North Down made the short journey to play local rivals Bangor at the Aurora Centre last Saturday in the Premier League hoping to make amends for their disappointing previous week’s loss at Newry Playing conditions were challenging and both teams took time to settle into their rhythm. It was Bangor who struck first in the…
North Down seconds entertained Mossley 2nds in the first round of the Irish Junior Cup at rain lashed Comber last Saturday and came from behind to progress to the next round. North Down started the match strongly and played Mossley off the park with some brilliant pass and move hockey finishing the first quarter with…
North Down travelled to Newry on Saturday to fulfil a Premier league fixture against the locals. In a competitive game the home side just about shaded it although had North Down taken their early opportunities the scoreline would have been very different. North Down opened the stronger putting Newry some early pressure. After10 minutes a…
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…
A proper senior game of hockey took place in the 4pm slot at Enler Park with the robust Antrim seconds in town looking to bully their way to 3 points. A pre-match team-talk explaining the importance of keeping calm, not talking back to the umpire and not lowering standards set the fifths up for the…
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 first, not for those faint of heart or short of attention, sentence of the 3s match report reports that the eventually 10 man 3s staggered to a 2-2 thrashing of an in the autumn bordering on mild early winter of their careers Garvey 4s despite the mild mannered Clarke Kent-like Aaron Saunders suffering a…
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…
North Down entertained Annadale in their final Kirk Cup game at Comber Leisure Centre and were unlucky to lose by two goals to one. North Down matched Annadale in all aspects of their play and must be very pleased that they restricted goal scoring opportunities to efforts from short corners. Both teams shared 12 penalty…
North Down fifths crashed out of the league cup at Strathearn last Saturday at the hands of a strong Annadale fourths team. Well, that’s what the match card said. Yet again a sluggish start from the Comber men gifted the home side a two goal advantage in the first quarter. Not any individual fault just…