North Down thirds travelled to Ballymena to face Antrim seconds on Saturday in the League Cup with a much changed line up from the previous week. An away trip to Antrim seconds was always going to be a difficult fixture and the thirds free flowing hockey of the last few weeks was hampered by an…
After relegation from last season’s all Ireland League, Instonians are back in local action and entertained North Down at Shaws Bridge last Saturday in the Kirk Cup. The old cliché of a game of two halves came into play again as North Down more than held their own for the first half but they allowed…
Stevie Magee is in the Ireland O45 squad for the Masters Home Nations Tournament this weekend. It is being played at Southgate Hockey Club in London. Games are: Wales Friday 23rd England Saturday 24th Scotland Sunday 25th. In August the Ireland Masters team will move on to the European Championships at Tilburg Hockey Club in…
The mens thirds gained the 3 points necessary to maintain their position in Junior Three for next season. However they made it difficult for themselves spurning several chances before going 2 goals down to a strong Cookstown fourth eleven at Comber Leisure Centre tonight. Jamie Orr pulled a goal back on the stroke of half…
For the first time on a public forum platform such as this website North Down today states that the Mossley representative umpire in the game between North Down 4ths and Mossley 5ths today at Nendrum College Comber actively cheated to deny victory to the North Down team. With the score at 1-0 to the home…
Once again the 2s grapple with the robust lady at the mic, wrestle her to the ground and demand she stops with the warm-up arpeggios as they take one foot off the trap door with a high quality, comin’ from behind, 2-1 win (regardless of what the “fake news” Ulster Hockey site says) over the…
The full list of mens awards made at the Dinner Dance is: Team of the Year 1st XI, Captain Ross Linter Most Improved Young Player (U18) Chris Murray Most improved player Mark Shannon 4th XI Player of the Year James Millar-Hogg 3rd XI Player of the Year Shea Kelly 2nd XI Player of the Year…
North Down travelled to Lough Moss on Monday evening to play Annadale in their final league game of the season and gave a senior debut to young Chris Murray. Still suffering from a hangover after their Irish Trophy victory at the weekend North Down put up a spirited performance before going down by 4-0. Annadale…
North Down travelled to Dublin last Saturday to play South Antrim in the final of the Irish Trophy. In glorious conditions and in front of a noisy but very welcome support both teams put on a display which matched the occasion. South Antrim started stronger and took the lead after 10 minutes following a short…
North Down and NICS both in search of points to secure their place in next years Premier League played out a 2-2 draw at Stormont last Wednesday. In driving rain both sides began very cautiously but it was Service who were first to strke.The North Down defence failed to clear and the ball broke to…