The Royal School Armagh has a proud history when it comes to school hockey, and this year is no different.
The girls and boys who have represented the school in cup competitions have set up a tantalising couple of weeks with five semi-finals fast approaching.
Wins for the 1st XI girlsโ against Banbridge Academy, Friendsโ and Antrim Grammar have set up a final four showdown with Ballyclare High School on Wednesday, February 23.
This eagerly anticipated match is sure to draw a large crowd to Lisnagarvey Hockey club, with the Hillsborough venue hosting the second semi-final between Rainey and Methody immediately after.
Not to be outdone by their seniors, the U14s booked their semi-final berth with convincing victories over Carrick GS and Lurgan JHS and can look forward to their semi-final against Rainey at the neutral venue of Cookstown HS on Thursday, March 3.
Saturday 26th February promises to be an entertaining morning at Lurgan Junior High School with two semi-finals being played back-to-back against the same opposition, Methodist College Belfast.
In the previous rounds, the 2nd XI beat Lurgan College 4-0 and the 3rd XI recorded a hard-fought win away to Ballymena Academy.
Last, but not least the boys have once again enjoyed success in the Prior Shield with wins against Bangor, RBAI and Ballyclare HS in the group stage, and Royal & Prior in the Quarter-finals.
The date for the match has still to be confirmed, but the boys can look forward to a keenly contested fixture against local rivals Portadown College.
We wish all teams the best of luck as they enter the final stages of their cup competitions and look forward to hopefully reporting on their successes.
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐โ ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น
๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น
๐ Wednesday 23rd February
๐ Lisnagarvey HC, 1pm
๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น
๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น
๐ Thursday 3rd March
๐ Cookstown HS, 2.30pm
๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น
๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐
๐ Saturday 26th February
๐ Lurgan JHS, 9.30am
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น
๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐
๐ Saturday 26th February
๐ Lurgan JHS, 10.45am
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ผ๐๐)
๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ
๐ Details TBC
