Juniors:
Boys
Round 10 vs Northern United: Drew: 1 - 1
Round 9 vs Hutt Won: 1 - 0Goal: Sorry, don't know.Round 8 vs Tawa Won: 2-1.We were a bit sluggish at the start. We were one nil
ahead for most of the game and then with 2 min to go they scored.
However it was like we suddenly had some fire and managed to slot one
in really easily just before the whistle blew.
We are having a fantastic season, having only lost against one dominant
team all season. However we shortly lose one of our players who needs
to go for serious surgery, leaving us with only 8 players. Really need
a few more to keep this up. Round 7 vs Indians: Drew: 0 - 0 A very cold and drizzly day saw our boys lacking a bit of their usual
energy and focus however they managed to keep the score against a full
Indians team (we had our usual 9 players) to nil all. Our goalie
Vincent played well receiving positive comments from parents and
supporters from both teams. Drew also had a great game with
some strong tackles and good passes. Congratulations also to Makya Te
Kawa for making the Under 11 development squad, and to Vincent Goodman
and Joshua Bond for making the Hutt Valley team. Round 6 vs Kelson Defaulted
Round 5 vs Northern United: Won 4 - 1Goals: Makya (1), Josh (1), Jacob (2)
The junior boy’s won convincingly. We had 10 players on Saturday, one
more than usual. My nephew Luke was over from Singapore and had never
played but is keen for one more game before heading home.Excellent goals, power shot by Makya, lovely PC by Josh and 2 goals by Jacob. Awesome game.Round 4 vs Hutt: Lost: 1 - 0The boys put in an impressive effort and only lost 1-nil. This was
with a team of only 7 players playing against a full Hutt team with 2
reserves. It was good to see Josh use his skills to get past Hutt
players and Jude made some great tackles and hits to the sideline
enabling other team members time to get back and help defend. All in
all this team played it's best game giving it everything they had for
both halves.
Round 3 vs Tawa:
Won: 1 - 0
Goal Scorer: Josh Bond (1)
Our boy’s won 1-0 goal being scored by Josh Bond during a PC.
Nicely done. Was pretty freezing cold and wet at Elsdon and only had 9
players again. Good game against Tawa and thanks to Craig McDonald for
Umpiring. We were all sick and injured and he was the least ill :) Round 2 vs Indians: Won 2 - 1 Goals:
Jacob
Curry (1), Jonathan Mc Donald (1) Thanks to those people who filled in for the team for this game.
Round 1 vs Kelson:Lost: 9 - 0 We were out classed and out sized.
We will need to work on our marking, and passing. Our Goalie had a great game saving
quite a number and Jacob and Jonathan also has a good game. Many thanks to
Emily Monk who made player number 10.
GirlsRound 10 vs Marsden Drew: 1 - 1
Round 9 vs KaroriWon: 1 - 0Goal: Macinta (1)With this win the junior girls have secured first place in their grade even though the round robin has not finished yet.Round 8 vs Tawa Gold
Drew 1 all
Goal Scorer: Delaine
Started with 8 players. Had 10 5 minutes before half time. Leading the grade with 2 games to go in round robin.Round 7 vs Rangikura: Won: 1 - 0Round 6 vs Tawa Blue: Drew 0 - 0
Round 5 vs Marsden: Won: 4 - 0Goals: Cherish (2), Macinta (1), Gabby (1)We have secured the top of the table in junior girls P3 with a 4 nil winover Marsden. A cold, tough, first half and our first game at NHS.>They
looked like giants compared to most of our girls, but the girls did thejob. Congratulations to Emily who has made the Hutt Valley under 13s as a goalie.Round 4 vs Karori: Won: 1 - 0Goal: Cherish RussellThis team is doing great and sitting on the top of the table still. Well done girls!Round 3 vs Tawa Gold: Won: 2 - 1 Round 2 vs Rangikura Drew: 0 - 0
The girls are coming second on the table after moving up a grade. Well done girls.Round 1 vs Tawa Blue:Won: 1 - 0 Goal scorer: Macinta Junior girls won their first game in premier 3. Macinta was the
goal scorer but it was a great team effortSeniors:
Mens TeamsPremier Three
Coach: Trevor Colling 0212626595 Manager: Les Williams 0274388973 lswilliams85@xtra.co.nz
Round 15 vs Indians This game ended up just being as much of a 'friendly' game as
possible. There were only 10 players on either side and with no
supplied umpires this weekend, Trevor had to umpire the entire game on
his own.
