North Down fifths played Owls seconds at Comber last Friday in a cold and wet evening fixture. The Owls first half onslaught was non-stop and the home defence was under pressure. North Down won a corner. Fisher injected to Moreland who passed to Portinga who scored. Owls were relentless in the second half but North…
North Down entertained fellow strugglers Campbellians at Comber on Saturday in the Premier League. Having drawn 3-3 earlier in the season North Down knew this would be a difficult game but with a full squad available were looking forward to a solid performance. With both teams having played only one fixture since before Xmas the…
Ulster Hockey offers North Down & NICS ‘Young Leaders Award Programme’ The Young Leaders Award Programme. Ulster Hockey has offered to run this one day course for 15-18 years olds from North Down & Civil Service Hockey Clubs. The Young Hockey Leaders Award is a 5-hour long course that introduces young people, aged between 15…
North Down (Ladies) have been fined £100 for not reaching the minimum percentage (80.00%) of availability of panel umpires in the period up to 31 December 2016, our actual availability was 63.6 %. This represents 4 games not covered in October from a total of 11 before the Xmas break. During the pre season in…
Our second Last Man Standing fundraiser of the season starts with this coming weekend’s Premiership football fixtures. Get your entries and first picks to Jim Patterson asap. Usual rules apply. Our last two winners, Kathryn and Gatch, won so much, they haven’t spent it all yet!!
All ladies games today are OFF due to frozen pitches. The mens 1sts, 2nds and 3rds games are also OFF for the same reason. The mens fourths game is ON at Regent HS at 2.30 pm.
North Down thirds started 2017 with a home fixture last Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre against Queen’s seconds. Both teams started strongly with fast-flowing attacking hockey on show. The best chance of the first half fell to Jonny Proctor after a well worked Jordan McKee attack down the right wing set up Proctor in the…
The annual Charity game between the cricket and hockey clubs took place on Boxing Day resulting in a narrow 2-1 win for the hockey club. However, in controversial circumstances, the result has been overturned as not only did the cricket club have a perfectly good goal disallowed, further examination of the match squads has revealed…
North Down travelled to Deramore Park last Friday evening for a Premier League game against Harlequins. There was concern about the state of the pitch due to the early frost but the umpires declared it playable. Players did slip and slide but thankfully no one got injured. North Down played some of their best hockey…
North Down entertained local rivals Civil Service in a Premier League match last Saturday at Comber in a fixture that was vital to both clubs looking to build up a stock of points. Both sets of players and spectators stood for a minutes silence in memory of Austin Hunter who was so tragically killed recently…