North Down sixths were confident going into the game at Nendrum College last Saturday following their previous weeks’ win over Campbellians. Their opponents were the newly re-formed fourth string from Harlequins. Jason Purvis was a welcome returnee from injury and he provided stability at the back playing as sweeper whilst young Jack Bond made his…
North Down seconds hosted Instonians seconds last Saturday in a game which provided a realistic opportunity to pick up their second win of the season. The team news was mixed though as Mockford and Johnston were both out injured but there was a welcome return for Willis and McGimpsey after both missed the Kilkeel game….
On Friday night the Comber girls made the short trip over to CIYMS in Belfast to play their league fixture against Grosvenor 2nds. One minutes silence before the match was observed in the memory of Lesley Scates, a coach and a former player at North Down. North Down started the stronger of the two teams…
On Saturday the men’s fourths played Campbellians Seconds at Campbell College. As has been the case for much of the season the fourths went into the match weakened without a settled side and players unavailable, but were hopeful of picking up some much needed points. The visitors started brightly with a few chances early on…
The ladies thirds played Lisnagarvey fourths at Ards Leisure Centre looking for some much needed points. After an emotional one-minute silence to remember Lesley Scates the game got underway. North Down started as the stronger team with lots of attacking play linking from front to back. Their first real chance came when Rebecca Brown found…
North Down fifths travelled on Friday evening to Stormont to take on a Civil Service “fourths” side. The 5ths were looking to add to the strong start they have had so far in Junior 5 and get one up on the local rivals. It was however the home team who started off the stronger creating…
After a mixed start to their league campaign the ladies 1sts were hoping for all 3 points against newly promoted Banbridge at Comber. North Down were without Rebecca Mercer who was at the inter pros with Ulster U18 but welcomed back Rachel Hutchison after a three week absence. Both sides were fairly evenly matched in…
North Down seconds made the trip to Kilkeel HS on Saturday to take on a strengthened Kilkeel 2nd XI. North Down knew this would be a tough task and the pre-match chat firmly focused on a good start to the game. This game saw the return of Mark Linter to join brother Jordan in defence…
Last Saturday a strong North Down seconds team faced Larne seconds at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to build on the previous week’s victory over Carrick. The match got underway with North Down initially putting pressure on the Larne defence with Brittany Logan looking strong on the right hand side. Good work from Charlotte McKee and…
The sixths have had a stop/start beginning to the season with free dates etc but last Saturday at Nendrum College they recorded their first win of the season – a close 2-1 victory over Campbellians thirds. Alex Porter was a late stand in as goalkeeper following the latest goalkeeping crisis at North Down and the…