Round 14 vs YWCA Won: 3 - 2Goals: Vaudin Cole (2), Cam Ellis (1)A much better game this week from the P3 Men with solid performances from Craig McWilliam, Chris Fahey and Cam Ellis. Round 13 vs Hutt:
Lost 3 – 8
Goals: Chris Fahey (1), Ralph Tiu (1), Mike Vanderburg (1).
NaeNae started the game strong with a fair bit of possession and
territory. Chris Fahey opened up the scoring and gave NaeNae a 1 - 0
lead in the first half. Unfortunately that was not to stay and Hutt
started to dominate the game not long after that goal was scored.
NaeNae started to loose their structure and passing was inaccurate
which cost them.
Round 12 vs Hutt: Lost: 3 - 1Goal Scorer: Johnny Brown (1)Hutt gained an early
lead off a PC. NaeNae, after many opportunities managed to equalise
with a nice team goal earned through passing the ball around and Johnny
happened to get the final touch on the post. Hutt got another goal off
another PC and took the lead 2 - 1 at half time. NaeNae had several
goal scoring opportunities throughout the game but just couldn't sink
any. Hutt ended up getting a third goal in general play.
Round 11 v Harbour City/Tawa: Lost: 5 - 2Goals: Mike Van der Burg (2) - and I'm sure Vaudin would like to be mentioned as being the assists in both of those goals :)Round 10 vs Indians: Won: 6 - 0Goals: Brayden Gosse (4), Vaudin Cole (1), Alex Hampshire (1).A
very good win great to see the team communicating and good passing
especially in the D all goals were a team effort. Hopefully the team
has clicked and will continue on from here, a good win considering we
still had 5 players away. Round 9 vs Indians: Lost 2 - 0The team didn't have a great game and unfortunately are
still relying on people to fill in for them as they are missing players
every week. Round 8 vs Victoria 3:Lost: 5 - 2
Goals: Eden Kitney (1), Alex Hampshire (1)The team
really suffered this week with 7 of their permanent players unavailable
for the game. The experience of the Victoria team proved to be too much
this weekend.Round 7 vs YWCA 1: Won: 4 - 2Goals: Cam Ellis (2), Eden Kitney (1) Mike Van der Burg (1)Hard fought battle with YWCA 1. The team showed
some periods of great team work on attack and defense.
Round 6 vs Hutt 4:
Won: 4 - 2
Goal Scorers: Vaudin Cole (2); Mike Van der Burg (2)
The team would like to thank Chris Gus & Cam for standing in and helping out, All that needs to be said is WE WON.
