By Laura Campbell The ladies seconds this week travelled to play Ballymena seconds at the Showgrounds with the home team kindly supplying two umpires. With a hard fought win against them before Christmas and losing out on a key player to the first eleven, alongside with regulars not available a lot of reshuffling of positions…
By Andrew McKibbin North Down U15, captained by Josh Gilmore, met Civil Service in the first round of the cup on Friday evening under the lights at Ards Leisure Centre. North Down started the game at a blistering pace with numerous opportunities in the opening minutes. The unfaltering pressure from the North Down side was rewarded…
Saturday brought another impressive victory for the seconds over a skilful Banbridge 3rds. The seconds have now won twelve consecutive league games and lead Junior 2 by 5 points with 5 games remaining. On Saturdaythe seconds welcomed back Magee and McMillan from injury,Forrest from work commitments and Ritchie on a weekend break from University. The…
By Robin Mitchell North Down entertained South Antrim at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday with both teams battling for a playoff place to gain promotion to the Premier League. South Antrim started with the advantage of having games in hand but North Down knew they must secure a victory to keep in touch. Still without the…
By Julie Fisher After the break the previous Saturday due to a frosty pitch, North Down 4ths were looking forward to their home fixture against Ballymena thirds. The first 10 minutes of the game started slowly for the home side as they were put under spells of pressure, but as with previous games and true…
By Laura Campbell On Saturday the ladies 2nds travelled to play Carrick 2nds with Carrick kindly having to supply two umpires for the match. This being the third encounter between the two teams with one win each the Comber girls knew this would be a challenging match. With a re-shuffle in defence and a new combination…
By Kathryn Rogers On Saturday the ladies thirds entertained Greenisland thirds ladies at Ards Leisure Centre. After a defeat earlier in the season North Down were determined to try and gain a win and were determined right from the start. Within the first five minutes of the game North Down had scored through centre forward Helen…
By W Reid The competition resumes this weekend with Last Man Standing 4. Usual rules apply. £10 to enter, individually or as a group, winner gets half the prize fund. Notify me by text to 0782 4881949 or email to willie.reid@talktalk.net before kick off of the first game on 9 February. All lady members are…
North Down travelled to Campbell College last Saturday knowing that they had to win their remaining 5 games in order to secure a play off place for promotion to the Premier League.
North Down sixth eleven travelled to Lisburn to play South Antrim fifths who, with some of their more senior teams without games due to postponements, fielded a strong squad of 16 players.