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…
Laura Clarke reports …………………… Well that’s it, the last training session before the final but also our last training session of the 2013/14 season. It has been a strange experience playing until mid April and seeing the clocks go full circle. The last couple of weeks have had the pre season feel about them with…
It’s the biggest game of the season tonight as North Down face Civil Service for a place in the Premier League next season. Push back is at 7.30 pm at Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast – access is at the turn in for the Ramada Hotel. Service had a torrid start to their season with a series…
The ladies awards for 2013/14 presented at the Dinner Dance last Saturday are as follows: 4th XI Player of the Year Lynsey Stevenson 3rd XI Player of the Year Sacha Bell 2nd XI Player of the Year Karen Moore 1st XI Player of the Year Lauren Brown U15 Player of the Year Rebecca McBride Young…
The men’s awards for the season made at the Dinner Dance last Saturday were: Team of the Year 1st XI Most Improved Young Player (U18) Andy Boyd Most improved player Ben Willis Top goal scorer Andy Forrest 6th XI Player of the Year Thomas Green 5th XI Player of the Year John Clarke 4th XI…
Countdown diary from Laura Clarke. First and foremost if you are reading this then thanks for reading my ramblings. Well you may or may not be aware we are playing in the Irish Trophy final in Dublin this Saturday! I have to say though if you aren’t aware you obviously don’t know me or any…
The draw for North Down’s annual ballot was made at the Dinner Dance at La Mon Hotel & Country Club last night. The prize winners are as follows: 1st £200 – Paul Ritchie 2nd £100 – Maxine Taylor 3rd £75 – Judith Orr 4th Earlybird meal for two at TT Bistro, Comber – Gillian Pyper…