North Down fifths travelled on Friday evening to Stormont to take on a Civil Service “fourths” side. The 5ths were looking to add to the strong start they have had so far in Junior 5 and get one up on the local rivals. It was however the home team who started off the stronger creating…
After a mixed start to their league campaign the ladies 1sts were hoping for all 3 points against newly promoted Banbridge at Comber. North Down were without Rebecca Mercer who was at the inter pros with Ulster U18 but welcomed back Rachel Hutchison after a three week absence. Both sides were fairly evenly matched in…
North Down seconds made the trip to Kilkeel HS on Saturday to take on a strengthened Kilkeel 2nd XI. North Down knew this would be a tough task and the pre-match chat firmly focused on a good start to the game. This game saw the return of Mark Linter to join brother Jordan in defence…
Last Saturday a strong North Down seconds team faced Larne seconds at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to build on the previous week’s victory over Carrick. The match got underway with North Down initially putting pressure on the Larne defence with Brittany Logan looking strong on the right hand side. Good work from Charlotte McKee and…
The sixths have had a stop/start beginning to the season with free dates etc but last Saturday at Nendrum College they recorded their first win of the season – a close 2-1 victory over Campbellians thirds. Alex Porter was a late stand in as goalkeeper following the latest goalkeeping crisis at North Down and the…
North Down thirds lost away to Campbellians seconds on Saturday going down 3-0. The visitors, complete with stand in goalkeeper Andy Walls, made a decent start having plenty of possession without creating many chances but it was the home side who took the lead, scoring with a fast counter attack. After the goal a similar…
The under 13 girls had their first series of games on Sunday at Ards Leisure Centre. Great team performances throughout the day resulted in two wins and two draws. They defeated Grosvenor and Bangor and drew with hosts Ards and Victorians.The girls worked really hard and thoroughly deserved the positive results. The support from parents was greatly…
In a rearranged league fixture North Down entertained Cliftonville on Saturday at the Leisure Centre. Cliftonville turned up with a weakened side and provided little opposition for a North Down side growing in confidence as players come back from injury. However they were still without Michael Black and Chris Speers. Cliftonville could not match the…
North Down seconds faced a must win encounter at home to Newry seconds on Saturday after losing their first 4 league fixtures, albeit against very strong opposition. Newry at home provided the seconds with a great opportunity to register their first points in Junior 1 and they duly delivered. A strengthened squad had a big…
Comber Leisure Centre hosted the now customary thirds v fourths Junior League Three encounter last Saturday. As per usual the match started at a frantic pace. The fourths created more of the early chances in the game and did not allow the thirds any time or space on the ball. In fact the more junior…