Banbridge elected to play with the strong Southerly wind towards the Clubhouse. Quins kicked off. Quins scored seven tries by Cave (22, 40, 71),Slabbert (30, 75), Robinson (63) and Kettyle(90)  -  :for notation see 15 Sept report. A hat-trick by Cave and a brace for Slabbert! But a special word for Robinson:he scored 3 tries for the  2nds (1pm KO) then subbed on for Keown, only to sprint under the posts from 40 m! Horner(4) and Slabbert(2)converted all but one of the seven. The Banbridge penalties came at 26 and 42. Hence the halftime score was: Banbridge 6 Quins 21. while the full-time score was Banbridge 6 Quins 47. So 4 wins from 4 matches by last year's unbeaten Champions. First-half subs were Karl Trask for Kirkwood,Steven Beattie for Voisey and Robert Logan for Philpott. Second-half subs were Alasdair Heatlie for Gillespie and Stephen Robinson for Keown. The latter led to  uncontested scrums as the 2 front-row subs had already been used. I thought finesse and panache were very evident in our back play:terms I would normally reserve for those great tennis players Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer.The handling at pace with the strong wind,combined with the timing of the pass to draw the defence, was top class. Of course Cave and Kettyle, both Ulster players were making their first appearance of the season, at Club level. So too was Philpott who unfort unately had to leave the field at an early stage. Also unfortunately, Rourke was yellow-carded after 69 mins for raking. A similar punishment did not obtain for the Bridge player , on the right wing in their 22, who tackled a Quins player without the ball. However full marks to Bridge for their mauling and rucking, and to Quins for their resolute defence.This was an excellent team performance. We look forward to Rainey at home in the Ulster League on 29th Sept and Thomond away in the All-Ireland Cup on 6 Oct. The Quins starting team was: 15 Mark Kettyle 14 Willem Slabbert 13 Darren Cave 12 Keith Pyper 11 Simon Rea 10 Thomas Horner 9 Roger Kirkwood 1 Conor Keown 2 Stuart Philpott 3 Craig Voisey 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Neil McComb 6 Andrew Gillespie 7 Colin Atkinson(C) 8 Chris McCarey Derrick Crothers (prof) Belfast Harlequins RFC PRO

Quins v Ballynahinch
Ulster Senior League
Saturday 15th September 2007
Deramore Park

Ballynahinch elected to play with the Westerly veering South-westerly wind . It often gusted strongly . Accordingly long touches were achieved on the North touchline.

Quins kicked off.

Hinch scored tries by J.Graham (10) and Megaw (79), Soper converted the first.

In between Quins  scored 5 tries,by Ward (14),McCarey ( 18), Blake Knox(24, 51) and Horner( 66), with all integers in minutes.
Horner converted the 1st & 4th, Slabbert the 5th , the latter also kicked a penalty(64) 

The half and full-time scores were therefore:
Quins 17  Ballynahinch    7
          34                      12
So 3 wins from 3 matches for the reigning Ulster League Champions
Performance, perseverance, and personnel were to the fore.
Ward brought all his power,strength, experience and knowledge in his first full game this season, winning many important turnovers.
McComb and McCarey excelled in the lineoutswith good back up from Wardy and Rourke ( welcome back from bridge-building).
Rea back from holiday, had a terrific run leading up to the Quin's 5th try. Gillespie tackled well and horner brought renewed concentration and composure.
Perhaps still too many turnoverswhile a little more covering would have saved both B'Hinch tries, noteably tthe 2nd.
Conor Keown (16) ,Stephen Robinson (18),Alasdair Heatlie (19) and David Creighton (20) subbed fro McGrath, Rourke, Gillespie and Kirkwood in the 2nd half.
B'Hinch loosehead was yellow-carded in the 2nd half and at least two knock-ons were given for charged-down kicks.

Well done team, coaches and management! Upward and onward. 

