North Down entertained Newry in a Premier League fixture last Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre and with both teams perilously close to the bottom of the table a win was of vital importance to both sides. North Down welcomed back Gareth McKeown from injury and for once had a full panel of players available. They…
Men’s seconds game at Loughmoss is off due to snow, ladies fifths game at Comber LC off as Owls thirds have conceded. The pitch at Comber LC has been checked and is 100% OK for home games today. Ladies seconds and fourths both off as well.
With the league season now having passed the half way point North Down welcomed Randalstown to Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday. On their return to the Premier League back in September the Comber girls fought hard to take a valuable point from Randalstown after a 1-1 draw at the Antrim Forum and knew they would…
North Down travelled to Stormont last Friday evening for a rescheduled Premier League fixture against Civil Service with a full squad of 16 players. This enabled coach Mills to give players time out when required and also to give some of the younger players valuable pitch time. North Down opened at a fast pace…
Last week’s was a dark and dismal match, this week’s Friday night match was wet, wild and windy!! North Down ladies fifth eleven travelled to compete against Ulster Elks 4ths in the Minor Cup at Jordanstown. Not only was the weather dreadful, so were the navigational skills! Concentrating so much on talking tactics in one…
A 4-2 win. We rumble on undefeated. Rescued, against all odds and reason, by a Buddha hat trick. A first half of purest pantaloons that left the crowd embarrassed to be caught watching it, followed by a half time of Irwin weapons-grade hairdryer, resulting in a second half that left the crowd thinking they could…
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North Down ladies 1sts bounced back from last week’s heavy and disappointing defeat to Ballymoney with an important win over Portadown. It was the old cliché of the game being a real “six pointer” with North Down on 10 points going into the game and Portadown on 7. The visitors looked like a different side…
North Down without five regulars entertained Harlequins at Comber Leisure Centre in the Premier League last Saturday. Having lost two previous encounters with Harlequins this season already coach Aaron Mills will take much satisfaction from this performance and the 3-3 scoreline. Harlequins got the perfect start when after 3 minutes they attacked down the right…
On Saturday the ladies seconds travelled to the Dub to take on Victorians 2nds in Junior League two. With several of North Down’s regular players unable to play this week, the seconds were glad of those who stepped up to play an extra match. With a somewhat different team there was the potential for an…