The SportNI Clubmark Award was finally presented to North Down during a break in one of our Summer Scheme sessions. Ulster Hockey Union President Ann Rosa handed over the certificate to North Down’s President Jennifer Patterson, also attending were Colin Manson from Ulster Hockey and Emma Hingston from Ards BC. As well as the certificate…
North Down, supported by Ards Borough Council, will be holding two weeks of summer schemes – one in July and one in August at Comber Leisure Centre. Dates and times are as follows: For beginners, 6-12 years of age, 10.00 am – 12.30 pm, 21-25 July and 18-22 August. For improvers, 12-16 years of age, 7.00…
North Down encourages all members to pay by bankers standing order. The proposed subscriptions for next season have been approved at the AGM so, for Senior Playing Members, there are two options: 1. Paying the discounted rate. Five payments of £40 with the first payment being made in May 2014 and the final payment in…
A reminder to all members. The AGM is tonight at The Green starting at 7.30 pm. This is an important meeting which should last no longer than an hour so please make every effort to attend!
The Ulster Ladies O45s veteran team featuring, in fact starring, Julie Fisher won their Inter Pro Masters series at the weekend in their tournament played at Cork C of I. They drew twice with a strong Munster team but beat Leinster twice, 2-0 and 4-0, to secure their title. Julie managed to get on the scoresheet…
The final action of the season was at Antrim Forum on Saturday where the mens thirds were required to play the remaining 29 minutes of their game against Antrim 2nds abandoned on 1 February due to flooding of the pitch. The score at the time was 4-1 in favour of Antrim so there was a…
Two days of entertaining hockey were favoured by wall to wall sunshine at Comber Leisure Centre at the weekend in yet another successful Easter Tournament. Eventual winners were the same group now known as ‘What’s the worst could happen’ who have been winners in recent years and the winners of the Plate Section were ‘Alcohockics’. …
The festival of fun known as the North Down Easter Tournament (founded 1981) kicks off again on Saturday morning at Comber Leisure Centre. Alan McMaster has asked that all teams be there for 9.45 am at the latest so that he can complete the registration processes and the first games will get underway immediately afterwards….
The Irish Trophy final proved a step too far for the ladies 1st XI as they went down 8-1 to an experienced Cork C of I team who eventually outshone them in all departments. The Cork team went ahead on 15 minutes but three minutes later Lauren Brown equalised following a short corner and it…
A fifth minute goal following a defensive error means that North Down will play their hockey in Senior One again next season. Despite having the majority of the play, having a nailed on stroke disallowed and failing to take advantage of any number of short corners, North Down just couldn’t find their way past an…