ULSTER SENIOR CUP FINAL Friday 25th April 2008 Quins 22 - Ballymena 17

Willem starts where he intends to finish!	Early ruck seems easy enough!	Referee - you cannot be serious!
Darren zooms through for a great try!	Skinner and Stevie looks quite pleased - for the moment!	Another good scrum
Rory smiles in the face of adversity!	League and Cup Winners !!	Colin with, Tony, Philip, Norman, Pat, Judith and Mike - true supporters!
The prof supported by Alastair, Colin and Lenny	President Ronnie and the boys are back in town !	That's OUR boy !!

Quins v Barnhall Deramore Saturday 29th March

Rory nearly through, with Sparky in support	Stuart seems to want to take them all on on his own!	David and Atky look away, confident that G has all under control
Sparky returns for a scoring pass	Paul drives on, leaving would be tacklers behind	well won ball
Atky dives in under the posts for an excellent try	The Team - well done lads!	Ali needs some holding!
Roy with his team of technical assistants. (a proud man)	An early Spring version of the Young Lenny	Ronnie and Mo entertain our guests after the match- who still seem in good form. Good luck next season chaps!

P.S. as the referee was blue/blue colour blind, Quins volunteered to change to the red jerseys for the second half.

JAON:29/03/08

Quins v Suttonians Deramore 22nd March 2008

Darren eliminates the threat - Messrs Blake-Knox and Creighton in support.	A forward mellee- somebody had the ball origonally!	Willem takes out his man - but Shane would have murdered him anyway!
Neil soars - yet again	Alastair goes over for the first try	Wardy seems annoyed ? (and very small?)

WRR ON:22/03/08

Quins v Malone Deramore 1st March 2008

Shane and Rory chase to the cornerflag	Neil takes another good line-out	Driving on towards the line
Atky about to score	Willem puts us back in the lead	Darren and Sparky seem quite pleased !!

JAON:01/03/08

Highfield v Quins Woodleigh Park, Cork 16th February 2008

Ready to go !	Shane practising hand-trips on Atky?	Paul skins the lot for the first try
G , the Great Controller !	Drive on men!	The only kick Willem missed (only just) - but it was virtually from the half-way line!!
Lineout jumping is simple - says Wardy!	Sparky makes the vital try	Game, Set and Match!

and afterwards........

Hugh has just realised that Wes probably has a controlling interest in the Man of the Match champagne !	The players ordering their orange juice and Ballygowan	Skinner has just told Stevie and Solly that he was a better prop than Kelly!

 

Quins v DLSP Deramore Saturday 9th February 2008

On the Field

Darren grubber-kicks through	Try by Niall Conlon!	When Pypes goes on the rampage, even the forwards get out of the way!
Rory kicks, with Messrs Rankin and Logan in support	The pack leave the rough stuff to the backs this time!	Shane takes them on!

Thomas leaves his man trailing, supported by Willem and Sparky

Off the Field

Ronnie eyes with approval the DLSP Presy Sean O'Neill's speech and thinks, "I could use that"	Mervyn enjoys the company, while our man in Dublin, Tony Fleming, samples the wine
The Prof's pre-lunch Book Launch nearly rivalled the main event	Nice to see Roger Wilson and Tommy Bowe at Deramore - they'll have further to travel to see us next season!

 

Thomond v Quins Liam Fitzgerald Park Saturday 26th January 2008  meanwhile,  back in the bar ..............

Suprise, surprise, but the prof is amazed by the laterallity and  tri-dispositional co-ordinated layout of the candles.

Bective Rangers v Quins AIL2, Donnybrook Saturday 19th January 2008

Our line-outs were great	Our mauling and first half scrummaging was outstanding	The backs coped more than well in the driving rain
We "nearly" scored 4 times	Paul Mckenzie scored a great try early on	..but their defence was determined, their place kicker excellent.. and we lost !!

Quins v Old Crescent AIL2, Deramore park 12th January 2008

Faces in the Crowd

Stephen Kirkwood, father of Roger and one of the finest fly-halfs ever to have donned a NIFC shirt (source: S. KIrkwood, 12/01/08 and 14 previous occasions)	Alan Sturgeon,  match refereeing assessor, even had time to have  a smile at the profs' expert interpretation of the laws of the game.
Slyly loitering on the left, Gavin Mairs, trying to pick up a few potentially newsworthy comments from some of the game's great cogniscenti - Ray Coughlin, Harry Minion and John (aka Jake) Moore	"What made Milwaukie famous made a fool out of me" sings President Gregg  - the very welcome USA rugby tourists are not over-impressed !!!

The new England soccer coach finds Frank Sadlier's explaination of the Laws of the Game absolutely hilarious!

Faces on the Field 

Line - outs were great !	Paul McKenzie, picks the ball up off his ankles (The Prof estimates 27 mm from pitch level), after a great Darren Cave break and zooms in for the 2nd try !	Pypes decides to take them all on!!!
Old Crescent taking ball and man/men !	Neil McComb scores a brilliant try  - after  great backing up !	Rory B-K wraps it up with the final try, running in unopposed from  the half-way line!

Y.......E......S - it's a try !	Roger fires it out!	Wardy rises to the occasion!

JAON:12/01/08

Ballynahinch v Quins AIL2, Ballycarn Park Saturday 5th January 2008

Atky decides to sit this one out !	Waiting can be so boring !	Going down !
Pypes et al	Darren picks up (at pace!) and goes!	Shane supports and dives over !

JAON.05/01/08 

Quins  v Instonians First Trust USL, Deramore Park 22nd December 2007

JAON:22/12/07

Buccaneers v Quins AIL2, Dubarry Park, Athlone Saturday 15th December 2007

JAON/15/12/07 

Quins v Young Munster

AIL2, Saturday 1st December 2007

Deramore

Wardy & friends	Opening the game up	Waiting to pounce
Willem's nearly away!	Paul on the warpath!	The ball's somewhere!

Messrs Buchanon, Paton and Kinnear marvel at the technical skills before them	Some famous faces in the crowd?	Pypes is just a blur to spectators and opposition alike !
Sparky and Chris - nearly there!	Rolling on (merrily?)	Dev sets the line up
For what we are about to receive !	Grinding on ?	Spot the ball?