North Down fifths travelled to South Antrim fourths for a tricky away tie made even more difficult by the home seconds team playing immediately before the game. North Down travelled with a strong side but were the usual snails out of the blocks and within 3 minutes were 1-0 down. They knuckled down and slowly…
Last Friday night North Down ladies fourths welcomed their Harlequins counterparts who are currently sitting top of Junior League Five. As expected Harlequins rolled out their Ulster and Ireland vets players so North Down knew they had to play their socks off if they wished to earn some points. The game was fast and the…
After a great victory last week, the fourths kept up the hard graft with a second spanking for Banbridge at Nendrum College’s newly constructed sand-based pitch. The fourths played a strong first half and equally strong final two quarters with both umpires forgetting the new four quarter hockey format! Goals arrived from three different strikers. …
North Down entertained Bangor in a Premier League game on Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre. Unfortunately just before the game commenced the heavens opened and the pitch began to flood. North Down members worked tirelessly to clear the surface water and the umpires agreed to start the game but with the rain continuing to fall…
So as storm Ciara went back to wherever storms live, her rogue brother in law Dennis the menace appeared. He may have halted proceedings in a high flying Bangor derby, but Cookstown 2s at home? I think not. As storm Dennis was denied so was Daniel’s early hockey siesta and with sad regret Mark Shannon’s stunning golden pint of…
North Down ladies fifths made the short trip on Friday evening to the Aurora Centre to play Bangor seconds. The home team started the game strongly but the fifths were quick to settle down and get stuck in. There was nothing to separate the two teams in the first quarter and it ended scoreless. North…
North Down entertained Newry in a Premier league game on Saturday hoping to reverse the scoreline earlier in the season when they were defeated 3-1. North Down opened at a fast pace and dictated the early play. Jonny Moore was unlucky after two minutes when his effort crashed of the post and minutes later had…
North Down ladies fourths travelled to Carrickfergus on Friday night to take on Castle thirds in the hope of winning some points and improving on the scoreless draw in October in Comber. Braving the start of Storm Ciara the girls prepared themselves for a windswept match. From the starting whistle it was easy to see…
North Down fourths travelled to their Banbridge counterparts last Saturday badly needing to take points from their bottom of the table hosts. Despite arriving late the fourths started out strongly, launched out of the cannon head first and scored early on with a well executed short corner finish from Andrew Haire hard and fast into…
North Down thirds made the tricky trip last Saturday to Cookstown for a late start in the McClements Cup. With Jason Purvis holding discussions with the local constabulary the Comber men started with an 11 man squad. After 2 minutes the strong unfamiliar looking 15 of Cookstown went one up and shortly after made it two with…