By Kathryn Rogers On Saturday the ladies 3rd xi travelled to play Ballymoney 3rds for their second match of the season. After losing 6-0 to Grosvenor 3rds last week North Down were determined to stay strong. Throughout the first half play was better even on both sides. Ballymoneys’ attack was very strong but it was…
By Lauren Brown After a disappointing 4-0 defeat to Portadown in their first league game on Saturday, the ladies First XI travelled to Banbridge on Wednesday for their final match in the group stage of the Senior Cup. They hoped for a good performance after Saturday and more importantly a win to see them through…
By Laura Campbell On Saturday the North Down Ladies 2nds took to the pitch for their first league match of the new season at Comber Leisure Centre. They welcomed their opponents Belfast Harlequins 4ths and like every team both wanted to start the season on a high. The match got under way with both teams just…
By Lauren Brown On Saturday, the ladies firsts hosted Cookstown in their second Senior Cup game. The whistle blew to signal the start of the match and North Down took no time to get started. Cookstown were taken back by the home team’s fast flowing hockey and couldn’t cope with their movement. This resulted in the…
By Lauren Brown The 1stXI kick started their 2013-14 campaign with a Senior Cup fixture against Victorians at Comber on Wednesday night. The game started with a high tempo with both teams clearly up for the challenge. It was a fairly even contest early on with a number of chances at either end of the pitch….
By Peter Bond North Down Youth training returns on the 9th of September 2013! During the closed season the coaches have been busy working away to get everything in place! Following the success of last years parents evening, It is proposed that a similar event shall be held at North Down Cricket club on the 3rd…
By Andrew McGimpsey Congratulations to Stephen Magee, Colin Mockford and Julie Fisher who have been selected to play for the Irish Over 40s and Babas in this weeks European Masters Open. The event starts on Tuesday morning and runs until Saturday at Lisnagarvey’s Comber Road with four men’s competitions taking place and two women’s events with…
By P Whyte Just a reminder for the mens firsts and seconds squads that training will commence tomorrow evening (29 July). Players should be at the cricket club for 7.30pm prior to going down to the pitch at 8.00pm. Training will finish at 9.00pm.
By Peter Bond The Ulster Branch are running an IHA level 1 Hockey Coaching Course at the end of July start of August at Belfast Harliquins. Dates: 20/07/2013, 27/07/2013 & 03/08/2013 All 9am – 5pm The course is broken down into two training days and a final assesment. If you are over 18 and would…
By Peter Bond Peter McKibbin and Rowan Poots have been selected to attend a 3 day training camp in Lilleshall with the Ulster Under 17 Development group. Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre is a flagship residential training centre and award winning National Centre of Excellence for many of the UK’s top sportsmen and women. This…