North Down 5ths played Instonians seconds away last Saturday in a Junior League Five game and struggled to gather eleven players together, due to illness and holidays! Therefore, they were very grateful to Rebecca Brown and Ali Millar, home for the holidays, for helping out and to Krista Blanchflower for a rare starting appearance in…
The FIH has announced a number of amendments to the Rules of Hockey that have come into force on 1 January 2019 for international sides. Hockey Ireland will adopt the changes domestically from the start of the 2019/20 season. Introduction of the match format of four quarters as standard In international matches, teams have been…
There were defeats for both North Down teams in last Saturday’s League Cup finals at Stormont. The fourths staged a late come back to tie their game with CIYMS seconds at 3-3 with a goal from Jason Purvis in penalty corner added time. CI conclusively won the penalty run ins shootout 3-0. Greg Bell and…
We’re expecting a big support tomorrow at Stormont for our two teams in their respective league cup finals. The fourth eleven play CIYMS seconds at 11.00 am on Pitch 2 followed by the fifth eleven playing Portrush seconds at 1.00 pm. The fourths have already beaten CI 4-1 in the league in November whilst the…
Whilst the ladies teams now have a Christmas break until a return to league action on 5 January there’s still lots going on in the men’s side of our Club. On Boxing Day the annual charity fixture between the Hockey and Cricket Clubs resulted in another win for the Cricket Club in a closely contested…
There was a lot of action in the final week of youth coaching before Christmas. The under 15 girls joined forces with Portadown, playing as Portnorth, and topped their group in hte first round of the Indoor Championship, the under 13 & 15 boys played with the under 15 girls in a set of mixed…
North Down fifths unbeaten eleven game run came to a end last Saturday with a bump in a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of league rivals South Antrim fourths at Friends School Lisburn. A strong but fair South Antrim deserved the win wholeheartedly in atrocious weather conditions which accounted for most of the rest of…
Some of our festive members getting into the party mood already! #oneclub
All ladies games are OFF likewise the mens first eleven game at Mossley due to the weather. The mens fourths game against Annadale fourths is also OFF as Annadale again cant field a team. The mens thirds game at Comber LC against Portadown seconds will start. Any news on the remaining away games will be…
We had two teams entered for the Under 13 girls tournament at Bangor. Great to see so many involved with all of our youth teams.