It was a busy old Saturday at the Dub making it a nightmare to get parked and lug the old camera equipment about in waterproofs and several layers of thermals. Despite the exercise and extra clothing I was still freezing covering this one as Queen’s entertained AIL 2A rivals Ballymena in the opening round of the Ulster Senior Cup.

However, with Ballymena doing well of late in the AIL and what looked like a strong team named I was expecting the activities on the pitch to warm things up.

Unfortunately for the visitors they never really got going in the first half and Queen’s were on the scoreboard after three minutes with a well taken try out wide from Ben Heath, playing in . . .