In addition to retaining a match slot at Ards Leisure Centre, North Down also uses the synthetic pitch at Nendrum College in Comber that was opened in 2010.
Andrews was elected President of the Ulster Branch, and James MacDonald was selected as captain of Ireland for the first time.
[10] The 1950s, however, saw a gradual decline in playing standards and North Down lost its place in the top section of the Ulster Senior League at the end of the 1957–58 season.
This change in policy eventually led in 1999 to North Down regaining a place in the top section of the Ulster Senior League, after an interlude of 40 years.
In the 2008/09 season North Down Men's 1st XI won the first ever Irish Hockey Trophy defeating Antrim 6–5 in the final and also regained promotion back to the Premier League.
Following on from the disruption of the Coronavirus pandemic, the team reached their third IHT final in May 2022, however on this occasion were defeated 2-1 by Queen's University Belfast Men's 1st XI.
In late 1961, North Down ladies affiliated to the Ulster Women's Hockey Union and played in the Minor Cup towards the end of that first season.