By Lauren Brown On Saturday, the ladies firsts hosted Cookstown in their second Senior Cup game. The whistle blew to signal the start of the match and North Down took no time to get started. Cookstown were taken back by the home team’s fast flowing hockey and couldn’t cope with their movement. This resulted in the…
By Lauren Brown The 1stXI kick started their 2013-14 campaign with a Senior Cup fixture against Victorians at Comber on Wednesday night. The game started with a high tempo with both teams clearly up for the challenge. It was a fairly even contest early on with a number of chances at either end of the pitch….
The ladies fourths lost 3-2 to Civil Service 2nds in the Junior Plate Final at Stormont this morning. Marion Millar equalised Service’s early goal to make it 1-1 at half time before a poor 10 minutes in the second half gave Service a two goal advantage. After a disallowed short corner goal for North Down,…
By Robin Mitchell The mens sixths moved on from a difficult league cup tie with South Antrim 5ths to face Portrush 2nds at Comber Leisure Centre on Wednesday next at 7.30 pm or 7.45 pm, time to be decided. Scorer of the 3 North Down goals at Laurelhill HS in the 3-1 defeat of South Antrim…
The fifths disappointingly lost 2-0 to South Antrim fourths last night at Comber Leisure Centre and paid the penalty for a number of missed chances. The visitors scored both goals from short corners. The sixths game against South Antrim fifths at Ferris Park Dromore had a farcical early ending due to floodlight failure. 35 minutes…
By R F Mitchell North Down travelled to Mossley on Tuesday evening to play their Anderson Cup group games, the group comprising teams from Mossley, Banbridge and Kilkeel with the winners progressing to the semi finals. Teams consisted of 9 players and players and coaches had to adapt to the rules specific to this competition. North…
By Terry Ritchie North Down seconds have just completed a very successful season with the Junior 2 league title. With 2 games remaining the seconds required 2 points to ensure winning the league. Before Easter the Seconds traveled to Cookstown and after a very competitive game returned to Comber with the required points and the league…
By Sam Pyper After the snow, the men’s thirds 2nd round Junior Shield tie against league winners Bangor thirds was played last night at Bangor Grammar School. Keen to defend their title after a poor end to the league, North Down started the brighter and controlled the first 20 minutes. A good one-two link up between…
By Ross Linter The Boys Under 13’s participated in a finals competition at Campbell College on St Patrick’s day. A total of twenty teams from across the province participated. The tournament format consisted of a group stage, from which successful teams would progress to a knock out phase. Despite an initial draw against Mossley, the boys…
By Jim Patterson The young North Down sixth eleven entertained Lisnagarvey sixths in the Minor Cup at Comber Leisure Centre on 9 March. Unfortunately, yet again, North Down’s youngest team was confronted by a side featuring many players from more senior teams and as has happened so often this season they held out for most of…