North Down were back in action on Saturday after a three week Christmas break. The home side faced Ballymena for the fourth time this season and were looking to consolidate their second spot in the league place and put things right after frustrating defeats in all three of the previous encounters. North Down started very…
On Saturday North Down seconds finally returned to action in Comber after a long four weeks off and were keen to dust off the cobwebs to keep up their unbeaten league run. The opposition was provided by Dromore thirds who had been trounced 6-0 at the start of the season. Both teams showed the lack…
North Down fourths first match back after Christmas was at Ards Leisure Centre on Saturday against Ballymena thirds and they were determined to get revenge for the 1-0 defeat earlier in the season. North Down’s defence of Beverly Britain, Anna Rogers, Ann McBride and Lauren McCormack started off strongly breaking down Ballymena’s attacks helped by some…
North Down thirds first game back after the Christmas break was at home against one of the toughest teams in the league, Saintfield seconds. Having been previously beaten by them at the start of the season on Saintfield’s gravel pitch North Down then evened up the tally by putting them out of the Junior Cup….
North Down defeated Antrim 4-0 in the first round of the Irish Trophy last Saturday and can now look forward to a home tie against last year’s finalists Bandon on 24 January. North Down controlled the game for most of the 70 minutes but Antrim, as last week, were dangerous on the break with North…
North Down thirds are halfway through their season and were back to playing Pegasus thirds last Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre. Having beaten them 2-0 at the start of the season the ladies were confident of more success. North Down started off strongly playing their own game of one two passes and applying pressure to…
North Down thirds travelled to South Antrim on the newly installed Friends School synthetic pitch. With momentum on their side the Comber men were in positive form even though a few familiar faces had been called up to the seconds. Nonetheless those that filled the gaps, Clarke, Dorian, Brown and Vincent, did so and did…
North Down ladies fours travelled to The Dub last Saturday to play Queens 3rds who have taken control of Junior Five this season. In the first half the North Down defence of Karen Jackson, Maxine Taylor, Anna Rogers and Ann McBride started off strongly breaking down the Queens attacks with some excellent saves from returning…
The ladies firsts travelled to Cookstown on Saturday looking for 3 points to retain second position in Senior One. Regardless of form or current league standings, Cookstown is always a difficult place to go and somewhere that North Down have struggled to get points in the last number of seasons. North Down started nervously and…
North Down thirds travelled to play Banbridge fourths last Friday night and faced a strong 16 man squad eager to climb out of the relegation places of Junior 3. With the Comber men unbeaten thus far and riding high this would always have been a challenge however the visitors knew this would be an entirely…