By Laura Campbell On Saturday the North Down Ladies 2nds took to the pitch for their first league match of the new season at Comber Leisure Centre. They welcomed their opponents Belfast Harlequins 4ths and like every team both wanted to start the season on a high. The match got under way with both teams just…
By Lauren Brown On Saturday, the ladies firsts hosted Cookstown in their second Senior Cup game. The whistle blew to signal the start of the match and North Down took no time to get started. Cookstown were taken back by the home team’s fast flowing hockey and couldn’t cope with their movement. This resulted in the…
By Lauren Brown The 1stXI kick started their 2013-14 campaign with a Senior Cup fixture against Victorians at Comber on Wednesday night. The game started with a high tempo with both teams clearly up for the challenge. It was a fairly even contest early on with a number of chances at either end of the pitch….
By Peter Bond North Down Youth training returns on the 9th of September 2013! During the closed season the coaches have been busy working away to get everything in place! Following the success of last years parents evening, It is proposed that a similar event shall be held at North Down Cricket club on the 3rd…
By Andrew McGimpsey Congratulations to Stephen Magee, Colin Mockford and Julie Fisher who have been selected to play for the Irish Over 40s and Babas in this weeks European Masters Open. The event starts on Tuesday morning and runs until Saturday at Lisnagarvey’s Comber Road with four men’s competitions taking place and two women’s events with…
By P Whyte Just a reminder for the mens firsts and seconds squads that training will commence tomorrow evening (29 July). Players should be at the cricket club for 7.30pm prior to going down to the pitch at 8.00pm. Training will finish at 9.00pm.
The IHA are offering two hockey camps this summer. UCD Elite Camp This is the first IHA Elite Hockey camp designed for the serious player (Girls and Boys aged 12-17) who is keen to move their hockey to a new level. The camp will be run by former National Men’s Coach David Passmore who will…
North Down, in partnership with Ards Borough Council, will be running hockey summer schemes during July and August at Comber leisure Centre. The details are: July Beginners 6 -12 years old – 22 July – 26 July, 10.00 am – 12.30 pm £25 first child and £20 second child in family or August week Improvers…
By Peter Bond The Ulster Branch are running an IHA level 1 Hockey Coaching Course at the end of July start of August at Belfast Harliquins. Dates: 20/07/2013, 27/07/2013 & 03/08/2013 All 9am – 5pm The course is broken down into two training days and a final assesment. If you are over 18 and would…
By Peter Bond Peter McKibbin and Rowan Poots have been selected to attend a 3 day training camp in Lilleshall with the Ulster Under 17 Development group. Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre is a flagship residential training centre and award winning National Centre of Excellence for many of the UK’s top sportsmen and women. This…