North Down entertained Bangor at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday. Although Bangor have played more games than other teams they were the league pacesetters and North Down knew the significance of the game with the possibility of league restructuring next season in the wake of the new Irish Hockey League. North down opened at a…
North Down thirds travelled to Banbridge fourths for their first round Junior Shield match on Saturday. Keen to keep their undefeated streak going and progress in the competition the Comber men started confidently controlling the game for much of the first half but for all their chances were only able to convert once. On 14…
North Down travelled to Stormont last Saturday to resume their league programme against PSNI knowing that they had to secure maximum points as they strive to close the gap to the league leaders. It did not take long for them to stamp their authority on the game. Richard Willis and Rowan Poots worked the ball…
Men’s 5xi suffer another defeat. – started brightly and took the lead through Chris Drysdale, who scored his first goal for the club. – The 5’s were then denied a chance to double their advantage. John Clarke broke towards the circle, beat his man who threw his stick at him nearly send the north down man to…
Months of planning! Political game playing! Back stabbing! Recriminations! Threats of violence! Alleged (and denied!) unauthorised walkies for Fido! That’s what it takes to get a North Down Dirty Dozen south of the wall to Cork. And what do we get when we get there?! Soaked by a craptastic watering system! Blasted by Arctic winds!…
On Saturday North Down seconds hosted a strong Lurgan thirds team in one of their toughest matches of the season so far in their bid for league honours. The North Down girls got off to an unsettled start allowing Lurgan to score a goal in the early stages of the match. North Down settled and…
After having been defeated by Pegasus thirds in the previous week North Down thirds were determined to get back to their winning ways on their visit to Grosvenor thirds last Saturday. With a 2-1 win behind them already in the season, the girls were very confident they could do it again. Both teams started well…
For the third year in a row North Down were drawn to play Bandon from West Cork in the Irish Trophy. The previous two games were close affairs with Bandon winning by the odd goal on both occasions. With a home draw, North Down were hoping for third time lucky but again were frustrated by…
North Down seconds travelled to play Lisnagarvey fourths last Saturday in the league and with a comprehensive win behind them in October expectations were high of a repeat. From the first whistle North Down were on the front foot with textbook passing from the backs right through to the forwards and were able to capitalise…
After some weeks of bad weather North Down thirds were more than ready to take on Pegasus thirds in the third round of the Junior Cup at Comber last Saturday. Having beaten them twice earlier in the season North Down were confident they could do it again. North Down started the game strongly but after…