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The local paper for Carrickfergus since 1883
The local paper for Carrickfergus since 1883
Fri, May 24, 2013
Thursday, 23 May 2013
ORGANISERS of the Northern Ireland Open Challenge at Galgorm Castle have announced details of pre-qualifying events for ...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
ON FRIDAY night the Castleview Suite of the Clarion Hotel was packed with over 140 hockey girls, coaches, leaders and pa...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
SEAPARK AC athletes have once again participated in running events this week. First up, three members participated in th...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
CARRICKFERGUS man Alastair Seeley has revealed he was 'happy' to record another two victories at this year's North West ...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
DOWNSHIRE School Hockey teams have had an amazing season this year winning leagues at every age group and lifting silver...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
INSTITUTE 5, CARRICK RANGERS 0: THE final game of the season brought Carrick Rangers' heaviest defeat, going down 5-0 to...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
CARRICKFERGUS Ladies Hockey Club members and guests celebrated yet another successful hockey season last Friday night at...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
CARRICKFERGUS Cricket Club 1st XI, newly relegated to Section 1 of the Senior League, lost their opening match to last y...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
IN A week when some Larne AC members were resting after having completed the Virgin London Marathon, or are taking it ea...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
CARRICK RANGERS 1, BANGOR 2: CARRICK Rangers' first home defeat in Championship 1 since April 2010, as they said farewel...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Carrick U13s 4, Oxford Sunnyside U13s 3: CARRICK Rangers U13s sponsored by Nambarrie Tea and RD Mechanical Services Ltd ...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
A CARRICKFERGUS-born man has risen up the ranks of blind golf to take top spot in the competition - and is determined to...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
LARNE TECH OB 2, NORTEL 2: IT'S A point a piece for Larne Tech Old Boys and Nortel from Saturday's Premier Division derb...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
CARRICK RANGERS 1, H&W WELDERS 0: A RE-RUN this of the May Day Intermediate Cup final of 2 years ago, which Carrick Rang...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
THE program for Open events at Carrickfergus Golf Club have now been finalised. In the Ladies' section an Open Stablefor...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
THE last time the Knights played the Dublin Rhinos, the Knights escaped Dublin with a 2-0 win.Points have always been ha...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
CARRICKFERGUS Borough Council has been selected as an official venue for this year's World Police and Fire Games to host...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
LARNE AC athletes were in action last weekend, taking part in races spanning the length and breadth of the country and o...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
CARRICK RANGERS 0, LOUGHGALL 0: NOT ONE that will nestle too long in the memory, with any lingering hope that Carrick Ra...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
KNOCKAGH Wrestling Club, based in Greenisland have won at total of five medals, including two gold, three silver and one...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
A YOUNG kick-boxing enthusiast from Carrickfergus has been hitting the heights in recent weeks as he continues to pick u...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
THIS Saturday will mark the return of the Carrickfergus & District Motorcycle Club's popular Grasstrack Championship whe...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
AS THE first hint of Spring appeared, athletes from Larne Athletic Club made the most of the sunshine and pleasant runni...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Dundela 5, Carrick Rangers 3: WHAT a difference a few days make; on Wednesday night, Carrick were comfortable three goal...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Carrick Ladies 1, Randalstown Ladies 3: CARRICK Ladies 1sts suffered cup-final heartbreak as Randalstown maintained thei...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
THE players and supporters of Carrick Ladies 1st XI, sponsored by Holmes Builders, are eagerly anticipating their long a...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
IT WAS really all so easy for Carrick Rangers as they now go up to fifth place in Championship 1, with still a chance of...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
THE world Famous Grand Prix Circuit hosted the opening round of the 2013 Ulster Motocross Championship on Easter Monday ...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
CREW members from McDonald's Carrick competed against fellow staff teams in a unique football tournament, all seeking th...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
THE League had again a reduced fixture list with players at Bridlington as we reached the Easter break. The Lumford and ...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
THE sixth and final round of the 10th Woodford Greys Winter League took place on Sunday 24th March in less than favourab...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
THE bright sunshine on Saturday belied the fact that the recent cold weather meant that the Bowling Green was not able t...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
CARRICK RANGERS 2, LIMAVADY UNITED 0: CARRICK Rangers continue their climb up the Championship 1 table with this comfort...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
THE weekend of March 16th and 17th , saw Larne AC athletes compete in several events, most notably two of the country's ...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
THE Plate final was between Carrickfergus Grammar and Rudolf Steiner School. Carrick won the toss and served first. The ...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
THE long awaited midweek East Antrim derby turned out to be something of a total mismatch as Carrick Rangers gave a six ...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
LOCAL sport in Carrickfergus and East Antrim was wiped out this weekend, with what has been described as 'freak weather ...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
THE final of the Danske Bank Ulster Schools' Medallion Bowl took place at the Belfast Royal Academy playing fields at Ro...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
CARRICK Ladies 1st XI, sponsored by Holmes Builders, rounded off an immensely successful league season on Saturday after...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
THE Lumford & Sons team have become the first side to inflict a league defeat on the Gers this season that has injected ...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
