North Down seconds made the trip to Kilkeel HS on Saturday to take on a strengthened Kilkeel 2nd XI. North Down knew this would be a tough task and the pre-match chat firmly focused on a good start to the game. This game saw the return of Mark Linter to join brother Jordan in defence…
Last Saturday a strong North Down seconds team faced Larne seconds at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to build on the previous week’s victory over Carrick. The match got underway with North Down initially putting pressure on the Larne defence with Brittany Logan looking strong on the right hand side. Good work from Charlotte McKee and…
The sixths have had a stop/start beginning to the season with free dates etc but last Saturday at Nendrum College they recorded their first win of the season – a close 2-1 victory over Campbellians thirds. Alex Porter was a late stand in as goalkeeper following the latest goalkeeping crisis at North Down and the…
North Down thirds lost away to Campbellians seconds on Saturday going down 3-0. The visitors, complete with stand in goalkeeper Andy Walls, made a decent start having plenty of possession without creating many chances but it was the home side who took the lead, scoring with a fast counter attack. After the goal a similar…
In a rearranged league fixture North Down entertained Cliftonville on Saturday at the Leisure Centre. Cliftonville turned up with a weakened side and provided little opposition for a North Down side growing in confidence as players come back from injury. However they were still without Michael Black and Chris Speers. Cliftonville could not match the…
North Down seconds faced a must win encounter at home to Newry seconds on Saturday after losing their first 4 league fixtures, albeit against very strong opposition. Newry at home provided the seconds with a great opportunity to register their first points in Junior 1 and they duly delivered. A strengthened squad had a big…
Comber Leisure Centre hosted the now customary thirds v fourths Junior League Three encounter last Saturday. As per usual the match started at a frantic pace. The fourths created more of the early chances in the game and did not allow the thirds any time or space on the ball. In fact the more junior…
On Saturday the ladies fourths welcomed Randalstown fourths to Nendrum College for an early push back. Right from the whistle North Down showed the visitors what they were going to be up against with excellent passing in the mid field between Jo Irwin and Kathy Taylor resulting in lots of pressure. It was from one…
On Saturday North Down seconds welcomed Carrick seconds to Nendrum College. The team knew to expect a tough match from previous encounters last season with both teams currently sitting in the middle of the league table and wanting to push further up. Carrick came out strongly working the midfield and defence but this was short…
North Down hosted South Antrim on Saturday in the league with both teams looking to keep their 100% winning record intact. However it was North Down who came away with the spoils after a hard fought 2-1 win. North Down played fast attacking hockey and were the vastly superior side in the first half leading…