On Saturday North Down ladies seconds travelled to Dungannon seconds for an early 1pm start. With no school girls available and last minute call ups from the first eleven the Comber girls travelled with just 11 players. The game started evenly but as it progressed North Down began to pile on the pressure with the…
A new look men’s’ thirds side hosted South Antrim thirds last Friday night at Comber Leisure Centre. With an experienced spine of the team, youth was on show elsewhere down both flanks with Hunter, Brown, Proctor, Vincent and Linter all impressive. North Down started the match in confident mood controlling the game with lots of…
After the previous week’s win against Pegasus thirds, North Down ladies thirds were determined to get another win under their belt. With a number of players being called up to higher teams, the thirds fielded nearly a completely new team for the visit of Carrickfergus seconds to Comber Leisure Centre. From the whistle North Down…
The men’s seconds got off to an impressive start in their first league game of the season in Junior One on Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre. Visitors were Instonians seconds with whom the North Down team shared a win each last season. North Down featured new signing Allen Irwin from Bangor and Paul Adgey who…
North Down ladies thirds played their first league game of the season against Pegasus thirds last night at the Dub. Fearing a Friday night match would allow for the opposition to bulk up their team North Down took their usual team with the return of Laura Murray and new addition Claire MacQuarrie. North Down had…
North Down opened their Group A Linden Cup campaign with a convincing 10 goal victory over a depleted PSNI at Stormont last Saturday. PSNI were confined to their own 25 for long periods and defended with gusto throughout and only in the last 15 minutes as they tired were North Down able to turn their…
At the Ulster Festival of Hockey today at Banbridge, North Down’s group results were: Lost 0-3 V Instonians Won 1-0 V Portadown Lost 2-5 V Annadale E & OE! Philip Wison reporting.
The final action of the season was at Antrim Forum on Saturday where the mens thirds were required to play the remaining 29 minutes of their game against Antrim 2nds abandoned on 1 February due to flooding of the pitch. The score at the time was 4-1 in favour of Antrim so there was a…
The Irish Trophy final proved a step too far for the ladies 1st XI as they went down 8-1 to an experienced Cork C of I team who eventually outshone them in all departments. The Cork team went ahead on 15 minutes but three minutes later Lauren Brown equalised following a short corner and it…
Last Saturday North Down ladies fourths ended their highly successful season with the Junior Cup final at Stormont against local rivals Ards 3rds. Having won all their league matches and finishing top of the league, North Down looked to put the icing on the cake and lift the Junior Cup title. This however didn’t prove…