THE 41st annual Guinness Carrick Sevens competition is just around the corner, and there were plenty of familiar faces i...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
NORTHERN Cricket Union Section One new boys Templepatrick Cricket Club have signed a highly-rated Australian all-rounder...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
DESPITE the absence of a number of key players, Comrades continued their fine run of league form with an emphatic win at...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
CARRICK Ladies 1st XI confounded the odds on Saturday afternoon when they defeated Belfast Harlequins 2nd XI in the semi...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
CARRICKFERGUS Cricket Club, who will be playing outside the NCU's Premier League for the first time in a decade, have an...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
WOMEN'S sport is seeing a massive boost in numbers thanks to the 2012 London Olympics and there has never been a better ...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
THE Maxoll-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were well beaten by title-chasing Bangor on Saturday 2nd March, going down by 34 poi...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Chimney Corner 2, Ballyclare Comrades 6: COMRADES kept up the momentum of their growing promotion challenge with a comfo...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
A CARRICKFERGUS woman has made sea angling history after becoming the first lady from Ulster to qualify for the Home Nat...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
ON SATURDAY, 23rd February, 2013 East Antrim Boat Club, in Larne, was presented with the prestigious Volvo RYA Champion ...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
CARRICKFERGUS Cricket Club's pre-season indoor net practises commence next week in Carrickfergus Amphitheatre as prepara...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
CARRICK RANGERS 2, WARRENPOINT TOWN 1: CARRICK Rangers make it two wins out of two with this narrow victory over third p...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Carrick U15s 17, Coleraine U15s 5: CARRICK U15s Youth side, sponsored by NK Fencing Limited, travelled to Eaton Park, Ba...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Greenisland Ladies 2nd XI 2, Dromore Ladies 2nd XI 0: GREENISLAND 2XI, sponsored by Glenmorne Consultants, turned out to...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Ballyclare Comrades 2, PSNI 1: COMRADES secured a hard-fought but deserved win over PSNI, under the lights at Dixon Park...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost by 17 points to 10 away to League leaders Ballyclare on Saturday 16th February. ...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
GREENISLAND Football Club has come up with another first by hosting a six day tour by a Norwegian club.Norway is highly ...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
CARRICK Ladies Hockey Club's first and second teams continued their steady climb up their respective league tables on Sa...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
THIS is the second year that Carrick College have been the organisers of this schools' event and so it is an important d...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
COAGH UNITED 2-3 CARRICK RANGERS: A WELCOME win for Carrick Rangers away to Coagh United - their first since their Steel...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
CARRICK Rangers were back in action for their first league match in over two months when they travelled to Coagh United ...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
THE Winter League competition at Carrickfergus Golf Club has now ended. The event was well supported. The team results w...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Second Round: CHIMNEY CORNER RES 1, FC BALLYNURE 3: BOTH teams went looking for goals early in the game and it was Bally...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
AFC CARRICK 1, RATHCOOLE FC 4: RATHCOOLE had the best of the attacking play in the first-half and went in three goals to...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
CARRICK Ladies Hockey Club's already thriving Junior Club programme has received a major accolade as the New Year opens ...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
RANDALSTOWN 14, BALLYCLARE 52: THE Clare had Clarke and Cusack back at centre but were missing Rainey and McKinstry in t...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
MICHAEL Hughes has told the Carrick Advertiser he is confident that his Carrick Rangers can eradicate their poor form of...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
The 1st XI had a roller coaster game on Saturday against an unbeaten Harlequin's team. Larne went one nil in front with ...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
THE funeral of Shea Hamill, the popular football coach who died last Wednesday, has taken place. His funeral Mass took p...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
LARNE Golf Club Ladies Section held their 100th Annual General Meeting on Friday 18 January 2013.The outgoing Lady Capta...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Larne 2nds 0, Ballyclare 3rds 6: THE Thirds have found life in Junior 2 quite tough after being promoted and really need...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
SATURDAY fixtures were severely hit by the weather conditions however the 2nd XI were able to travel to North Down and a...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
JOEL McKimm, a six year old pupil from Woodlawn Primary School in Carrickfergus has recently qualified to take part in t...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Cookstown 4, Ballyclare 1st XI 4: BALLYCLARE travelled to play Cookstown in Senior 1 on Saturday knowing they had to get...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
LAST Friday night was the Ballyclare annual Presidents Dinner which managed to proceed despite obvious travel problems f...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Ballyclare Comrades 2, Bangor 3: For a second week running Comrades exited a cup competition at Dixon Park. However, the...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
THE Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV suffered a narrow away defeat for the second week in a row when they were beaten by 1...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
THERE was a great turn-out considering the terrible weather for the Woodford's Christmas Fly fishing Competition, with 2...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
TO RING in the New Year, eleven brave souls from Carrickfergus' Seapark AC took part in Ballymena Runners 'Race over the...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Nortel 0, Dromara Village 2: NORTEL tumble out of the Coca Cola Intermediate Cup with this two goal defeat by current Pr...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Immaculata FC 2, Carrick Rangers 5 (Immaculata win 6-5 on penalties aet): CARRICK Rangers' have fond memories of the Int...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