Round 5 vs Hutt 3 Lost: 5 - 2 Goals: Eden Kitney (1), Brayden Gosse (1) Round 4 vs Harbour City/Tawa Lost: 3 - 1 Goal scorer: Eden Kitney Team played well and dominated the first
25minutes. However, during the second half with more injures hitting the team and no subs to call on, the structure fell
away. Round 3 vs Indians: Lost: 4 - 1 Goal: Brayden Gosse
Team tried very hard but lacked experience with
injuries and unavailability of the experienced players. A very young side took to
the turf with an average age of 18 compared to an average age for the Indians of
approximately 38. Round 2 vs Indians: Drew 3 - 3Goals: Eden Kitney (1), Mike Vanderburg, (1) Vaudin Cole (1 - stroke)
Typical
hard battle against Indians . half time score down 3 -1 The team fought
back well in second half to dominate and should of had a couple of more goals. Round 1 vs Victoria 3
Won: 3 - 2
Goals: Jonny Brown (2), Brayden Gosse (1)Promotion/Relegation Game vs Karori Draw: 2 - 2 at full time Goals: Eden Kitney (1), Alex Hampshire (1)Strokes: 3 - 3Goals: Mike Vanbeekhuizen, Mike Vanderburg, Johnny Brown.Sudden Death Strokes: Lost 3 - 2Goals: Mike Vanbeekhuizen, Mike Vanderburg Grading Game 5 vs Kapiti Draw: 1 - 1 at full timeGoal: Vaudin Cole (with a bit of help from a Kapiti foot I believe)Went into strokes: 4 - 4 after the first round
Goals: Mike Van der Burg, Vaudin Cole, Jonny Brown, Mike van BeekhuizenSudden Death Stokes: 3 - 2 to KapitiGoals: Mike van Beekhuizen, Vaudin ColeGrading Game 4 vs Northern United: Lost 7 - 2Goals: Vaudin Cole (1), Eden Kitney (1) - Penalty stroke Grading Game 3 vs Indians: Loss 4 - 1Goal Scorer: Vaudin Cole (1)Grading Game 2 vs Victoria 2 Loss: 7-4After conceding 4 goals and being kept scoreless themselves during the
first half, the team certainly pulled together and played a much better
and stronger second half.
Goals: Vaudin Cole (2), Eden Kitney (1), Mike Van Beekhuizen (1) Grading Game 1 vs KapitiLoss 3 - 1.
Reserve Two (Old Farts) Blog
Manager: Wayne Chapman 0274 221 551 magnumimports@paradise.net.nz
FINAL - vs Young Guns: Lost: 3 - 1 Goal: Vietchy (1) With supporters for both teams lining the sidelines, the whistle went
and straight away the Old Farts were putting pressure on the Young Guns
defense. This went on for a number of minutes, but they were unable to
convert into a goal even when they had a PC. Eventually. the Young
Guns finally managed to clear the ball from their defensive lines and
out to Bevan on the right wing. Bevan made a beeline for his attacking
circle and put the ball through to Jordan who put it away in the net.
Suddenly the Young Guns were 1 - 0 in the lead even though the Old
Farts had had all the possession and territory for most of the match.
The score stayed at 1-0 for half time, but the Old Farts were not
giving up so easily. In the second half they again put enormous
pressure on their attacking circle and eventually, through Vietchy,
managed to level the score at 1 - 1, through their frustration in not
being able to put the ball away was beginning to show.
The Young Guns weren't going to let that ruin the game and put away
another 2 quick goals to take the lead at 3 - 1. The frustration of
the Old Farts was growing. They still had plenty of possession in their
attacking 25 but the Young Guns defense didn't allow them to get many
shots off on goal. Chris Fahey did an excellent job of marking Cam out
of much of the game, which really damaged the Old Farts.
Time eventually ran out and the Young Guns took out the final: 3 - 1. Round 15 vs Victoria 4 - SEMI-FINAL: Won: 5 - 0Goals: Cam Ellis (2), Ants (1), Last
night the Farts
lined up against Victoria 4, in a game that would give one team an
early end to the season. Along with the usual Farts supporters, a large
contingent of rather loud (Inc all manners of Horns and even a
vuvuzela) and seemingly inebriated “young Guns” turned out to cheer the
Farts on.
The Farts had all the territory and ball in the
first half. They had around 30 shots at goal, and numerous PC’s, but
couldn’t find the back of the net. Half time in the sheds the Frats were treated to a team talk by the legend of Naenae Hockey Ash “Ropes” Roper. It fired them up, to go back out into the cool evening.
