The large crowd that turned up to watch the Premier League fixture between North Down and Kilkeel at Comber last Wednesday were treated to an 11 goal thriller.Unfortunately North Down were on the wrong end of the result losing by 7-4 Kilkeel got the perfect start scoring twice in the first three minutes.On both occasions…
North Down entertained South Antrim at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday hoping to get their Premier League campaign back on track after a disappointing result last week at Bangor while South Antrim were hoping to get revenge for an earlier 4-3 defeat in their campaign. Both sides tried to play attractive attacking hockey at every…
North Down travelled to Bangor last Saturday hoping to make amends for an earlier defeat in the season at Comber. North Down had the better of the first half pressing Bangor at every opportunity and causing them to make uncharacteristic mistakes. Toby Fynn was leading by example and was rewarded with the opening goal after…
North Down fifths threw away two points and a victory last Saturday away to Saintfield seconds and in truth ended up lucky to leave Saintfield with a point. Excitement was high, playing on Saintfield’s new pitch for the first time and it is genuinely good to see that Saintfield as a club seem to have…
North Down travelled to Shaws Bridge on Saturday to play the first leg of their quarter final Anderson Cup tie with Instonians without four regulars but this gave coach McKeown the opportunity to give fringe players a chance to show their skills. Inst got the perfect start winning a short corner in the first minute….
North Down fifths made the short trip to the Aurora Centre last Saturday to play local rivals Bangor fifths running out 5-0 winners. North Down barely had to get out of second gear especially in the first half when the home team were quite literally playing at a snail’s pace out of defence. James Stewart was causing…
North Down thirds, looking to secure a safe spot in Junior Two, hosted high flying Cookstown thirds on Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre. North Down controlled much of the opening stages and went one up after 22 minutes as Adam Tate roofed one on the reverse from close range. Marking was however too slack and…
North Down fifths travelled to Antrim Forum last Saturday to play a weak, ill disciplined Antrim thirds team in the league. With the home team putting their energies into disputes with the umpires, the opposition, themselves and even at times with the spectators the team which concentrated on hockey ran out easy 5-1 winners. For…
North Down had an early start to the weekend as they travelled to Shaws Bridge on Thursday to play Inst in their final game of the first phase of the Premier League. With sixth pace already secured North Down were hoping for a good result but unfortunately were defeated by 5-1. The first half was…
North Down entertained Antrim in the Premier League at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday. After the disappointing defeat at Mossley the home side was hoping to get back to winning ways. North Down lost Tom Donnan before the start with a recurring hip injury and then early in the game Jonny Moore had to retire…