 The Quins starting team was:

15 Willem Slabbert 14 Rory Blake-Knox 13 Keith Pyper 12 Colin Atkinson (C)11 Simon Rea 10 Thomas Horner 9 Roger Kirkwood 1 Mark McGrath 2 Robert Logan
3 Craig Voisey 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Neil McComb 6 Andrew Ward, 7 Andrew Gillespie 8 Chris McCarey.

Derrick Crothers(prof)
Belfast Harlequins RFC PRO

Quins v Ards Ulster Senior League Saturday 8th September 2007 Deramore Park

Quins elected to play East to West against a light breeze and a strong diagonal Sun, thus defending the Clubhouse end. Ards kicked off. Suffice it to say,Quins were to score 5 tries,by Horner, McComb, Pyper, McComb and Jewhurst at 15, 29, 34, 58 and 62 minutes respectively, with Horner converting McComb's brace of tries and a penalty on the stroke of halftime. In the first half,and following a hamstring tweak, Stewart was replaced by Stephen Robinson(20) with Atkinson moving to the centre. In the second half,Conor Keown(16), Andy Ward(19) and Mike Willis (18 )replaced McGrath, Heatlie and Jewhurst respectively. Old friends AJ Derwin and Cois Beukes played for Ards. The latter , unfortunately, received a neck injury after 66 minutes, so the game was curtailed accordingly.We are glad to hear Cois is making a good recovery. So two Ulster League wins (we had no match on the 24th Aug) from 2 matches: Quins 32   Ards 3 ( AJ Derwin having kicked a penalty at 3 minutes.) The Quins starting line-up was: 15 Willem Slabbert 14 Rory Blake-Knox 13 Keith Pyper 12 Shane Stewart 11 Maurice Field 10 Thomas Horner 9 Karl Trask 1 Mark McGrath 2 Robert Logan 3 Craig Voisey 4 Graham Jewhurst 5 Neil McComb 6 Alasdair Heatlie 7 Colin Atkinson(Capt) 8 Chris McCarey. As in the Thursday night training sessions much has continued to improve:especially lineouts (good to have the Club Captain Chris McCarey back) and the achievement notably in the truncated second half, of more continuity and fluency. Looking to Ballynahinch at home next Saturday in the Ulster League, punting(finding touch from inside the 22 or not finding it outside the 22)requires some attention, as does turnovers at the ruck. I was impressed by Slabbert  and Pyper and indeed the pack in general. McGrath did well in his first outing at this level. But this was a good team performance on the inevitable upwards and onwards learning curve.Well done,men. Keep at it! Derrick Crothers(prof) Belfast Harlequins RFC PRO PS Many thanks to Emma for covering last week's game at the Dub,while I attended my son Mark's wedding.

Queens v Quins Ulster Senior League  1st September 2007 Upper Malone

 

Harlequins began the match facing towards the hockey pitches of the Dub and playing with a strong breeze at their backs. Proceedings began well with a tricky high kick well received in the backs, a clever break from Colin Atkinson was offloaded and powerfully finished under the posts by Keith Pyper on 3 minutes. The conversion was successful by Thomas Horner - on his welcome return to the fold. 0-7 to Quins.

The play went a little astray from here and Quins looked as though they would be punished following a penalty for not releasing. However their fullback's kick fell short of the distance and the score line remained.

There were nervous seconds as scrumhalf Karl Trask’s kick was charged down and Queens put in a very composed and huge kick to the corner with a left boot.Quins fortunately won a penalty in the resulting lineout and Horner managed to clear back to midway.

Queens showed a determination to throw the ball around as they played against the wind  - that Harlequins never really utilized to their benefit during the entire half. This tactic served the students well as they carved through several tackles in the midfield for a good score on 15 minutes. This was duly converted score 7-7.

The next period of play was fairly scrappy and indicative of a new side playing their first game together. Line-outs were not functioning and handling errors prevailed but Quins eventually won a penalty and another 3 points on the board taking the score to 7-10.

