North Down ladies fourths travelled to Carrickfergus on Friday night to take on Castle thirds in the hope of winning some points and improving on the scoreless draw in October in Comber. Braving the start of Storm Ciara the girls prepared themselves for a windswept match. From the starting whistle it was easy to see…
North Down ladies fourths made the short trip up the road to Stormont on Saturday to take on Civil Service thirds having drawn with them 2-2 earlier in the season. However the Comber girls were slow to start. A well drilled NICS team put a lot of pressure on the visitors’ defence in the opening…
North Down ladies thirds travelled to Lisnagarvey fourths for a Friday evening return league fixture and having beaten them 2-0 earlier in the season were confident they could do it again. The visiting team however were asleep for the first quarter as Garvey got onto the scoreboard first and applied lots of pressure for the…
North Down arrived to play KV in what felt like sub-zero temperatures last Saturday at The DUB. The first quarter of the game was tightly fought with lots of movement of the ball up both sides of the pitch. Good movement from Heather Britain and Alex Boyd in defence began some strong attacking play with…
North Down continued their good form with a very convincing 5-0 home win over top of the table Ballymena last Saturday. The first quarter saw North Down dominate possession with good attacking play. The Brown sisters controlled the centre of the pitch creating lots of space for Bethany Burrows to drive into the circle where…
The ladies first eleven travelled to Armagh last Saturday to play their fourth league game of the season. The girls knew that this would be a tough and challenging match as Armagh were sitting at the top of Senior One having won all of their league matches so far but North Down were ready to…
The ladies first eleven welcomed Donegal visitors Raphoe to Comber Leisure Centre in the Irish Trophy last Saturday. The girls were expecting a tough game with Premier League Raphoe and, missing three regulars, knew this would be a big game. The first quarter started evenly with the North Down defence comfortably dealing with the high…
The ladies first eleven travelled to Coleraine last Saturday for their last match of the group stages of the Senior Cup aware that only a defeat greater than 3 goals would see them fail to qualify for the semi final. The girls were expecting a tough match not only due to the stormy conditions but…
The ladies first eleven travelled to Ballymena Academy to face a strong Ballymena side. The last time the teams had played each other was in the Premier League playoff when Ballymena got the upper hand on the North Down team. The match started with North Down setting a high tempo which Ballymena readily matched to…
North Down travelled to Omagh last Saturday for the second week in a row, this time for the final group game in the Senior Cup. The visitors came out strongly from the start wanting to put on a better performance than the previous week. Good passing and strong play from Lauren Brown and Alex Boyd…