * Kirsty Barr, Olympic Trap Shooter, Commonwealth Silver Medallist, World and European Silver Medallist, Olympian for G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullivan Upper School
Sullivan Upper School is a mixed non- denominational voluntary grammar school in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and has approximately 1,100 enrolled pupils. The school motto is ', Irish for "with the gentle hand foremost". History Sullivan Lower School (equivalent to a primary school in modern terminology) was founded in 1862 by Robert Sullivan. After Sullivan's death in 1868, part of his estate was used to establish the upper school. Originally the two schools were based in Holywood's High Street, The lower school has been moved to a site beside the upper school and is now called Sullivan Prep which is a private school and the upper school has moved to a site on the edge of the town. The original building is now occupied by the town's public library. The 1994 attack On 17 June 1994, Garnet Bell, a former pupil, entered the School Hall during an A Level exam carrying an improvised flame thrower, containing petrol and paraffin. Bell discharged the device, burning six pupils, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalriada School
Dalriada School is a mixed voluntary grammar school in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The school draws its pupils from a wide geographical area and a range of social, religious and cultural backgrounds. In 2008 the school won the Northern Ireland State Secondary School of the Year award from The Sunday Times. Past headmasters (as Ballymoney Intermediate school) * Rev. J.B Armour (1878–83) *John Steward (1883–84) *J.M Stronge (1884-84) *James Dick (1884–85) *William Beare (1885-1901) *John Ramsey (1901–17) *John Christy (1906–17) *Jeannie McNeil (1906–24) (as Sandleford) *Jeannie McNeil (1924–31) *Alfred Ross (1931–39) (as Dalriada School, Ballymoney) *Alfred Ross (1939–48) *G. Edmund Gordon (1948–75) *Alan Reynolds (1975–87) *William Calvert (1987-2003) *Derek Boyd (2003–07) *Thomas Skelton (2007–Present) Present day Choirs The school has seen success with its choirs, its Chamber Choir winning the BBC Ulster School Choir Of The Year Competition in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyclare High School
Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are approximately 1,200 pupils at the school, taught by around 80 teachers. History The school was opened in the 1890s in the village of Doagh, a few miles south-west of Ballyclare. In 1904 it moved to Ballyclare itself, and in 1930, the school finally moved to its current premises on the Rashee Road in the town. In 2006, the school was awarded Investor in People. Sport The Medallion (under 15) team won the Medallion Shield in 1990 when Coleraine Academical Institution were beaten 8-4 in the final at Ravenhill. The subsidiary Medallion Plate competition has been won four times in 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2003. The 1st XV won the Ulster Schools' Cup in 1973 and were runners up in 2012 to Royal Belfast Academical Institution. The 2012 team was coached by Mr D Soper and Mr G Shaw. In boys' hockey, the school won the Burney Cup in 1931 and 1935. and al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Irwin (rugby Union)
David George Irwin (born 1 February 1959) is a former rugby union player who played for and the British Lions. Ireland Between 1980 and 1990, Irwin made 25 appearances for , scoring 8 points including 2 tries. Helped Ireland win the 1982 Five Nations Championship and a Triple Crown. British Lions In 1983 Irwin was also a member of the Lions squad that went on tour to New Zealand. Later years Irwin is currently the medical coordinator for Ulster Rugby Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Ulster Branch, which is one of ..., as well as being a practising GP in Belfast. References External links * 1959 births Living people Rugby union players from Belfast Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Ulster Rugby players Queen's University RFC players Instonians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Bell (rugby Union)
Jonathan Charles Bell (born 7 February 1974) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He played centre for Ulster, with whom he won the 1998–99 Heineken Cup, Northampton and , and has coached at Ulster, Gloucester, Glasgow Warriors and Worcester Warriors. As of the 2022–23 season he is defence coach at Ulster. Education Bell went to school at Coleraine Academical Institution, playing rugby there. He later gained a PGCE teaching qualification. Playing career Bell first played for Ulster as an 18 year old. He played one season for Northampton Saints in England in 1997–98. He returned to Ulster and in 1999 was part of the Ulster team that won the Heineken Cup, putting in a man-of-the-match performance against Colomiers in the final. Internationally, Bell made his Ireland debut against on 5 June 1994. He earned 36 caps for Ireland between 1994 and 2003, and played at two World Cups. Bell played his last game for Ireland against on 30 August 2003. He also played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Malone
Niall Gareth Malone (born 30 April 1971 in Leeds, England) is a former rugby union player who played out-half for Leicester, Worcester, Ulster and Ireland. Having worked as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy and as skills coach for Ulster's senior team, he has been Ulster's head video analyst since 2018. Educated at Methodist College Belfast and Loughborough University, he played for Leicester for six seasons, and won three caps for Ireland.Richard Mulligan, "'Old Hands' are back in the Ravenhill fold", ''News Letter'', 14 August 2008 After a spell with Worcester, he signed a contract with Ulster ahead of the 1999–2000 season. He played three season with Ulster before being released in 2002, after which he was appointed Director of Rugby at Bangor Rugby Club. He moved to Instonians as player-coach in 2005. He worked as a schoolteacher at Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Milliken
Richard "Dick" Alexander Milliken (born 2 September 1950) is a former Ireland international rugby union player. Education Milliken is a geography graduate of Queen's University in Belfast. Rugby playing career He toured South Africa in 1974 with the British and Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ... and at the time played club rugby for Bangor. Unhappily the following year (1975) he broke his leg and ankle together playing rugby. Following the injury he never regained his full athletic capabilities and was unable to add to his 14 Irish Caps. Nevertheless, he continued to play rugby for his home town Bangor and captained the 2nd Team in the 1977/78 season. Business career Milliken was a chartered accountant, CEO of Investment Bank of Ireland CEO, a directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Douglas (sportsman)
Arthur Douglas (16 August 1902 – 27 June 1937) was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player. Cricket A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in July 1925 against ScotlandCricketEurope Stats Zone profile in a first-class match.First-class matches played by Arthur Douglas at Cricket Archive /ref> He went on to play for Ireland on 13 occasions, his last match coming against the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormeau Road
Ormeau Road is a road in south Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Ormeau Park is adjacent to it. It forms part of the A24. History The road, as currently laid out, dates from the first decades of the 19th century when a bridge was built connecting Newtownbreda village to Belfast. This route was known more commonly as the ''New Ballynafeigh Road'' before eventually taking on the name of Ormeau House, the Marquess of Donegall's residence, which it passed by (and which in turn took its name from the French word , meaning 'young elm'). Ravenhill Road was the Old Ballynafeigh Road. ''Ballynafeigh'' is the name of the townland through which most of the Ormeau Road runs. It is an anglicisation of the Irish meaning 'townland of the lawn or green'. Areas of the Ormeau Road Start of the road The area at the start of the Ormeau Road is not known by a single name but contains a number of features. Close to the Markets area is the site of the former Belfast Gasworks, originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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