The ladies firsts opened up last weekend’s hockey action with a Friday evening home game in Comber against Team KV. Having narrowly lost in the cup and league North Down were determined to get a good result. The home team started well creating a number of opportunities in the first fifteen minutes with Amy Kimber,…
North Down ladies fifths entertained Banbridge ladies fourths at Regent House on Saturday in a rearranged league game hoping to make amends for a 2-0 loss earlier in the season. The Banbridge team were delayed by traffic and were generously given time for their warm up routine but when they went ahead in the first…
The ladies fourths entertained a strong Mossley thirds team at Regent house School last Saturday hoping to repeat their single goal victory earlier in the season. Mossley came out strongly from the starting whistle catching North Down off guard and the home team battled hard against the wind and miserable weather in an attempt to…
North Down ladies made the long journey to Raphoe on Saturday to play top of the table Raphoe. North Down edged the early play with good attacks from Selina Lewis, Lauren Brown and Amy Kimber down the left hand side causing problems for the Raphoe defence. From virtually their first attack a hopeful ball into…
The ladies fourths travelled to The Dub to meet Pegasus fourths last Saturday in the Junior Plate. Within two minutes North Down found themselves 1-0 down from a soft penalty corner. As they made their way back for the restart thoughts of a cricket score were on the cards. To their credit, North Down pulled…
After last week’s defeat at Ballymoney, North Down ladies fourths travelled to Carrick on Saturday to face Castle 2nds. In what turned out to be a scrappy game, the first half was a dull affair with few opportunities created at either end. Abby McCague worked tirelessly on the wings but the lack of a cutting…
North Down ladies travelled the short distance to CIYMS last Saturday for their latest Senior League match. Having drawn the home game 2-2 North Down knew this would be a tough test as they attempted to gain momentum from last week’s win against Portadown. North Down weathered the early storm from CI comfortably and began…
The ladies fifths were pressed into university action twice in four days as Ulster Hockey attempts to catch up on a fixture backlog. In midweek they travelled to the Dub to play Queens fifths followed by a Saturday trip to Jordanstown to meet Ulster Elks fourths. Both games finished with a single goal scoreline. Against…
North Down ladies fourths travelled to the Joey Dunlop Centre to play Ballymoney thirds on Saturday and returned to Comber on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline.. The Ballymoney girls were quick to start making their way through North Down’s midfield, dodging defenders, slipping the ball into a gap at the post and treating…
Last Wednesday night the ladies first entertained Portadown at Comber Leisure Centre and with Portadown just above North Down in the league this was an important game. North Down edged the opening period as their forwards were making dangerous runs behind the high lying Portadown defence. After ten minutes the first clear cut chance was…