So as storm Ciara went back to wherever storms live, her rogue brother in law Dennis the menace appeared. He may have halted proceedings in a high flying Bangor derby, but Cookstown 2s at home? I think not. As storm Dennis was denied so was Daniel’s early hockey siesta and with sad regret Mark Shannon’s stunning golden pint of…
North Down ladies fifths made the short trip on Friday evening to the Aurora Centre to play Bangor seconds. The home team started the game strongly but the fifths were quick to settle down and get stuck in. There was nothing to separate the two teams in the first quarter and it ended scoreless. North…
North Down entertained Newry in a Premier league game on Saturday hoping to reverse the scoreline earlier in the season when they were defeated 3-1. North Down opened at a fast pace and dictated the early play. Jonny Moore was unlucky after two minutes when his effort crashed of the post and minutes later had…
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 fourths travelled to their Banbridge counterparts last Saturday badly needing to take points from their bottom of the table hosts. Despite arriving late the fourths started out strongly, launched out of the cannon head first and scored early on with a well executed short corner finish from Andrew Haire hard and fast into…
North Down thirds made the tricky trip last Saturday to Cookstown for a late start in the McClements Cup. With Jason Purvis holding discussions with the local constabulary the Comber men started with an 11 man squad. After 2 minutes the strong unfamiliar looking 15 of Cookstown went one up and shortly after made it two with…
North Down seconds hosted Bangor seconds last Friday evening in a Junior One league fixture. Storm Ciara’s belly brewed as did the belly of the Bearded Beast from the East Dazzler Dalzell who will blow and blow Bangor’s defence down. The whistle blew and in usual North Down seconds world record breaking fashion-‘how early can…
North Down travelled to Portadown on Tuesday evening for a rearranged Premier League game. A late pitch inspection by the umpires allowed the game to go ahead despite a slight frost. North Down opened the game at a fast pace and took early control pushing Portadown back into defensive mode. A good move down the…
North Down thirds entertained Mossley thirds at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to get back to winning ways. Fielding their full squad the hosts set the tempo early and went one up in 35 seconds when a crashed ball was deflected past the keeper by Mark Shannon returning after a six month injury lay off. North…
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…