The last coaching days before the Christmas break will be on 17 and 18 December. We will resume on 14 and 15 January. Meanwhile, 3 December it’s back to normal for all coaching with the possible exception of the Under 15 girls while we await the repairs to the floodlights at Comber Leisure Centre.
By Ross Linter The Boys Under 13’s participated in a finals competition at Campbell College on St Patrick’s day. A total of twenty teams from across the province participated. The tournament format consisted of a group stage, from which successful teams would progress to a knock out phase. Despite an initial draw against Mossley, the boys…
Six teams entered in all. The Under 11 yellow team had 3 draws and 2 defeats, the pink team 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats and the green team 5 wins and 1 defeat. Thank you to parents for their support and Kathryn and Cara for coaching and umpiring for Cara too. Some photos…
Our four week Hockey Inclusion Course has ended with Eamonn McFerran from Ulster Hockey presenting certificates to all who attended. Thanks to all the ‘buddies’ from North Down who helped make this initiative a big success and in particular to all those who came along and took part. We’ll see you all again!
A massive well done to the U11 and U13 girls who braved the Arctic conditions on Sunday at Friends School, Lisburn! Hope everyone has fully defrosted and recovered from any injuries or illness. Back to normal training next week.
North Down’s Under 15 girls lost 2-1 to their Bangor counterparts at Regent HS yesterday. The weather may have been bleak but the hockey was really interesting with end to end action. North Down started by showing Bangor far too much respect and let them run at them. Bangor began the scoring which seemed to…
The Under 9s had their Blitz on Sunday in the glorious sunshine on the Gold Coast aka Bangor where the home club hosted a brilliantly organised P3-P5 Blitz. The North Down contingent were split into 3 equal teams with Alex Boyd, Jareth McCready and Johnny Davidson taking the helm for each squad. All the teams…