Play remained disjointed and following a high tackle on Willem Slabbert, Quins gained another 3 points from Horner’s penalty kick. Queens missed their opportunity to add 3 before the break with a missed kick at goal shortly afterwards.

HT score 7-13

The sideways wind and rain began at the resumtion of the match and Queens, using the wind to their advantage, now  scored a penalty 5 minutes into the second half taking the score to the narrow margin of 10-13. 7 minutes later after some better work by the pack Andrew Gillespie touched down and the conversion made for a more comfortable 10-20 scoreline.

Number 8 Stephen Robinson and scrumhalf Trask were replaced by new recruit Alisdair Heatlie and David Creighton.

Quins luck appeared to be improving as the sun returned and a powerful break and run in by Shane Stewart produced an unconverted tally to make the score 10-25 on 60 minutes.

Following some fraught activity Queens suffered the loss of their scrumhalf to the sin bin and Atkinson received a final warning and a penalty against him.

Harlequins remained in the lead 13-25.

Impressive phases were rewarded by a penalty now for Queens closing the gap again to 16-25.

With 10 minutes remaining Graham Jewhurst took to the field from the bench relieving Michael Willis.

With the weather becoming increasingly inclement, errors, including missed touchline kicks, knock-ons underthe  high ball, a yellow card and poor tackling went against Harlequins.

A rusty performance in all but not entirely unexpected for such an unfamiliar team at the outset of the season.

FT score remained 16-25.

Special mention must go the "Director of Media" who caused the crowd much nervousness balanced on an empty wheelie bin balancing the camera and an umbrella following the request for a preferable elevated position!

Welcome back to all and see you at home next weeks versus Ards.

15 Slabbert 14 McLaughlin 13 Pyper 12 Stewart 11 Blake-Knox 10 Horner  9 Trask 8 Robinson 7 Atkinson 6 Gillespie 5 McComb 4 Willis 3 Morgan 2 Logan 1 Voisey Subs: 17 Jewhurst 18 Heatlie 20 Creighton

EB 03/09/07

First Trust Ulster Senior Cup Final Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Dungannon Ravenhill, Friday 4th May 2007, 7.30pm

On a beautiful Summer evening, Dungannon elected to face the clock-end .Quins kicked off. Suffice it to say, Dungannon's Scott kicked five penalties at 10, 14, 30, 61 and 75 minutes and converted a try by sub Kirkpatrick at 23 minutes. At the very end, sub Magee added an unconverted try at 79 minutes. Quins' response was an excellent try by Cave at 41 minutes on the stroke of halftime, converted by Pyper who kicked a penalty at 58 minutes. Thus the halftime score was 16-7 to Dungannon and the final score was: Dungannon 27 Quins 10. Following Pyper's penalty we lagged briefly by only one score:16-10. In the second half, Creighton, Robinson and McLoughlin subbed on, as did Spence and Knipe as well as the try scorers for Dungannon. Frankly, like Man United on Wednesday,this our 33rd match of the season was one too many, especially given the unreasonable constraints placed on us by the Ulster Branch. Nevertheless congratulations are due to the new Champions who were, on the day, the better team. It gives me much pleasure in my 30th report of the season to thank a number of people: Firstly, Bertie O'Neill our active trustee for his support in photography and access to the website, along with Ken Graham and Graham McCluggage. Secondly, Conor Keown, our Team Manager for all his hard work and cooperation - his and my boss was Norman Johnston, Honorary Secretary GBHRFC - the three of us only met formally once, in the Bot, otherwise simply communicated: Norman and his team did a fantastic job on the World U19s for which Grafton Arena was a major venue. Moreover, without sponsorship, we would be a beaten docket and here we must thank Alan McKelvey (Marketing Chair)and James Kilbane (Grafton Recruitment and our top Sponsor). Finally, I want to congratulate our president Ronnie Gregg and his charming partner Hilary for a truly memorable season of wit and industry and to congratulate, and commiserate with Wardy, Solly and Maurice on a tantalising season in which we both plumbed the depths of despair and the ecstasies of success. It was a tight finish to a long season, being relegated by just one penalty goal, in the final minutes of the final game, at UCD on the 21st April. Here's to rejuvenation next season (!) as First Trust Ulster Senior League Champions. Quins fielded: 15 Mark Ketttyle 14 Johnny Lowe 13 Darren Cave 12 Keith Pyper 11 Simon Rea 10 Rory Blake-Knox 9 Roger Kirkwood 1 Niall Conlon 2 Stuart Philpott 3 Alan Rankin 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Graham Jewhurst 6 Andrew Ward (VC) 7 Colin Atkinson (C) 8 Andrew Gillespie Subs:16 Johnny Morgan 17 Ben Hanvey 18 Stephen Robinson 19 David Creighton 20 Gavin McLoughlin Dungannon fielded 15 John McGuckin 14 Mark Scott 13 Paul Magee(C) 12 Glen Telford 11 Neil Patterson 10 Mel Ferry 9 James Bates 1 Mark Neilly 2 Ciaran O'Kane 3 Glen Sinnamond 4 Michael Rainey 5 Simon McCarroll 6 Andy Hughes 7 Oisin Hennessy 8 Stuart Lamb Subs:16 David Spence 17 Andy Kirkpatrick 18 Chris Knipe 19 Liam Currie 20 Neville Magee Referee:Mr Marshall Kilgore (City of Derry RFC) Derrick Crothers (prof) GBHRFC PRO PS Many thanks to First Trust for their very kind hospitality, before and after the match.