The
second half was more of the same re Frats pressure, except this time
the goals came. First Cam opened with a goal and then a second. A
great pass from Scotty found Legs into front of goal to slot the
third. Richie
Rich got into the act netting the fourth, and Needles capped off the
night with the fifth. After the game the “Young Guns” formed a guard of
honour for the Farts as they came off the field. So, the final beckons,
next Sunday against the “Young Guns”, an all
Naenae shout out of R2, with the winner taking all the glory and a
Naenae team definite to start next year in R1 contentionLate Breaking news Cambo
has
been cited by the FCA (Farts Complaint Authority) , last night
after the game he was see drinking with the Young Guns, and and its
alleged that he was trading team secrets for drinks. Farts management
has evidence he had shared secrets such as “Trapper can’t Trap”, “Nuts
can’t run” and promising that in the final next week “he wouldn’t
pass”. The FCA will have to decide the severity of these allegations
and any suitable recourse.Round 14 vs Victoria 4: Won: 6 - 3Goals: Cam (3), Veitchy (2), Trapper (1)Thanks to
Phil for filling in as goalie. It was much appreciated. The Farts
finished the round robin part of the tournament with a win,
meaning we have gone through this section unbeaten and scored 89 goals
in the process
Unfortunately the Farts struggled to convert their chances, even though they went
to the sheds 5-1 up, they had shots glancing off the front of the post,
scrapping the outside of the posts and a few saves from the goalie. The
best goal of the first half was due to a fast break out of defence, and
solid clearing pass from Willie found trapper with some space, he beat
the left back, and drove towards the goal (Veitchy was screaming for a
pass) but trapper calmly slotted the ball past the gaolie into the far
corner (well that’s how trapper saw it!). Veitchy had opened the scoring with one that dribbled over the line,
and Cam had scored three great goals, one nearly powering through the
top left hand side of the net. The
Farts relaxed in the second due i think to their dominance in the
first. While Victoria’s tactics appeared to have dissolved, they
continued to battle and scored tow consolation goals. Final score 6-3. Next stop the semi final next Sunday! Round 13 vs Rongotai:
Won: 5 - 3
Goals: Cam Ellis (2), Ants (1), Veitchy (1), Wayne (1)
Rongatai appeared to have the upper hand and scored first. The
Farts equalised through Veitchy, and after a long arm wrestle Cambo
scored so the Farts went to the sheds at half time 2-1 up. This also
meant the farts were sitting on 99 goals for the year to date
Early in the second half Scotty found Trapper wide on the flank
unmarked, a swift pass, a 20 metre drive, beat the fullback, go to the
line and pull it back for Ants to slot the 100th goal of the year. The
forwards swamped Ants to celebrate the goal, the 100th of the season
then proceeded to "Congo" back to half way (though perhaps some
practises might've been in order as the timing was very off!!!).
Without Doubt, Legs was the MVP for the day. He was everywhere, in
attack and defence, and rightly notched up the Farts century of goals.Special
mention to Timbo, he fell over half way through the first, not certain
why, maybe he wanted to check out the new turf close up. When he got
up he thought his wrist was a little sore. Dr on monday morning
conformed he'd broken it and played 3/4 of the game with a broken
wrist. Typical Farts attitude, play on! Round 12 vs Northern United:Won: 2 - 0Goal Scorers: Veitchy (1), Needles (1)The Farts had
previously dispatched Northern with ease, but today they
came out firing, and took the Farts on in a frantic "man to man"
marking strategy. The game was an arm wrestle from the start and while
the Farts had 57 %
of possession, and 61% of territory, it wasn't till mid way through he
first half that Veitchy had a shot at goal blocked, which trapper then
powered towards the goal only to have it stopped by a defenders foot.
Veitchy slotted the Stroke into the top RH side of the net. So the
Farts went to the sheds only 1-0 up.The second half was much the same
although gaps were starting to open up in the Northern defence. However
the Farts second goal was a cracker from field play.
