Trevor Ringland

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name = Trevor Ringland


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birthname = Trevor Ringland
birthyear =1959
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placeofbirth = Belfast, Northern Ireland
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school = Larne Grammar School
university = Queen's University Belfast

Trevor Maxwell Ringland (born November 13, 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a solicitor and former Rugby Union winger. After attending Larne Grammar School Ringland studied law at Queen's University Belfast.

Rugby career

He made 31 competitive appearances for Nrut|Ireland, scoring nine tries. The majority of his appearance came in the Five Nations, with the remainder coming in the 1987 Rugby World Cup. [ [http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=24344&bcsi_scan_3B71B71DD05E7B6B=zsNxvSZOcWuBxhD5lwzmFA0AAAC9t5MO&bcsi_scan_filename=1200_1205.php scrum.com profile] ] [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1215 sportingheroes.net] ] He also represented Ulster and Ballymena. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions. Since retirement, he has coached at Ballymena and been a committee member of the Irish Rugby Football Union. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/northern_ireland/1948539.stm BBC] ]

Career outside sport

As rugby was an amateur sport during his career, Ringland is also a full-time solicitor for Macaulay and Ritchie. In 2006 he was appointed as a member of the new Northern Ireland Policing Board. His Policing Board profile states he is a director of Independent News & Media, Mediation Northern Ireland and The Ireland Funds. [ [http://www.nipolicingboard.org.uk/our%20people/ringland.htm Northern Ireland Policing Board] ] Ringland is also Vice Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party's East Belfast Branch.

Ringland is also active with Peace Players International, an organization devoted to promote unity between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast through sport. Ringland and cohort Dave Cullen won the 2007 ESPY Arthur Ashe for Courage Award.

References

External links

[http://www.irlfunds.org/aif/boston/news_27.asp Ringland accepts Arthur Ashe Award 2007 video]