First Trust Ulster Senior League Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Dungannon Grafton Arena, Deramore Park Saturday 28th April 2007

In this Ulster League Decider, the light, sometimes-stiffening breeze blew from the Clubhouse to the Black Mountain. Quins elected to play with it and the Duns kicked off. Suffice it to say, Pyper kicked 3 penalties on 11,40 and 45 minutes, sub Boyd (for Blake-Knox) scoring an unconverted try at 59 minutes. Either side of the latter, the Duns scored 2 converted tries at 51 and 62 minutes, to leave the score going into the fourth quarter at: Quins 14 D'gannon 14, which would have sufficed for the outright Championship. However Wardy, coming on for the injured Minnis at 60 minutes, scored the winning try off a driven maul at 67 minutes. Final score: Quins 19 D'gannon 14. This is not to say that we didn't have to defend: we did have to so defend manfully right to the end. Having won all 11 Ulster League matches, Grafton Belfast Harlequins secured the outright Championship and title of First Trust Ulster League Champions, season 2006/7. (It is most appropriate to remember the contribution that Chris McCarey made in scoring 15 tries in the first 10 games! Super!) Presumably since the actual trophy appears to have been at the Ulster Branch, it will be presented at the First Trust Senior Cup Final at Ravenhill next Friday evening when once again our opponents will be Dungannon. Incidentally I thought our rucking was excellent and that the five Senior players showed admirable leadership: Atkinson, Lowe, Pyper, Rourke and Ward. Nevertheless many of the less experienced players excelled. We did use the breeze well in the first quarter but perhaps not in the second. The Duns certainly did in the second half. All the very best to Wardy, Maurice and the team/squad next Friday evening. Quins fielded: 15 Jonny Lowe 14 Freddie Cuttle 13 Colin Atkinson(C) 12 Keith Pyper 11 Simon Rea 10 Rory Blake-Knox 9 Roger Kirkwood 1 Alan Rankin 2 Ben Hanvey 3 Johnny Morgan 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Peter Scott 6 Stephen Minnis 7 David Johnston 8 Stephen Robinson. Subs were: 16 Johnny English 17 Rab Logan 18 Andrew Ward 19 RobbieBoyd 20 Brian Howard The Dungannon team listing was not available. Referee: Mr David Armstrong (QUB) Derrick Crothers (prof) GBHRFC PRO

