North Down thirds made the short trip to Stormont to take on a depleted Civil Service thirds side last Saturday in a Junior Two league game. From the off North Down attacked the circle and were awarded a penalty stroke when the ball was cleared off the line by the leg of a defender. Sam…
After recent weeks of being on the receiving end of some suspiciously strong teams, North Down fifths travelled to the Antrim Forum to meet Antrim seconds and were lucky to miss out on the worst of the weekend weather from the latest named Met Office source. The game started with Antrim surprisingly attempting to play…
North Down travelled to Shaws Bridge on Tuesday evening to play Inst in a rearranged Premier league game. North Down were without Jonny Moore, Michael Black, Jonny Linter and Ross Blair but this cannot be used as an excuse for an inept performance which saw the home side romp to an 11 nil victory. This…
North Down thirds met Queens seconds on a wet stormy Saturday afternoon at Comber Leisure Centre looking to cement their league position. The game was underway, the hosts dominating possession with Mockford, Donnan, Walls and Pyper marshalling the central spine of the side. It wasn’t long before the impressive start paid dividends when Jack Bond…
North Down fifths travelled to South Antrim fourths for a tricky away tie made even more difficult by the home seconds team playing immediately before the game. North Down travelled with a strong side but were the usual snails out of the blocks and within 3 minutes were 1-0 down. They knuckled down and slowly…
After a great victory last week, the fourths kept up the hard graft with a second spanking for Banbridge at Nendrum College’s newly constructed sand-based pitch. The fourths played a strong first half and equally strong final two quarters with both umpires forgetting the new four quarter hockey format! Goals arrived from three different strikers. …
North Down entertained Bangor in a Premier League game on Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre. Unfortunately just before the game commenced the heavens opened and the pitch began to flood. North Down members worked tirelessly to clear the surface water and the umpires agreed to start the game but with the rain continuing to fall…
So as storm Ciara went back to wherever storms live, her rogue brother in law Dennis the menace appeared. He may have halted proceedings in a high flying Bangor derby, but Cookstown 2s at home? I think not. As storm Dennis was denied so was Daniel’s early hockey siesta and with sad regret Mark Shannon’s stunning golden pint of…
North Down entertained Newry in a Premier league game on Saturday hoping to reverse the scoreline earlier in the season when they were defeated 3-1. North Down opened at a fast pace and dictated the early play. Jonny Moore was unlucky after two minutes when his effort crashed of the post and minutes later had…
North Down fourths travelled to their Banbridge counterparts last Saturday badly needing to take points from their bottom of the table hosts. Despite arriving late the fourths started out strongly, launched out of the cannon head first and scored early on with a well executed short corner finish from Andrew Haire hard and fast into…