100 goal milestone

No messing about for Gareth McKeown as he becomes the 24th North Down player to reach the 100 goal mark with five goals last weekend moving him seamlessly onto 104.  Two goals for Josh Gilmore on Saturday against Harlequins puts him now on 149 in just eight and a half seasons, ignoring the last one,…

Next in our lockdown profile series is Megan Murray.  Thanks for taking part Megan! When and where did you first play hockey? I started playing at the age of 12 when I started secondary school. I went to Rainey in Magherafelt. Have you played for any other hockey clubs? No, I played at school and…

It’s the first round of the Irish Trophy this Saturday and it sees the ladies travel to The Maws, home of North Kildare, and the men host Newry who will hope to overcome their disappointment at having last week’s Premier League fixture postponed due to their several last minute Covid diagnoses. There’s a home game…

Following a mass elimination in the first week of our Last Man Standing fundraiser another two departed this weekend leaving only Callum Coulter and Beverley Brittain still in the running for the £350 first prize and there’s another difficult selection of games ahead next weekend for session three.  Who will hold their nerve?? Meanwhile for…

Congratulations to Caitlin Taylor and Sam Pyper who are our Players of the Month for January and thanks again to Burch Autos for their continuing support for our Club!

The annual charity game between the cricket and hockey clubs was held on New Years Eve and resulted in a 5-2 win for the cricketers.  This was despite the fact that the hockey squad was a grossly enlarged number of 22 and that most of the cricket squad’s only connection to the sport was that…