{"id":13125,"date":"2022-02-07T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2022-02-07T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:09:41","slug":"weather-the-winner-at-ballyclare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/weather-the-winner-at-ballyclare\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather the winner at Ballyclare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">North Down ladies fifths travelled to Ballyclare High School to play Parkview seconds on Saturday looking to repeat their 4-0 win earlier in the season.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Missing injured Ann McBride with Keri Portinga in her place the North Down defence looked jittery in the first quarter giving away a series of penalty corners but good goalkeeping from Amy Powell managed to keep the game scoreless.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the second quarter North Down settled with the Taylor family in midfield control and crossing great balls into the circle for <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lucie Dickson<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> to test the Parkview goalkeeper who stood firm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the second half, as the rain increased in intensity, concentration slipped a little but North Down held firm with great tackles on the left from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jill Jack and Erin McConnell<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> thwarting the talented skills of the Parkview forwards. Keri Portinga had chances at the other end only for the Parkview goalkeeper to play her socks off. In the last few minutes Parkview could even have sneaked a win but great timing from Maxine Taylor and more saves from Amy Powell meant the final score was 0-0. A fair result against a talented and sporting team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Burch Autos Player of the Match was Amy Powell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Highly redacted report from Beverley Brittain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Down ladies fifths travelled to Ballyclare High School to play Parkview seconds on Saturday looking to repeat their 4-0 win earlier in the season. 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