Adrian got the ball from Richie Rich around the 25, and put his foot
down to power towards the circle, then hammered a cross goal pass to
Needles who was waiting by the far post to slap it into the goal.Round 11 vs Young Guns and DadsWon: 6 - 4Goals:Legs (3), Trapper (1), Veitchy (1), Needles (1)
For the first 5 mins the Farts had to weather not just the horizontal
rain, but a ferocious period of play from the Young Guns. Although
there were no shots on goal, the game was played deep into Farts
defensive half. However, the Farts took their chances as they came.Nuts
saved a goal off the line, a lifted shot that he partially trapper at
Nipple height (I could tell, it was cold) and then cleared away.4-nil
up, but with only about 16% of the territory, the farts then conceded
one, then another to go to the sheds 4-2 up.The game ended 6-4Round 10 vs YWCA:Won: 6 - 3Goals: Legs (2), Scotty (2), Cam (1), Needles (1)Nae
Nae started the strongest with good passing up front and a couple of
near misses waking the opposition up to the fact Nae Nae had turned up
to play and not only to chat to the ref. After a couple of strong
breaks good passing across the goal mouth saw Needles in good position
to knock the ball in the back of the net. After another good spell we
had Legs and Scotty bring the Farts 3 – 0 up. YW were beginning to look
a little worried as they had the youth and speed. However the farts
have seen this combination before and stood strong. YW came back of two
well worked corners and the Farts went to half time 3 – 2 up. Good
passing from for the first 20 minutes again delivered a string of good
goals from, Cam, Scotty and Legs to put the Farts firmly back in
control and had force YW into longshots and weak passes.Round 9 vs Karori:Won: 12 - 1Goal Scorers: Ants (4), Cam (3),Scotty (2), Vietchy (1),Dave Netherclift (1), Trapper (1) Great
game, with lots of pressure right from the start, for example dave
scored one goal from about 9 shots. Their goalie probably saved 5 or 6,
so the score could have been over 20.
There was so much pressure without results that a comment made at half
time was that we weren't taking enough shots, there was so much
unselfish passing in the circle we needed to put more pressure on their
goalie. Round 8 vs Victoria 5:Won: 9 - 1Goals: Cam Ellis (5), Wayne Chapman (2), Veitchy (1), Willy (1)The Farts went into the game with a confidence that was more than simply knowing that Victoria were 2 players short.
The game started in a fast and open manner, and it wasn’t long before
Cambo broke through at the top of the circle, and passed wide of the
flailing goalie to Trapper who was positioned perfectly to guide the
ball into the top of the net. Within minutes he had added a second from
a similar position. It seemed this was going to be his game. So the
boys went to the sheds 5-1 up. The second half was more of the same. The whole team played well, with no players lacking in effort or application tonight.Round 7 vs Victoria:Won: By default (though actual score was 6 - 4 to NaeNae)NaeNae
turned up to play a Victoria team that was depleated of their normal
players. They had 9 players at the beginning of the game, 3 or 4 of
which were P3 or P2 players. The Victoria captain was approached at
half time and confronted about this issue and taking out the extra
players meant Victoria didn't have enough to field a team and had to
default. The game played on none-the-less and NaeNae did claim victory
in the end.Round 6 vs Rongotai Sports:Won: 3 - 2 Goal Scorer: Veitchy (3) This
morning the Farts returned to a sodden Elsdon Park, for the first game
of the day around 9.00am. Probably lucky it was wet, otherwise we would
have been breaking the ice if frosty! It
was a fired up and confident Rongotai team that took the field,
thinking the Old Farts would be a easy scalp for them, surely the Farts
players would still be struggling with stiff joints and hang overs at
this time on a Sunday morning. But
the first pressure was exerted by the Farts, and earned them a PC
inside the first 3 Min's. Veitchy slotted this into the back of the
net, and the Farts were quietly confident this game would be another
win. The game quickly became quite a niggly affair. Rongotai managed to
score and draw level, then to the supporters horror they scored again
to take the lead. The first time in this normal season the Farts have
been behind on the scoreboard. Then with only 5 Min's to go Veitchy
slotted his third to give the Fart's the lead.Round 5 vs Northern United:Won: 6 - 2 Goals: Legs (2), Veitchy (2), Cam (1), Trapper (1)It
was more like underwater hockey during this game at Elsdon park. The
Farts turned out against a Northern United team whose total age
probably was less than the total age of our forward line. The first
half saw lots of balls stopping in the water, and no matter how hard
passes were hit they only averaged 10 metres.The turf had started to
dry out a bit by the time of the second half, and the Farts continued
the pressure. So the Farts wrapped up a wet and soggy game 6-2 , to
retain the laed at the top of the table. While not played in the best
conditions, the second half especially was a fast paced game, with lots
of pressure and tackling across the field.Round 4 vs Young Guns and Dads:Won by: Old Farts 10 - 4 Goal Scorers: Old Farts: Cam (3), Vietchy (3), Scotty (1), Legs (1), Needle (1), Richie Rich (1)The
ultimate match up, one that millions of sports fans across the globe
had waited for, the Young Guns took on the Old Farts for their first
match on level ground. The pre kick off tension was so thick you could
feel it , aided by the driving rain and near zero temperatures. It was
a predictable line up for both sides that took the field, and with the
umpires whistle to start the match they threw themselves at each other.
