Thanks Gippy for taking the time to answer all the profile questions. Next up will be a ladies first eleven player! So, ………. Gippy, ………….. answers please! When and where did you first play hockey? I first played hockey at Victoria Primary School. Was the goalkeeper in the school football team, so when the primary…
Next in our lockdown profile series is Megan Murray. Thanks for taking part Megan! When and where did you first play hockey? I started playing at the age of 12 when I started secondary school. I went to Rainey in Magherafelt. Have you played for any other hockey clubs? No, I played at school and…
Ace striker and erstwhile goalkeeper Ben Bond is next in line to reveal all ……………. When and where did you first play hockey? Strandtown Primary School. Have you played for any other hockey clubs? Annadale at junior level. How long have you been at North Down? Since 2015. Do you have any personal ambitions in…
Next in line is a key worker ………. Laura Murray! Thanks for taking part in our profile series Laura! When and where did you first play hockey? First year at Bloomfield Collegiate School. Have you played for any other hockey clubs? 5 years at Dundee University, my claim to fame is that Prince William was…
We have been running a series of posts on our public Facebook page featuring North Down members who have been, and are, out there as key workers making a difference during difficult times! This is a random order collation of those posts and thanks to Aaron Saunders for putting them together. We’re extremely proud of…
James has just completed his second season at our Club, but let him tell you all about it! When and where did you first play hockey? I started playing hockey at Regent House in year 8. I initially fancied myself as a rugby player, however D Robb recommended I was more physically suited for hockey….
Kathy Taylor ……………….. when did she ever find time for hockey?? When and where did you first play hockey? I starting playing hockey at Regent House School in 1989. My first hockey coach was called Mrs Macdonald, but it was Anita Hiles and Isobel Mills who were my biggest influence at school and in my first…
The literary doyen of the match reports. You’ve read them all, understood some of them, but how does Stevie Magee really view the world? When and where did you first play hockey? My first ever match was for Ballynahich U18s away to Crossgar U18s on their grass pitch. I would have been about 15. They beat us…
And next for a grilling is last year’s ladies 5th XI captain Cara McConnell! When and where did you first play hockey? I first played hockey when Whytey coached for the minis on a Sunday afternoon for North Down. But I wasn’t very good because I took the meaning of ‘Spread out’ literally and stood…
Next in line for a grilling is ace goal scorer Scottie Moore ………………… When and where did you first play hockey? Regent House, I started as a right back but was apparently ‘too fast’ for that position so got fired up front. Have you played for any other hockey clubs? Nope, North Down through &…