North Down travelled to Kilkeel on Saturday for their opening game in the Kirk Cup. Coach Aarron Mills had a much bigger squad at his disposal than last year and is using the Kirk Cup games to sort out his best starting eleven before the league programme begins.All 16 players got valuable pitch time on…
The mens thirds finally finished their league season with a narrow Junior League Three play off victory over close rivals Civil Service seconds at Deramore Park on Saturday. It was a feisty encounter with players from both sides rested on occasions with a variety of green and yellow cards. Civil Service went into the lead…
Raphoe 6 – 2 North Down. North Down travelled to Raphoe on a glorious Saturday afternoon. The odds were against North Down with 4 regulars unable to make the journey. Up steps Andy “the monk” Wallsy to win his first cap for North Down firsts standing in nets for the AWOL McBride. Cometh the hour…
North Down 2nds 0 – 9 Lisnagarvey 2nds The game? Freshly relegated North Down 2nds vs Lisnagarvey 2nds – game 2 PME (Post Mockey Era). The weather? Changeable. The performance? Pants. Out go Donnan, Bailie, Wilson, Dalzell and Glover. In come Chris Speers(just in the nick of time), Magee (comeback No.1024), the newly speed-aware father to…
South Antrim fell by 3-2 in the first post Easter league game at Comber on Saturday. Leading 1-0 at the interval the Lisburn team, already crowned league winners, then fell behind to goals from Stephen Forrest and the evergreen Rich Willis before pulling level with 15 minutes to go. However, North Down were not to…
Antrim 4-10 North Down North Down travelled to the Antrim forum for a league fixture against Antrim on Saturday. For 45 minutes Antrim made life difficult for north down with their strong running and in fact held a 3-2 lead which was well deserved early in the second period. It took a tactical switch to…
Instonians 3rds 1-4 North Down 2nds. A bit late this week due to yesterday being spent in a medically induced coma after Saturday afternoon celebrations were extended to sunrise Sunday morning. Ouch! By now everyone knows the result, you’ve seen the pictures and you’ve probably been mentally scared by Steven McGimpsey‘s photo-bombing double-D moob (time to…
North Down 2nds 3-4 Larne 2nds. The ladies seconds lost out by one goal in seven in a close fought game at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday to Larne 2nds. Sophie Clements (2) and Ali Millar, making her bid for Club leading scorer, scored the goals.
Portrush 1- 4 North Down North Down travelled to Ballycastle last Saturday to play Portrush in a Senior League game. North Down opened at a fast pace playing controlled hockey on a very slow pitch. In the opening minutes the ball was crashed in from the right and Gareth Bailie was on hand to slip…
North Down 2nds 1–1 Kilkeel 2nds. North Down win 5-3 on penalties. North Down vs Kilkeel encounters at any level are never for the faint hearted. They’re usually pretty bone-crunching affairs (literally if you take last year’s blood bath – no names but it was up there with Rumble in the Jungle). Add “semi-final” to…