Semi-Final Ulster Senior Cup Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Ballymena Grafton Arena , Friday 9th March 2007 , 7.30pm

Quins fielded: 15 Jonny Lowe 14 Gavin McLoughlin 13 Mike McKeever 12 Keith Pyper (Club C) 11 Paul McKenzie 10 Rory Blake-Knox 9 Roger Kirkwood 1 Alan Rankin 2 Stuart Philpott 3 John Andress 4 Gareth Rourke 5 Lewis Stevenson 6 Andrew Ward (VC) 7 Colin Atkinson(C) 8 Stephen Robinson B'mena fielded: 15 Paul Campbell 14 Alan Smyth 13 Peter Buclina 12 Scott Young 11 Andrew Maxwell 10 Chris Smith 9 Ross Connor 1 Pat Steenkemp 2 Matt Harshaw 3 Andrew Ferguson 4 Ian Caldwell 5 Bob Young(C) 6 Andy Graham 7 Neil McMillan 8 Chris Henry On a beautiful Spring evening, Quins elected as Champions to defend the Clubhouse end. B'mena kicked off. In the first half, Quins scored at 10, 22 and 32 mins: 2 Pyper penalties either side of a great Andress try, converted by Pyper. B'mena's Maxwell scored a try at 5 mins and Connor kicked a penalty at 32 mins, to leave the half-time score at Quins 13 B'mena 8. In the second half, Kirkwood's excellent try under the posts at 14 mins interspersed with 2 penalties by Pyper at 10 and 42 mins. Of course Pyper converted under the posts. B'mena's only riposte was a try at 25 mins off a series of rucks and mauls during which Philpott was unfortunate to be yellow-carded. At no side, 45 mins into the half, the final score was thus: Quins 26 B'mena 13. And so to the Final as defending Champions next weekend. Scrums were fantastic though one or two lineouts were wayward. It was good to see our elan / verve / sharpness / fire  / fizz returned. A week ago on Thursday evening before the fateful Lansdowne match I thought we looked tired and jaded. It was good to have Philpott and McKenzie back, but of course Kettyle, Marshall and McCarey were all injured and Johnston was with the Ireland U19's. This, however, gives me a chance to congratulate all the Quins' men on their successes: Simon and Rory Best playing v Scotland today, Neil on the bench; Tommy Bowe and Roger Wilson in the Ireland squad; and Darren Cave (try) and Niall O’Connor (conversion) involved in Ireland's U20's Triple Crown win over Scotland contemporaneously with our match above. I thought our outstanding players, last night, were  -  and appropriately enough , Colin Atkinson (1st XV Captain), Keith Pyper (Club Captain) and Andy Ward (1st XV Vice- Captain). But many, many others sparkled, not least Rankin and Robinson on, I think, their first starts. McLoughlin's counter run set up the great first try! The mid-field triangle tackled like demons. Good luck in the final v Dungannon! Congratulations Solly! Quins: 26 (Andress 1T, Kirkwood 1T, Pyper 2C, 4P) Ballymena: 13 Derrick Crothers (prof) GCHRFC PRO

Ulster Senior Cup Quarter Final Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Rainey Deramore, 7.30pm, Friday 23rd February 2007