The
Farts raced away to a 4 nil lead mid way through the first half. The
guns scored and also managed a second. Both teams went to the sheds at
half time with the score at 6-2.To be honest the second was less exciting than
the first, the Farts extended their lead to 8-2 and then relaxed like
teams in complete domination often do allowing the guns to pull a
couple back. The
Farts finished the game though with a couple of cracking goals, both
must have moved the goal backwards. And so the game ended 10 – 4, a
resounding win to the Farts, bragging rights until the next round robin
clash!Round 3 vs YWCA:Won: 5 - 2Goals: Willy (2), Cam (2), Scotty (1)
YW opened the scoring, although the first half was predominately Farts
pressure, with lots of work done throughout the game by the forwards
and halves, the backs had "by and large" a quiet game.Changes
in the forward line had instant results after 15 mins into the first
half with Wily slotting two goals, showing the full range of skills the
first was a nice power shot after placing himself strategically on the
left upright, the second was a reflex latch onto a rebound that he
lifted over the flailing goalie.
YW had some breakouts, and a period of sustained pressure in the second
half but again The farts had 75% of the territory, 17 mins in the red
zone, and 6 PC's to 1.Up from there was big efforts from Cam and Legs,
Cam rewarded with 2 goals and Legs with a near broken wrist after
taking a direct hit from close range. Scotty added another goal, and also had a strong game , with lots of activity even way back in defense.Round 2 vs Karori 2:Won 7 - 2Goals:Cam (2), Scotty (1), Willy (1), Richard Lennon (1), Wayne (1)
It was a physical but good game with the guys really playing as a team.
Good calling and passing, The Farts had 70% of the pressure and lots of
opportunities to convert more. MVP was Timbo in goal who saved a number of shots and generally shut down the attacksRound 1 vs Victoria 5
Won: 5 - 2
Goals:Scott Pemberton (2), Paul Veitch (1), Adrian Straayer (1) and Anthony
Bryant (1) Promotion/Relegation Game vs PetoneLost: 4 - 1Goal: Cam Ellis (1)Grading Game 5 vs Harbour City/TawaLost 6 - 3 Goals: Cam Ellis (1), Scott Pemberton (1), Dave (1) Grading Game 4 vs Rongotai SportsWon 4 - 3 Goals: Paul Veitch (2), Murry Wills (2)Grading Game 3 vs Northern United:Won 5 - 2Goal Scorers: Cam Ellis (2), Dave N (1), Dave L (1), Scotty (1) Grading Game 2 vs Victoria:Won 4 - 1Goals to Cam Ellis (2), Warwick (1), Ants (1)Grading Game 1 vs Harbour City/TawaWin 3 - 2Goals: Paul Vietch (3)Reserve Two (The Young Guns and Dads)
The "Social Team" of the club - we keep the turn over at the bar up. Manager Chris Fahey 027 405 2598 chris@naenaehockey.org
Coach Ashley Roper
FINAL vs Old Farts Won: 3 - 1Goal Scorers: Young Guns: Jordan Dunn (2), Cairns Mason (1) With supporters for both teams lining the sidelines, the whistle went
and straight away the Old Farts were putting pressure on the Young Guns
defense. This went on for a number of minutes, but they were unable to
convert into a goal even when they had a PC. Eventually. the Young
Guns finally managed to clear the ball from their defensive lines and
out to Bevan on the right wing. Bevan made a beeline for his attacking
circle and put the ball through to Jordan who put it away in the net.
