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After selection difficulties with player availability North Down fourths travelled to Cookstown for a Junior Three league game. On arrival the sight of a high quality Junior One game finishing off sent shudders through the visitors, compounded when 3 or 4 of them were seen “lurking” around after the final whistle! With Nathan Fletcher delayed…
North Down completed their Kirk Cup programme on Monday evening with an away trip to Cookstown against the IHL side. In an entertaining game for the enthusiastic crowd the home side came out victorious by the margin of 4-2. North Down without three regulars played some of their best hockey of the season. They showed…
North Down thirds made the short trip to Stormont to play local rivals Civil Service seconds on Saturday and following a feisty pre season match this was always going to be a competitive match. In previous games it took the thirds to go behind before they found that extra gear and Saturday’s game plan was to…
By Terry Ritchie The seconds recorded their eleventh successive victory on Saturday with a 5-3 win over Civil Service thirds and while not one of the teams better performances, the 3 points extend the Seconds lead in Junior 2 to 5 points. The game started with North Down playing fast controlled hockey. Service defended effectively and…
By Kathryn Rogers North Down ladies thirds entertained Victorians thirds at Comber Leisure Centre last Friday night. After narrowly losing 4-3 in the last meeting North Down were determined to change this. Right from the first whistle North Down gained possession and with excellent passing between Sarah Elliot and Rachel Lucas North Down readily applied pressure….
North Down opened their league programme with a difficult fixture away to Portadown and were unsettled by losing Keith Conway and Melvyn Nicholls just prior to the start of the game. North Down were slow out of the blocks and Portadown piled on the pressure straight from the off. They forced North Down to give…