North Down ladies fifths hosted Armagh seconds in the second round of the Minor Cup at Regent House last Saturday. The match started with Armagh winning a penalty corner, however the North Down defence was secure and with the midfield pinging the ball up front for forwards Sarah Moreland, Abby McCague and Debbie Sherlock to…
North Down fifths returned to winning ways against Portrush seconds, nicking a 1-0 victory in a hard fought game at Regent House last Saturday. Portrush, potentially aided by a few senior players, soaked up the early pressure as North Down looked to get the first goal. Chances for Revill, Bond, Linter, Wilcock, Green, and Mitchell came and went in…
North Down ladies made the journey to Magherafelt last Saturday to play Rainey in a bottom of the table Premier League clash in the unpopular 4 pm slot. The venue was the impressive indoor pitch at the Meadowbank Sports Arena. From the whistle North Down put pressure on Rainey which was swiftly turned with North…
The fourths travelled to Ballyclare High School to play Parkview looking to keep pace with PSNI, Antrim thirds and Raphoe thirds at the top of the table. After a quick team talk and simple Mike Bassett 4-4-2 set-up North Down began the game well, creating a few early chances! It wasn’t long before Chris Drysdale…
“Ho ho ho Magee, what actually happened during the damn game?!”. Everyone’s a critic these days. If you want to know that we had an in-advanced-state-of-over-refreshment Darren Rogers between the sticks and a return of our classic back four line up of Robbie Sinclair, Chris Murrayand Keith Conway all controlled by the Master to their Blaster, Irwin – get…
The floodlights at Comber Leisure Centre have been repaired sufficiently for training on Wednesday night as normal unless there’s a light rain shower!
The under 11 and under 13 boys Blitz Day at Ballynahinch is OFF due to a frozen pitch. The under 9 girls event at Bangor Aurora Centre is ON. The pitch at Comber Leisure Centre will be checked at noon today.
The only game ON today is now the ladies thirds Intermediate Cup tie away to PSNI at 4.00 pm at Stormont.
The last coaching days before the Christmas break will be on 17 and 18 December. We will resume on 14 and 15 January. Meanwhile, 3 December it’s back to normal for all coaching with the possible exception of the Under 15 girls while we await the repairs to the floodlights at Comber Leisure Centre.
Thanks to everyone who supported the recent table quiz by attending, supplying prizes etc. Particularly to Christine Mitchell who set the questions and operated the high tech digital scoreboard and bro Ian Shields who acted as question master and had to operate without the use of a broken microphone. Winners were the doyens of…