2005-2006 League Season
The 2005-2006 UCU Belfast & District League season is
finally over. There was a match involving the Division 2 teams
Groomsport and Malone that had been left over after the official end of
the season. The match had been originally postponed and then a dispute
arose as to the date of the re-arranged fixture. Unfortunately no free
dates were available before the end of the season but the UCU
Committee, deciding there had been a misunderstanding between the two
clubs, asked both clubs to play the match as soon as possible, because
the outcome of the Division 2 title-race depended upon the result.
The match was played on 11th May 2006 in Groomsport and Malone,
starting off 4 points behind Bombardier, gained 3 game points, plus 2
points for a match victory, to take the 2006 Division 2 title.
UCU League Division 2
11/05/2006
Groomsport 2.0 : 3.0+2.0 Malone
Alan McConnell 0.5 : 0.5 Neil Green
ichard Proctor 0.0 : 1.0 Ian Woodfield
William McGrattan 1.0 : 0.0 David Ruben
Albert McCarter 0.5 : 0.5 Norman McFarland
Sam McCartney 0.0 : 1.0 Chris Millar
UCU League 2 final standings
rank team pld win draw loss points
1 Malone 15 11 2 2 73.0
2 Bombardier 15 12 1 2 72.0
3 Groomsport 15 7 1 7 58.0
4 Hillsborough 15 6 0 9 45.5
5 Winston 15 4 1 10 36.0
6 Fortwilliam 15 2 1 12 30.5
In Division 1 Clifton House retained their title. They were
reinforced this season by Nicholas Pilkiewicz and got off to their
usual fast start. Fisherwick, the 2004 champions, by contrast were
slowly into their stride but by mid-season were putting pressure on
last year's winners. However Clifton House pulled away again in the
final straight.
UCU League 1 final standings
rank team pld win draw loss points
1 Clifton House 15 10 4 1 74.5
2 Fisherwick A 15 9 1 5 65.5
3 Civil Service 15 7 1 7 51.5
4 North Belfast 15 6 1 8 49.0
5 Carnegie 15 5 3 7 48.5
6 RVH Hawks 15 2 2 11 26.0
This season there were enough teams to have a full-scale
Division 3 for the first time since the 1998-1999 season. There was a
neck and neck race between Randalstown and Armagh, with overall victory
finally going to the latter. This was the first time since the early
1990s that an Armagh team had played in the Belfast & District
Leagues. Last season a number of Armagh players competed for the
Portadown team and this year the clubs amalgamated, meeting at a new
venue to both, the Armagh City Hotel.
UCU League 3 final standings
rank team pld win draw loss points
1 Armagh 12 10 1 1 62.5
2 Randalstown 12 9 2 1 60.5
3 Fisherwick C 12 6 1 5 47.0
4 Derriaghy 12 2 0 10 22.5
5 RVH Ravens 12 1 0 11 17.5
