North Down travelled to Kilkeel on Friday evening to play Kirk Cup holders Kilkeel in the Premier League without several regulars due to either injury or family or work commitments. North Down settled quickly but were unfortunate after 4 minutes when Templeton slipped and lost possession. Kilkeel broke quickly into the circle and accurate passing…
The mens fifths beat Civil Service fourths 6-0 at Regent House last Saturday. A great team performance with some nice hockey played. After soaking up some early pressure, North Down started to assert themselves on the game, creating plenty of space in the Civil Service midfield. For the remainder of the first half, the home…
North Down ladies fourths travelled to The Dub last Saturday to compete against Queens 4ths. With a basic 11 player squad due to illness cry offs that morning they knew that it would be a tough match and it was!!! However, their victory the previous week had encouraged North Down. The match commenced in torrential…
North Down fourths took on CIYMS thirds on Saturday at home with an unbelievable squad of 15 available, an excellent mixture of maturity and youth. The match commenced with end to end hockey, but CI got the first break winning a corner from which they nearly scored however Nicola Ferris in goals pulled off some…
On Saturday, the ladies seconds made the short journey to Strathearn to play Victorians 2nds. The day’s events got off to a poor start when Karen Moore, the North Down skipper, had a tooth broken in the dug-out as she was completing the team list. Understandably, the Comber girls were slow to start, giving Victorians…
On Saturday afternoon the ladies fifths welcomed Coleraine thirds to Regent House expecting a tough game and looking to avenge a 4-0 defeat in Coleraine at the start of the season. Right from the off Coleraine came hard at the North Down defence to challenge their strength and expertise. Defenders Kathryn Rogers, Rachel Quigley,…
Well done to all our Under 11 and Under 13 boys who took part in the Blitz Day which we hosted at Comber Leisure Centre on Sunday in terrible weather conditions. We welcomed visiting teams from Raphoe, Antrim and Lurgan, and a particular shout out to the Donegal squad. Even though it rained all day,…
North Down’s Under 15 girls lost 2-1 to their Bangor counterparts at Regent HS yesterday. The weather may have been bleak but the hockey was really interesting with end to end action. North Down started by showing Bangor far too much respect and let them run at them. Bangor began the scoring which seemed to…
Just a reminder that there is NO youth training today as we are hosting a Blitz Day for the Under 11 and 13 Boys and welcome teams travelling from Raphoe, Antrim and Lurgan. All our P5-P7 boys are invited. Please meet at the Leisure Centre at 12.30pm. All Under 13 Boys to meet at 2.30pm…
Following an 11.30 am pitch inspection the pitch at Comber LC is frozen so all youth hockey today has been cancelled.