Member's statement: Bangor Hockey Club: Anderson Cup
Member's statement by Mr Stephen Dunne on .
- MLA
- Mr Stephen Dunne
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 18 March 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Bangor Hockey Club: Anderson Cup
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4860257
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I warmly congratulate Bangor Hockey Club on winning the prestigious Anderson Cup after an exciting final against South Antrim last Wednesday evening. It is a remarkable achievement. The 3-2 win at Havelock Park last week marks Bangor's first ever piece of major silverware. The club can be rightly proud, given that it last reached the final in 1989. The team displayed outstanding determination throughout the competition, which culminated in a nail-biting final, where their resilience and teamwork shone through as they came from behind to win the prestigious trophy — thanks to a hat-trick from Ryan Burgess — much to the delight of the travelling supporters, who came out in force, and everyone involved with Bangor Hockey Club. I pay particular tribute to the players, coaching staff, management and all the dedicated volunteers for their skill and hard work throughout the season, which culminated in this success. Like many local sporting clubs across North Down, Bangor Hockey Club is run entirely by volunteers who give up their time to young men, women and children so that they might enjoy the sport that they love, learning many and valuable life skills of hard work, teamwork, commitment, discipline, friendship and so much more. Those are some of the values that we all know that sport brings to everybody. Bangor and the North Down area has a great and very proud tradition of hockey, and Bangor Hockey Club continues to thrive, with almost 300 adult and over 400 junior members competing at every level in Ulster hockey throughout a very competitive season. I also commend Ulster Hockey for its work and leadership as the sport's governing body in promoting hockey. We must ensure that hockey continues to get the investment and support that it deserves. Once again, I give my warmest congratulations to Bangor Hockey Club, and I wish it every success going forward.
311 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.02 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.04 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.93 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.06 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:08 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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