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…
North Down Ladies 1sts made history on Saturday as they made it to the final of the Irish Hockey Trophy after defeating Cookstown 2-1 at Comber. Honours were even going into the game as in three previous meetings this season both sides had won their home fixture and battled out a 3-3 draw back in…
On Saturday the ladies thirds played their last game of the season against top of the table Ulster Elks thirds, the teams having drawn 0-0 earlier in the season. After some early pressure from the Elks, North Down eventually settled and gave the visitors’ defense a run for their money with some shots on target….