North Down thirds made the tricky trip last Saturday to Cookstown for a late start in the McClements Cup. With Jason Purvis holding discussions with the local constabulary the Comber men started with an 11 man squad. After 2 minutes the strong unfamiliar looking 15 of Cookstown went one up and shortly after made it two with…
North Down seconds hosted Bangor seconds last Friday evening in a Junior One league fixture. Storm Ciara’s belly brewed as did the belly of the Bearded Beast from the East Dazzler Dalzell who will blow and blow Bangor’s defence down. The whistle blew and in usual North Down seconds world record breaking fashion-‘how early can…
North Down travelled to Portadown on Tuesday evening for a rearranged Premier League game. A late pitch inspection by the umpires allowed the game to go ahead despite a slight frost. North Down opened the game at a fast pace and took early control pushing Portadown back into defensive mode. A good move down the…
North Down thirds entertained Mossley thirds at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to get back to winning ways. Fielding their full squad the hosts set the tempo early and went one up in 35 seconds when a crashed ball was deflected past the keeper by Mark Shannon returning after a six month injury lay off. North…
North Down fifths entertained CIYMS seconds in Comber last Saturday and unlike in recent encounters CI had a genuine team out as their first eleven were playing at the same time. North Down were confident from the outset until as soon as the whistle went it looked like this was their third game ever and…
North Down seconds hosted Mossley seconds in a Friday night game knowing that 3 points would help them reclaim fourth spot in Junior One. North Down started the match well dominating possession and went 1-0 from a well worked short corner routine where Chris Speers sent in a low drag flick for a sliding Stephen Dalzell to…
North Down entertained Instonians in a top of the table clash at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday but unfortunately for the hosts poor early defensive play saw Inst take the early initiative and run out comfortable winners by 5-1. The game was virtually over after 8 minutes as poor defensive play allowed Inst to score…
With pressure on numbers, the fifths travelled to play Annadale 4ths at Campbell College with only 12 men. The game started evenly with not much between the sides. Some sterling work in midfield confined Dale to only a couple of chances in the first quarter until, with 3 minutes to go, Dale broke into the…
A depleted North Down seconds squad made the tough trip to Banbridge on Saturday to play their thirds in a Junior One fixture. With a number of players unavailable the seconds had to settle for a reduced squad of 12 players but despite this they started the 1st quarter seemly in control of the match…
With all other local hockey off due to frost, the balmy micro climate of Newtownards was the setting for an excellent game of hockey between North Down fifths and Annadale fourths at Regent House last Saturday, the pitch in perfect condition! As all of Annadale’s games had been cancelled it was no surprise to see…