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Orkney RFC league fixture against Highland postponed

23/9/2014

BT Caledonia League Division 1
Pickaquoy Infield - Saturday, September 26
ORKNEY RFC v HIGHLAND RFC

Orkney RFC’s home league fixture against Highland RFC on Saturday, which was down for a 1pm kick-off at Pickaquoy, has been postponed due to a bereavement within the Inverness club.

Highland RFC stalwart Colin High, who passed away last Friday afternoon, was a former Highland and North & Midlands player, well known in rugby circles throughout the country. He was a past captain and was 1st XV coach up till a couple of years ago. His son Gareth is Highland’s current vice-captain.

Orkney RFC secretary Robert Leslie said: “Colin’s funeral is on Friday afternoon, so when Highland asked for Saturday’s match to be postponed we very quickly agreed due to the circumstances. Our fixtures secretary Graham Poke has passed on our condolences to Colin’s family and to the club.”

The match will now be rescheduled in agreement with the SRU.

Orkney RFC U18s v Gordonstoun School U18s 20-9-14

22/9/2014

Caledonia North U18
Pickaquoy Infield - Saturday, September 20
ORKNEY RFC U18s 17, GORDONDSTOUN SCHOOL U18s 22

On Saturday 20th September, Orkney managed to get the new season underway, other teams in the league having already played two or three games. This was due to a team not travelling and two others dropping out of the league without playing any games.

Re-advertised: Job Opportunity - Rugby Development Officer

19/9/2014

Orkney Rugby Football Club
Club Development Officer
Salary £21,000 - £22,000 for 35hr week
Based in Kirkwall

*** Applications are now closed ***

Orkney pile on points with nine-try win over Morgan FP

18/9/2014

BT Caledonia League Division 1
Pickaquoy Infield - Saturday, September 13
ORKNEY RFC 61, MORGAN ACADEMY 15

Orkney RFC kept up the high-scoring with a 61-15 thumping of Morgan Academy FP at the Pickaquoy Centre infield pitch on Saturday afternoon.

Their second home match of the 2014-15 Caledonia League Division 1 campaign followed the previous week’s 50-21 win over Mackie.

Orkney hit Mackie with half century win in season opener

13/9/2014

BT Caledonia League Division 1
Pickaquoy Outfield - Saturday, September 6
ORKNEY RFC 50, MACKIE ACADEMY 21

Orkney RFC will be up for a second home win on the trot as they host Morgan Academy at Pickaquoy tomorrow, Saturday, with a 3pm kick-off.

For the BT Caledonia League Division 1 side kicked off the 2014-15 season in fairly solid style last weekend, recording an – in the end - decisive 50-21 victory over well-known rivals Mackie Academy.

Although this weekend’s visitors cuffed Ellon 66-7 at home on the same day, Orkney, having had one of their better starts to a league campaign over recent years, should still go into tomorrow’s clash with confidence following last week’s performance.

1st XV presented with new strips at the Orkney Brewery

8/9/2014

Thanks to Rae Slater for the photos

Norman Sinclair from the Orkney Brewery presented the new 1st XV strip to club chairman Neil McCartney & the team at Sandwick prior to ORFC's first match of 2014/15 on Saturday 6th September.

The team got off to an excellent start in BT Caledonia League Division 1 with a 50-21 bonus point win v Mackie Academy FP RFC at Picky later in the afternoon.

Fundraising Merchandise

3/9/2014

We have Orkney Rugby FC Golf Umbrella's for sale £30 each Get yours this weekend at the club or speak to the committee or pop past Peter McKinlay at George Bain's and help raise some funds for the club

2014/15 Fixture card available to download

3/9/2014

The fixture card for the new season is now available to download.

Click on the image to download the card in pdf format - it is also available on the fixtures & results page.