Carson was President of Belfast Old Instonians’ Association 1989-1990: a position that he filled with honour and distinction. Carson was a massive part of Instonians Cricket club for many years and someone who gave so much to cricket both at Instonians and across the NCU. He was one of the first to really push youth […]
Category Archives: Past News
The Instonian family is very sad to hear of the sudden passing of The Very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey (RBAI 1954-61). As a pupil, Houston travelled by bus to RBAI every morning from Muckamore, Co. Antrim. Houston was always grateful for the opportunities that Inst opened up to a boy from a small mill […]
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Aug
Aug
Congratulations to Jack McMillan on winning another swimming gold medal. This time in the 2025 World Aquatic Championships in Singapore, to add to his Olympic gold from Paris last year. Jack was part of the Great Britain men’s 4×200 freestyle relay squad along with fellow Olympic champions Matt Richards, James Guy, and Duncan Scott triumphed […]
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Jul
Jul
Thanks to the efforts of Richard Johnston, the annual golf match between the Association and the School for the WWL Taylor trophy, was resurrected and played at Malone Golf Club on 26 June. The weather played it’s part and after swinging this way and that, the school team eventually took the honours in a very competitive […]
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Mar
Mar
The Association’s annual London branch dinner was, once again, held in The House of Lords on Friday 7 March 2025. The Association is much indebted to Lord Robin Eames OM, for hosting our event. It was great to see some of our younger members attending as well as those “hardy perennials” who travel over for […]
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Mar
Mar
Congratulations to the school 1st XI hockey team on retaining the Burney Cup with a comprehensive 4:1 defeat of Campbell College Belfast.
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Mar
Mar
Congratulations to the Medallion XV who defeated Friends School 38 – 7 in today’s final to retain the trophy.
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Mar
Mar
Notice is hereby given, under Rule 18 of the Constitution of the Belfast Old Instonians’ Association (The Association), that a General Meeting of the said Association will be held on Thursday 20th March 2025 at 7.30pm, in Malone Golf Club, 240 Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT17 9LB. The purpose of the meeting shall be to […]
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Jan
Jan
It is with great sadness that I inform members of the Association of the death of Michael Longley CBE. Michael attended RBAI between 1951-58 and returned to teach at “Inst” from 1964-69 and became one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced. Along with fellow Instonian Derek Mahon, who was year below him, […]
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Dec
Dec
The President, Philip Seay, welcomed the June 2024 Leavers to our annual curry night at the Shaw’s Bridge Sports complex on Thursday 19 December. It was great to see so many attend this traditional reunion event for the latest group of “Old Boys” ! Also present were President Elect, Dougie Madill, and Past Presidents Jim […]