The nice sprinkling of supporters were greeted by a crisp, starry but windless night. The earlier rain left the pich moist but in excellent condition. Quins were missing Darren Cave and Niall O'Connor  - who were in Athlone with the Irish U-20s side. Paul Marshall, Stuart Philpott and Paul McKenzie were not released by Ulster. With Rory Blake-Knox injured, and Chris MCartey and Lewis Stevenson  given a well deserved rest, a number of additional changes were made. An interesting newcomer was the tall and athletic right-wing Erin Wagner, while Sparky's appearance at fly-half took him back to his school days - metaphorically only! Former Quin Michael Glancy's unfortunate bout of 'flu, saw him drop out of the Rainey side. The Kick-Off saw Quins defending the Clubhouse end and they went straight onto the attack. Rainey survived this early pressure, and the game began to level out with  both sides  guilty of multiple handling errors. However, tries by Kettyle and Gillespie, neither converetd by Pyper, saw Quins reach half-time comfortably 10 - 0 up. Quins 10 - Rainey 0. The beginning of the second half saw Rainey on the attack, but their attempts at penalties were no more successful than Pypes'! Quins began to exert their dominance and Erin Wagner blasted his way past some would-be tacklers to score an excellent try in the corner. Pypes this time decided to convert ! Quins 17 - Rainey 0. With the Quins pack now dominaant, the all-action John Andress barn-stormed his way over on the right for an excellent try. Pypes converted. Quins 24 - Rainey 0. Towards the end, a neat break by Roger Kirkwood and a beautifully slipped pass from Simon Rea, saw Erin Wagner presented with another opportunity.  This he firmly grasped with a driving run which agan saw tacklers left in his wake as he  "mowed" his way towards and over the line! With the referee getting cold, this proved to be the final score! Quins 29- Rainey 0. (Kettyle 1T, Gillespie 1T, Andress 1T, Wagner  2T, Pyper 2C) Quins: Jonny Lowe, Erin Wagner, Simon Rea, Keith Pyper, Gavin McClaughlin, Mark Kettyle, Roger Kirkwood, John Andress, Ben Hanvey, Niall Conlon (Alan Rankin), Gareth Rourke, Mike Graham, Colin Atkinson, Andy Ward, Andrew Gillespie (David Johnston). jaon 23.02.07  P.S. The only major blow last night, was the announcement by the Prof that his lap-top computer was seriously off-colour and was due to be taken into the PC hospital. However don't worry fans , he (and the computer) should be back in fine form next week!

First Trust Ulster Senior League Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Malone 30th December 2006 , Deramore, 2-30pm.

Quins elected to play West to East; Malone kicked off. After 1 min O'Connor with an extra 10m for non-retreating, kicked a 35m penalty to give Quins an early lead. After 8 mins Malone had a penalty reversed and from the excellent mauled lineout, Graham scored a try. O'Connor converted. Coulter kicked a penalty for Malone to give: Quins 10 Malone 3. After 15 mins, McClaughlin made a great break from a Quins lineout on halfway, linked with Ward who put Atkinson in, just to the left of the posts. O'Connor converted. This was Atky's first competitive match this season: welcome back! This was probably the best of our 6 tries. Quins 17 Malone 3. After 33 mins Quins were awarded a penalty for Malone for not binding and from the ensuing mauled lineout, Ward was probably at the bottom of the pile, with Graham, to score another pushover-try. O'Connor converted: Quins 24 Malone 3 which was the halftime score. In the 2nd half the game descended into the doldrums. But with the return of Stevenson after a yellow card for allegedly de-robing a Malone player, Andress scored a good try on 20 mins: Quins 29 Malone 3. On 30 mins a great break by O'Connor led to another excellent try by one of our subs: Gareth Rourke for Graham. Surprisingly both assistant referees signalled the conversion only to be over-ruled by referee David Armstrong: Quins 34 Malone 3. Finally, following a Quins' lineout, scrum, ruck and maul, Philpott completed the scoring on the stroke of no-side: FINAL SCORE: Quins 39 Malone 3. On this lovely day (what a contrast with the New Year's Eve gale force winds) in the 2nd half other Quins' subs were Robert Logan for Rankin with Andress moving to loose-head and Stephen Robinson for McCarey (injured).Then Atkinson moved to flanker with Ward moving to No.8.Gavin McLoughlin came on at No.11 with McClaughlin moving to centre. Pyper also subbed on. Originally Quins had fielded: 15 Mark kettyle 14 Jonny Lowe 13 Darren Cave 12 Colin Atkinson(C) !! Johnny McClaughlin 10 Niall O'Connor 9 Paul Marshall 1 Alan Rankin 2 Stuart Philpott 3 John Andress 4 Mike Graham 5 Lewis Stevenson 6 Andrew Ward(VC) 7 Andew Gillespie 8 Chris McCarey. Malone had fielded: 15 J Devitt 14 John Anderson 13 J Amos 12 M McCrea 11 J Moutray 10 Tom Horner 9 Phil Coulter 1 R Bartley 2 S Bailie 3 R Fannin 4 D Cobain 5 D Heron 6 D Walsh 7 D Bradford 8 C Pyper. They too brought on several subs. A profuse word of apology: The squad trained on Boxing Day, not Christmas Day! On top of normal training the squad trains on New Year's Day at 2pm! A very warm welcome to Alan Solomons who has been appointed to advise Andy Ward (thus allowing him to concentrate on the playing side) and the coaching team. We look forward to welcoming Dungannon next Saturday at 2-30pm,to Grafton Arena for our AIB/AIL I match. Over the recent 2 Ulster League matches (Instonians and Malone) I have been impressed by Ward, Lowe, Philpott and O'Connor. This is not to say others are slacking! So we have won 10 out of 10 Ulster matches and have only to play Dungannon in a rearranged match to be sure of at least a share of the Ulster League Trophy, with Ballymena. A draw or a win would give us the Trophy outright !irrespective of other outcomes/events. Well done everyone! Derrick Crothers(prof) GBHRFC PRO

