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Great evening for ORFC at Orkney Sports Awards 2021

29/1/2022

As Chairman of your club I was honoured and pleased to be at the Orkney Sports Awards for 2021 held in the Kirkwall Arts Theatre last Friday night (28 January 2022). It was a very well organised and conducted event and the introduction material contained several references to ORFC members which was very pleasing.
Also I was a proud to be at an event where so many of our Club members, coaches and teams were nominated. All of them were worthy contenders and they are all much valued by ORFC.

Those ORFC teams and members nominated were:

Scott Rendall for Sportsperson of the year
Orkney RFC First XV and Orkney Dragons for Team of the Year
ORFC Under 14s and ORFC Under 16s for Young Team of the Year
Brian Lanni for Volunteer of the Year
Tiphaine Cazenave and John Cairns for Coach of the Year

(albeit John was in the running for his athletics Coaching on this occasion)

However sport, by its very nature, can be a cruel environment in which to operate because more often than not there can only be one team or person who will be the winner at the end of any contest.
On the park, or in the stadium, an individual or team can decide to change tactics, raise their game, do something unexpected, etc to make a difference to the score and outcome of their game before the final whistle blows, but individuals and teams cannot influence an awards decision in the same way because it is the judges who make the call and decide the final outcome.

Suffice to say that regardless of results, which you can read about elsewhere, I was proud of every one of our Orkney Rugby Club members listed at this awards ceremony as they, and their coaches, are all a credit to our Club. As indeed are every one of our club members and supporters - playing and non-playing – and our sponsors. They are all a credit to, and very much valued by, ORFC.

Ian Carse
Chair of ORFC

Fantasy Six Nations 2022

27/1/2022

If you haven’t already done so, sign up for 6 Nations Fantasy Rugby, then join our league and come along and enjoy the banter in the clubhouse where all Scotland games will be shown live!

Orkney RFC has a league set up for you to join with your Fantasy Rugby team for the 6 Nations.

Login to your existing account or sign up for a new one & join the league or use the details below at https://fantasy.sixnationsrugby.com:

League number: 28755
League Name: Orkney RFC
Password: C3ICR

You can make as many changes as you want until kick off of the first match on Saturday, 5 February at 14:15.

Match Report | Orkney Dragons v Fraserburgh Ladies

25/1/2022

Photo: George Brown

Tennent's Caledonia North Region Women’s League
Pickaquoy - Saturday 22nd January 2022
Orkney Dragons 53, Fraserburgh Ladies 19
Match Video by George Brown (Rohallion)

Orkney Dragons were back in action on Saturday 22 January 2022 after a long break with their last game being on 30 October 2021.

Training resumed in the new year and everyone came back with the batteries recharged and ready to go. Training has been going well and the team were feeling confident, however not complacent as we have not played Fraserburgh before so there was a little feeling of anticipation of the unknown.

WATCH | Orkney Dragons v Fraserburgh Ladies 22-1-22

22/1/2022

Livestream from today’s game at Picky by Rohallion…

Orkney prop on duty against Premier League leaders this weekend

21/1/2022

Everyone at Orkney Rugby Football Club are delighted with the news that our own tight head prop Alistair Linklater has been asked to join the Aberdeen Grammar squad for their upcoming match against Premier League leaders Currie Chieftains on Saturday.

We wish him all the best!

TEAM NEWS | Orkney Dragons v Fraserburgh Ladies 22-1-22

20/1/2022

Here’s your Orkney Dragons team to take on Fraserburgh Ladies this Saturday.

Kick off is 12:30 on the Picky centre pitch- Come along and cheer them on if you can!

WATCH | Glenrothes RFC v Orkney RFC 15-1-22

15/1/2022

Livestream from the game at Carleton Park in Glenrothes -

Mini Rugby Resumes this weekend

12/1/2022

The Rookies & Minis are back underway this weekend with the Kirkwall sections running from 10-11am on Saturday at Picky/ORFC.

A great opportunity to learn a new sport, make new friends and most importantly have lots of fun. Parents also get respite for an hour!!!

Existing players - take along a pal!
Rookies - Meet in the Picky Arena
Minis - Meet at the ORFC Back Pitch. Park at the Club and escort your child to the pitch across the road.

Come and give it a ‘try’! Are you the next Stuart Hogg or Jade Konkel?
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

WATCH LIVE NOW | Dunfermline v Orkney at McKane Park 8-1-22

8/1/2022

📺AND WE’RE LIVE !!!🏉

George has got his livestream up and running at McKane Park for the match against @dunfermlineRFC
Fingers crossed the weather / signal will hold out but a the full video will be available on Sunday.👍⤵️

https://youtu.be/UIQ3Ovz0QCU