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…
The ladies first eleven travelled to Omagh last Saturday with a depleted squad for their second league game of the season. Despite being without several regulars due to school hockey tours, the visitors got off to a good start with quick passing and high intensity across the pitch. Good link up play from Olivia Brown…
On Saturday North Down ladies thirds hosted Lisnagarvey fourths at Comber. Having lost at Queens last week North Down were determined to get a win under their belts. With a strong starting team, North Down hit the ground running and put pressure on the Garvey defence forcing them to make mistakes. North Down settled into…
Huge congratulations to the ladies 1sts who won last weekend’s CI Ladies Hockey Club preseason tournament, winning 5 games, drawing 1 and not a single goal conceded!! Fantastic effort girls!!
On Saturday the ladies travelled to play Castle in their last game of the season. Despite Castle being bottom of the league, North Down knew this would not be an easy game as they had only won the reverse fixture 1-0. North Down started the game well, passing the ball about on the sticky pitch…
Ladies 4xi met at UUJ on Friday night to play against Ulster Elks in their last game of the season. Elks kept North down on their toes during the first half by constantly threatening to score. ND defence pushed the home team back many times but unfortunately relaxed for a split second allowing Elks to…
North Down ladies fifths entertained Ballynahinch seconds at Regent House last Saturday starting with high expectations after their tremendous performance the previous week winning 4-1 against Banbridge. Having twice narrowly lost 1-0 to the Ballynahinch girls in league and cup earlier in the season hopes were high of a home victory. Unfortunately for the Comber girls,…