First Trust Ulster Senior League. Grafton Belfast Harlequins v Instonians at Shaw's Bridge 2.30pm 23rd December 2006,

Quins elected to play west to east; Inst kicked off. After 3 mins O'Connor kicked a penalty. After 12 mins Lowe scored a well worked try following an excellent grubber by O'Connor who duly converted. After 25 mins McMurray for Inst scored and converted an excellent try under the posts. At 31 mins Gillespie scored an unconverted try after a Inst turned-over and mauled lineout. After a sustained attack, left then right, McLoughlin scored an unconverted try for Quins on the stroke of halftime: Quins 20 Inst 7. Seven mins into the 2nd half O'Connor kicked a penalty and after seventeen Lowe scored his second try, this time unconverted, following a good mauled lineout: Quins 28 Inst 7. After 40 mins Quins were awarded a penalty try, converted by O'Connor, for Inst deliberately kicking the ball out of our solid, square scrum. At 45 mins Inst fumbled and Andress got in for Quins' 6th try. Final score was Quins 40 Inst 7. Quins fielded: 15 Mark Kettyle 14 Jonny Lowe 13 Simon Rea 12 Darren Cave 11 Gavin McLoughlin 10 Niall O'Connor 9 Paul Marshall 1 Niall Conlon 2 Stuart Philpott 3 John Andress 4 Mike Graham 5 Lewis Stevenson 6 Andy Ward(C) 7 Andrew Gillespie 8 Chris McCarey In the 2nd half Gareth Rourke came on for Graham, Robert Logan for Philpott and Keith Pyper for McLoughlin with Rea moving to the left wing. Inst. fielded: 15 Adam Craig 14 Gavin Harper 13 Mark Broome 12 Jamie Scott 11 Andrew Hassard 10 Owen McMurray 9 David O'Hara 1 Neill Simpson 2 Wilbur Leacock 3 Garry Mitchell 4 Kenny Morton (C) 5 Mark Wilson 6 Adam Telford 7 Jamie Chapman 8 Darren Lyttle Two valuable League points and more importantly definite signs of progression and improvement. See you at Grafton Arena, on Christmas Day 10am-12 noon (training) and on 30th December, 2-30pm, for match v Malone. A truly merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Derrick Crothers (prof) GBHRFC PRO

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