The next match is Saturday 30th January 2010 and  is against Ophir 2nd’s at our home ground, the Valley Leisure Centre. Kick off is at 2.30pm, support as always greatly encouraged and appreciated! Click HERE for directions

We felt it important to have a presence at Dublin Pride and have done since the club was established. The Dublin based team (Emerald Warriors) are close friends of the Titans and as such, we tend to support each other at events hosted by one or the other, Pride being no exception. Our colours worked marvellously well with the blue and green of the Emerald boys and we showed off our rugby skills as we marched up O’ Connell St, through Dame St and finally settled for the finishing event at Christchurch

To start the season, we headed off to Odyssey Bowl in Belfast for some 10-pin bowling.  With our groovy shoes on and the competitive spirit flowing, the games began (helped along with some beers and candy floss!!).  There were spot prizes for strikes and spares as well as booby prizes for bowling a “gutterball”.  The craic, as they say, was mighty.  Newcomer, Johannes, was the winner with a score of 110 and won a bottle of wine for his efforts.  At the other end of the scale, coach Noel came last and won something appropriate for his performance – a whoopee cushion!!

 After bowling, we headed to Union Street for Tina’s quiz and a few more beers.  The Titans fared well with 3 out of the 4 finalists being from the Club. Jonny B was one of the eventual winners and his banter with Tina Leggs Tantrum (who always got the last word) provided even more laughs!

 A great night out and pre-season bonding session and the first of many still to come!!

 Obviously, a big part of our events calendar is the fixtures (home and away games for those of you not too up to scratch on the aul rugby terminology). You’ll find more information on these, dates and venues in the fixtures section.

Belfast Pride is always a big week for the Titans as it gives us an opportunity to link in with the LGBT community and it’s various groups through the number of different events that take place over the course of the week. (For those who don’t know, Pride usually lasts a week with different events held by different groups finishing with a big parade on the first weekend of August). We attended different events from the opening party, to panel events, specialist group nights such as Men of the North and finally, attended the parade as a team.

The Titans always attract a lot of attention during the Pride Parade, dashing in and out of the random, sometimes bizarre but always interesting and eclectic mix of people that flock together to march to celebrate their pride in who they are, not only because we’re in rugby kit but because we make a point of lifting each other for line outs and draw in the spectators by throwing (sometimes dodgy) passes. The Emerald Warriors also joined us to show their support, also showing that gay identifying rugby clubs exist outside of Belfast.

After marching, running and jumping our way through the streets of Belfast we hit party in the square at Customs House Square were recruitment took place with a vengeance. A stall was set up, showcasing the Bingham Shield, information on the club, some other nice things for people to buy and the boys were set to work, talking to anyone and everyone about the club, who we were (for those unfortunates who didn’t know), what we do, how to get involved and most importantly, using those Titans charms to wangle some of the bigger lads into coming to training.

Towards the end of the day a few brave souls were asked to do something that seems to be a trend in sport these days – dance. It wasn’t quite strictly come dancing but a few of our boys rocked that stage with the band, dancing with reckless abandon and we would like to say flare but we don’t believe in lying. A few red faces later (we’d like to say it was the exertion of dancing like it was going out of fashion but the poor lads realised they had danced in front of hundreds of people with no shame, well until they stopped) and we headed for home to shower, eat and get ready for a nights partying with the explicit message – Happy Pride.