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…
In atrocious weather conditions North Down entertained Inst in the second leg of the 2nd round of the Anderson Cup on Wednesday evening at the leisure centre. The umpires decided to let the game get under way despite the heavy fog and the locals were entertained to another goal fest. Trailing 5-2 from the first…
North Down travelled to Stormont on Sunday to play Civil Service in the semi final of the Irish Trophy. The large crowd was treated to an entertaining game which had six goals and a penalty shootout to determine the outcome. The first half saw both sides probe for openings but goal scoring opportunities were at…
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…
North Down fifths entertained Instonians fourths last Saturday in Comber in what is likely to prove the definitive game for promotion from Junior 5. First and second in the table heading into the weekend, both teams needed a win to keep the promotion fate in their own hands. North Down started the livelier of the…
The large crowd that turned up to watch the Premier League fixture between North Down and Kilkeel at Comber last Wednesday were treated to an 11 goal thriller.Unfortunately North Down were on the wrong end of the result losing by 7-4 Kilkeel got the perfect start scoring twice in the first three minutes.On both occasions…
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 entertained South Antrim at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday hoping to get their Premier League campaign back on track after a disappointing result last week at Bangor while South Antrim were hoping to get revenge for an earlier 4-3 defeat in their campaign. Both sides tried to play attractive attacking hockey at every…
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…