Antrim 4-10 North Down North Down travelled to the Antrim forum for a league fixture against Antrim on Saturday. For 45 minutes Antrim made life difficult for north down with their strong running and in fact held a 3-2 lead which was well deserved early in the second period. It took a tactical switch to…
Instonians 3rds 1-4 North Down 2nds. A bit late this week due to yesterday being spent in a medically induced coma after Saturday afternoon celebrations were extended to sunrise Sunday morning. Ouch! By now everyone knows the result, you’ve seen the pictures and you’ve probably been mentally scared by Steven McGimpsey‘s photo-bombing double-D moob (time to…
It’s Ulster Hockey’s Finals Day on Saturday and the men’s seconds will play Instonians thirds in the final of the McClements Cup at 1.00 pm at Stormont on the water base pitch. They will be at full strength except for Player of the Year candidate Allen Irwin who is recovering from an elbow operation and…
Last Sunday saw the last of the season’s coaching for the under 13 and under 15 boys and the under 11 minis. The under 11s rounded off their season with games of hockey, rounders and football. Thanks to all the coaching staff from the Club, in particular the much hassled Julie and also to all…
North Down 2nds 3-4 Larne 2nds. The ladies seconds lost out by one goal in seven in a close fought game at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday to Larne 2nds. Sophie Clements (2) and Ali Millar, making her bid for Club leading scorer, scored the goals.
Portrush 1- 4 North Down North Down travelled to Ballycastle last Saturday to play Portrush in a Senior League game. North Down opened at a fast pace playing controlled hockey on a very slow pitch. In the opening minutes the ball was crashed in from the right and Gareth Bailie was on hand to slip…
North Down 2nds 1–1 Kilkeel 2nds. North Down win 5-3 on penalties. North Down vs Kilkeel encounters at any level are never for the faint hearted. They’re usually pretty bone-crunching affairs (literally if you take last year’s blood bath – no names but it was up there with Rumble in the Jungle). Add “semi-final” to…
North Down Under 13 girls took part in the end of season finals day at Lisnagarvey recently and with an early start the girls were raring to go. Unfortunately they started the day with a narrow 1-0 defeat against Mossley however this seemed to fire the girls up and led to victories against two strong…
And so another busy Youth season is almost at an end! To celebrate all age groups will be having a blitz day / evening of games. Rounders, football & hockey are all in the mix. Sunday 22nd March is the last Minis Session and Under 13 & 15 Boys Session. The Under 13 & 15…
Campbellians 3 – 4 North Down North Down and Campbellians met on Saturday to fulfil a fixture rearranged as a result of the original game not being played when umpires failed to turn up at the start time. Again arrangements went awry when yet again no umpires turned up and officials from both sides had…