DECEMBER has been a busy month for Seapark AC, with runners competing in a variety of events. On 1st December, Kyle McGo...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
JANUARY - 2012 saw the arrival of several new faces at Carrick Rangers, mainly from the League of Ireland including the ...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
CARRICK Rangers Colts U12s started 2012 top of the table in the Belfast and East Antrim youth league after playing and w...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
UNDER the expert guidance, excellent organisation and passion for Carrick Ladies Junior Hockey Club, Junior Club Coordin...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
LOCAL running club Seapark AC celebrated another great year of running at their Annual prizegving in the Clarion Hotel o...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
ST KILLIAN'S Garron Tower, Cross and Passion and St Louis Ballymena took part in a Year 8 hurling blitz on Monday 17th D...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
ROUND Three of the 10th Woodford Greys Winter League, in association with Greys, took place on Sunday 16th December, wit...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
TEN-YEAR-OLD Ewan Kelly, could be the latest Northern Ireland export to represent Premier League side Liverpool in the n...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
CARRICKFERGUS Cricket Club now know who they will play in all three of the main cup competitions in 2013, and two clubs ...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
BARN United Youth Football Club are celebrating their 10th anniversary by the official opening of their new Barn Youth D...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
THE IRFU (Ulster Branch) has teamed up with the Donnelly Motor Group to provide a platform for local rugby clubs to help...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
THE Larne ladies 1st XI had a great result against Civil Service on Saturday in a match dominated by the local side. In ...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
St Mary's Magherafelt........................5-12 St Killian's Garron Tower.....................0-1HOLDERS St Mary's Mag...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Pre match function on the day was kindly sponsored by Calor Gas.Larne had made several changes to their team from the pr...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
IN PROBABLY the biggest upset ever in the history of the Carrick & District Pool League, Monkstown HM&H are the new 2012...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
CARRICK 1st XV lost their League encounter with local rivals Ballyclare by 29 points to 3 at Tom Simms Memorial Park on ...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
THE second round of the 10th Annual Woodford Greys Winter League took place on Sunday 25th November. Twenty seven angler...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
AN IMPRESSIVE field of runners gathered in the Sixmilewater Park in Ballyclare on Saturday 1st December to compete in th...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
SATURDAY'S competition at Carrick Golf Club was again over 12 holes, with three starting points. The winners were: Point...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Carrick Rangers 1, Larne 1: "THE Boys are back in Town" was the sound of the Thin Lizzy hit blaring out of the tannoy, a...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were heavily beaten by Ballynahinch II in their Conference League fixture at Tom Simm...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
WITH a sharp overnight frost bringing about the cancellation of all Carrick Ladies Hockey Club's scheduled matches last ...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
ON A freezing cold Sunday morning Carrick Ladies Junior Hockey Club entered two Under-11 teams in an Ulster Hockey Youth...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
On Thursday 15th November 2012 P7 pupils from Kilbride Central took part in the Active Antrim Tag Rugby Festival at Antr...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Randalstown 3rd XI 1, Carrick Ladies 1st XI 4: CARRICK Ladies 1st XI, sponsored by Holmes Builders, eased themselves thr...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
FORTY-EIGHT boys and girls from all over Northern Ireland were invited to take part in the Irish FA / adidas Search for ...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
THE Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV travelled to Enniskillen on Saturday 17th November where they lost by 11 points to ni...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
CARRICK has a new Northern Ireland Individual Champion. 22-year-old Steven Carson who plays for Cowboys Pool Team out of...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
ON MONDAY 29th October 2012 nine Larne AC members were among nearly fifteen thousand runners from around the world takin...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
SATURDAY, 24th November sees one of the biggest 'events' in kart racing when the awards ceremony takes place for both th...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Banbridge Town 3, Ballyclare Comrades 2: COMRADES came back down to earth after last week's cup heroics, with a disappoi...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
THE Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost their Junior Cup quarter-final encounter with Section 1 side Clogher Valley by 2...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
A DOUBLE hat-trick from Carrick's second team midfielder Ashley McConnell and an opening senior goal from third team win...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Carrick Rangers 2, Newtownards 3 (after extra time): CARRICK Rangers looked as though they were starting to feel quite a...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Both Ballyclare Rugby Club's 1st and 2nd XVs had made a promising start to their respective seasons, but on Saturday, fa...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Ballyclare Colts Under-11 6, Whitehead 3: BALLYCLARE Colts took time to settle here as Whitehead made the early running ...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
LOCAL running club Seapark AC celebrated another great year of running at their Annual prizegving in the Clarion Hotel o...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
18th NEWTOWNABBEY OB 1, NORTEL 2: NORTEL progress through to Round 2 of the Coca Cola Intermediate Cup though the Premie...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Carrick Ladies 1st XI 2, Priorians 2: AS BOTH Carrick Ladies and visitors Priorians filed off the Amphitheatre pitch on ...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
THE Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV made unbeaten Bangor fight all the way for their 28 points to 17 home victory at Upri...
