North Down in the festive spirit!

It was great to be back at The Green for our Annual Table Quiz.  Defending champions Adgey, Willis et al were unable to keep their title which was taken over by the triumvirate of Bond, McKee and Graham. There were no winners really, the only winner was ‘The Advancement of General Knowledge’!!

Thanks to everyone who supported the recent table quiz by attending, supplying prizes etc.   Particularly to Christine Mitchell who set the questions and operated the high tech digital scoreboard and bro Ian Shields who acted as question master and had to operate without the use of a broken microphone. Winners were the doyens of…

The hockey club gained some revenge for a number of recent Boxing Day defeats by the cricket club with a 5-1 win today at Comber Leisure Centre. There was little sign of over indulgence in the festive season as the game was played at a fast pace throughout despite increasingly woeful weather conditions. As usual,…

We have heard this morning of the tragic death last night of Austin Hunter as a result of a traffic accident in Bahrain.  Austin played several lead roles in his time at North Down and despite in latter years being more associated with Bangor HC he maintained his close links with North Down throughout.  Austin…

Our latest profile is Tom Donnan’s turn.  Who would have thought that tennis would feature so much? When and where did you first play hockey? At Ards Leisure Centre in September 2005 in my first year of school at a session taken by Chris Speers! Have you played for any other hockey clubs? ABSOLUTELY NOT!…