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Senior League 4: Donaghadee 2-2 Instonians Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club kicked off their 2011/12 Senior League 4 campaign last Saturday when they welcomed Instonians 1sts to a warm, sun-bathed Crommelin Park. Despite the prolonged rain in the days leading up to the game, the pitch was in excellent condition although the lines did require some…

With the Ulster Hockey Union’s Senior League 4 starting in just a few weeks, Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club’s training has been well underway for a month or so. The committee has been eager to recruit new faces to bolster the ranks a little, and the rallying cry has not gone unnoticed round the Ards Peninsula…

Preparations are well underway for Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club’s Ulster Hockey Union’s Senior League 4’s opening clash at home to Instonians which is scheduled to take place on Saturday 17th September at Crommelin Park, Donaghadee. With the girls currently training twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays to brush off the summer cobwebs and get…

Despite the weather’s best efforts having us believe otherwise, the summer has ticked through and before we know it, it’s the beginning of August and the hockey season is only a few short weeks away. With the Ulster Hockey Union’s Senior 4 scheduled to pass back on Saturday 17th September at home against Instonians, the…

Last Saturday Donaghadee welcomed Bangor Ladies to Crommelin Park to play one of their last games of the season. With Bangor sitting nicely in the top half of the table, and Donaghadee a number of places below them in the bottom half, it was always going to be a tough game for the girls in…

With spring having sprung and the grass having riz, the hockey season is usually well over by this stage of the year, but the snow of last December knocked the entire match programme of the Ulster Hockey Union out of kilter and is the reason Donaghadee are still playing fixtures rearranged from earlier in the…

Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club were on their travels last week as they headed off to Ballynahinch to play the latest in their league fixtures. On paper, Ballynahinch are sitting several places above the Dee in the table, but the last time Donaghadee travelled to the Hinch – the last game before Christmas in the 09/10…

After a week of inaction as other teams competed in the Plate, Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club travelled down the A1 on Saturday to play Newry Olympic. There hasn’t been much to choose between these two teams this season, with both sides sitting just below halfway in the table. The Dee ran out 3-2 winners when…

There hasn’t been much to report on recently from Donaghadee Ladies Hockey Club, with the girls last being in action in the 3-2 loss to Mossley on 29th January. Since then, the Dee should have travelled to Magherafelt to play top of the league Rainey, followed by an away trip to Ballycastle, but on both…

Senior League 4 Donaghadee v Newcastle (H) L3-0 After their great 6-0 win at home to Malone last week, Donaghadee were looking forward to the visit of Newcastle Nomads. Crommelin Park didn’t stand up to a last minute pitch inspection, with the usual puddle half frozen, half not, so it was off to Londonderry Park…