Raphoe 6 – 2 North Down. North Down travelled to Raphoe on a glorious Saturday afternoon. The odds were against North Down with 4 regulars unable to make the journey. Up steps Andy “the monk” Wallsy to win his first cap for North Down firsts standing in nets for the AWOL McBride. Cometh the hour…
North Down 2nds 0 – 9 Lisnagarvey 2nds The game? Freshly relegated North Down 2nds vs Lisnagarvey 2nds – game 2 PME (Post Mockey Era). The weather? Changeable. The performance? Pants. Out go Donnan, Bailie, Wilson, Dalzell and Glover. In come Chris Speers(just in the nick of time), Magee (comeback No.1024), the newly speed-aware father to…
South Antrim fell by 3-2 in the first post Easter league game at Comber on Saturday. Leading 1-0 at the interval the Lisburn team, already crowned league winners, then fell behind to goals from Stephen Forrest and the evergreen Rich Willis before pulling level with 15 minutes to go. However, North Down were not to…
Kings and Queens emerged as the winners of yet another successful North Down Easter Tournament. After the tension of the opening day, the gaudily clad young team held their nerve to win through to the final on a more laid back Sunday. Once again we were favoured by the weather which was fine throughout leaving…
Registration of teams is at 9.30 am at the tennis court end at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday morning. Each team must nominate an umpire from within their ranks. Watering cans available for each team at knockdown prices.
The full list of award winners following last Saturday’s Dinner Dance and Awards Night is as follows: Men’s Award Winners Team of the Year 3rd XI (***) Most Improved Young Player (U18) Jonny Linter Most improved player Scott Moore Top goal scorer Scott Moore/ Rowan Poots (***) 5th XI Player of the Year Ben Long…
Antrim 4-10 North Down North Down travelled to the Antrim forum for a league fixture against Antrim on Saturday. For 45 minutes Antrim made life difficult for north down with their strong running and in fact held a 3-2 lead which was well deserved early in the second period. It took a tactical switch to…
Instonians 3rds 1-4 North Down 2nds. A bit late this week due to yesterday being spent in a medically induced coma after Saturday afternoon celebrations were extended to sunrise Sunday morning. Ouch! By now everyone knows the result, you’ve seen the pictures and you’ve probably been mentally scared by Steven McGimpsey‘s photo-bombing double-D moob (time to…
It’s Ulster Hockey’s Finals Day on Saturday and the men’s seconds will play Instonians thirds in the final of the McClements Cup at 1.00 pm at Stormont on the water base pitch. They will be at full strength except for Player of the Year candidate Allen Irwin who is recovering from an elbow operation and…
Last Sunday saw the last of the season’s coaching for the under 13 and under 15 boys and the under 11 minis. The under 11s rounded off their season with games of hockey, rounders and football. Thanks to all the coaching staff from the Club, in particular the much hassled Julie and also to all…