The ladies thirds had a notable win last Saturday at Enler Park when they came from a goal down to defeat the Ballynahinch first eleven in the first round of the Intermediate Cup. Hilary West and Ashleigh Hamilton with the goals.
For the away league fixture against Cliftonville at CIYMS on Saturday North Down were without three regulars. Mark Forrest and Jordan McKee were unavailable whilst Andy McGimpsey was on a one match suspension. Only one official umpire turned up for the game and North Down Manager Robin Mitchell had to stand in for the first…
North Down ladies fifths played away to Ards fifths at Londonderry Park on Saturday. With some of the other matches cancelled due to frost, they were hoping for the availability of extra substitutes but this was not to be due to registration regulations. It was a lack lustre first half with much of the play confined…
It has been a challenging start to the Junior One League campaign for North Down seconds and last weekend’s fixture was no different as the Comber men hosted perennial favourites Lisnagarvey seconds at Comber Leisure Centre. The game started as a cagey affair with North Down sitting back and allowing the visitors to comfortably settle…
Behold the gruesome Frankentwos, forged on WhatsApp and given life by a last minute Friday night Facebook APB. Take your standard common or garden 2s, remove 4 parts Saturday workers, 3 parts chocolatiers, 3 parts no-explanation-forthcoming unavailablers, add some vacationing man-with-a-fork-in-a-world-of-soup Bryn Walker, a sprinkling of timeshare twoser Ben Willis, a delightful sprig of debutant Mark Simpson,…
The ladies 1sts welcomed Lurgan to Comber on Saturday for their first game of 2016. North Down knew that this would be a tough task with Lurgan pushing Harlequins hard at the top of the Premier League table. However North Down could take positives from their close 2-1 defeat in Lurgan back in October, when…
The final action of the season was at Antrim Forum on Saturday where the mens thirds were required to play the remaining 29 minutes of their game against Antrim 2nds abandoned on 1 February due to flooding of the pitch. The score at the time was 4-1 in favour of Antrim so there was a…