North Down continued their good form with a very convincing 5-0 home win over top of the table Ballymena last Saturday. The first quarter saw North Down dominate possession with good attacking play. The Brown sisters controlled the centre of the pitch creating lots of space for Bethany Burrows to drive into the circle where…
All North Down members are now on the Hockey Ireland GO Membership System. The initial requested download of information for last season’s members required DOB and email address only. For those who have recently joined or have been transferred in from other clubs there was also a requirement for a postal address. As we do…
North Down welcomed Ballynahinch in a Premier League game at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday and secured three further league points running out comfortable winners by 4-1. North Down controlled the game from start to finish never needing to find top gear but in the first period found a well organised Hinch defence difficult to…
The ladies first eleven travelled to Armagh last Saturday to play their fourth league game of the season. The girls knew that this would be a tough and challenging match as Armagh were sitting at the top of Senior One having won all of their league matches so far but North Down were ready to…
It is very rare that you can take positives from a 6-0 defeat however last Saturday North Down’s fifth string probably won over the neutrals and certainly earned the respect of their opponents Lisnagarvey fifths who rolled into town with a 100% record having scored 45 goals with only 2 against in the process. Knowing…
We are sad to report the death of Jo Irwin one of our long standing members. Jo has been ill for quite a while but her death has still come as a big shock. The thoughts of everyone in our Club are with Richard and with Scott, Ben and Rachel who are all club members….
Our Under 15 girls played Ballynahinch at Regent House on Sunday. The girls had a shaky start. Within a few minutes the visiting team had gone a goal up and proceeded to apply lots of attacking pressure. It looked as if it was going to be a hard day at the office but credit to…
What a start to our U15 Boys T2 league! Sunday’s match was versus Antrim at Regent. To start with I need to thank the parents for their support as with only 9 boys in the squad (8 a side matches ) it requires commitment from them all for this new format – so thank you…
North Down entertained Queens in a Premier League game at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday and ran out comfortable winners by 7-0. Queens, who lost most of last year’s squad, were always up against it and defended stoutly but unfortunately had no answer to the slick North Down passing game. North Down opened the scoring…
The ladies first eleven welcomed Donegal visitors Raphoe to Comber Leisure Centre in the Irish Trophy last Saturday. The girls were expecting a tough game with Premier League Raphoe and, missing three regulars, knew this would be a big game. The first quarter started evenly with the North Down defence comfortably dealing with the high…