Suddenly the Young Guns were 1 - 0 in the lead even though the Old
Farts had had all the possession and territory for most of the match.
The score stayed at 1-0 for half time, but the Old Farts were not
giving up so easily. In the second half they again put enormous
pressure on their attacking circle and eventually, through Vietchy,
managed to level the score at 1 - 1, through their frustration in not
being able to put the ball away was beginning to show.
The Young Guns weren't going to let that ruin the game and put away
another 2 quick goals to take the lead at 3 - 1. The frustration of
the Old Farts was growing. They still had plenty of possession in their
attacking 25m but the Young Guns defense didn't allow them to get many
shots off on goal. Chris Fahey did an excellent job of marking Cam out
of much of the game, which really damaged the Old Farts.
Time eventually ran out and the Young Guns took out the final: 3 - 1. Round 14 vs YWCA - SEMI-FINAL: Won: 3 - 1Goals: Cairns (2), Brent Philpot (1)The Young Guns
took 2 very early goals through Cairns to take control of the game
early on. This week the wings were asked to do a lot or running up
front to move the defense around which paid off in terms of goals, but
meant Don pulled a Hamstring in the first half and spend the remainder
of the game on the sideline! YWCA managed to pull a goal back before
half time even though they only entered their attacking circle a
handful of times!
In the second half NaeNae again had all the territory and possession
but couldn't sink the goals. Near the end of the first half Brent
managed to take the ball into the D and finally get another on past the
keeper to seal the victory at 3 - 1. A great game was played by Gus
McWilliam in defence with a number of intercepts.
Round 13 vs Karori Won: 4 - 2Goals: Cairns Mason (2), Brent Philpot (1), Jono Hart (1)The
Young Guns certainly didn't come out firing for this game. In fact,
they conceded an early go to be behind for most of the first half.
They then conceeded another goal to be 2 - 0 down with not long left in
the first half. Brent Philpot then took a free hit outside the circle
where he skilfully dribbled around a couple of players, into the D,
made himself some room and scored a nice goal to bring the score up to
2 - 1. NaeNae then got a second goal shortly before halftime to bring
the scores even for the second half.
The second half was better, but still by no means best game that they
have played. Bevan did a nice run to the base line, flicked the ball
up to the spot where Jono easily swept it into the goal to give NaeNae
the lead for the first time in the game. They managed another goal and
took the game 4 - 2.
Round 12 vs Victoria 4:
Lost: 6 - 2
Goals: Jonothan Hart (1), Cairns (1)
Not a great game by the young guns this week. They conceeded the
first goal and fought back to go into half time at 1 - 1. During the
first half they had plenty of possession and territory and had many
attempts at goal, most of which were too high and flew right over the
fence. They definately had the upper hand in the first half, but after
the half time break, the beers from the night before must've caught up
with a few of them as things started to fall apart. Vic got their
second goal to take the lead which mean NaeNae had to start pushing
forward to try and equalise. Unfotunately this left Vic's winger a lot
of space. Once he had the ball and was moving towards goal he was hard
to stop and poor Phil had more than a couple of 2 vs 1's in the D. Round 12 vs YWCA: Won: 4 - 1Goals: Stephen Sinclair (2), Cairns Mason (1), Brent Philpot (1)YWCA
had a shakey start with about 9 men on the field by the time the start
whistle went. Unfortunately, many of their team were caught in traffic
due to the slip on SH2, but they ended up with 11 men only a few
minutes into the first half. NaeNae opened the scoring with a nice
goal from Stephen Sinclair. Chris powered the ball into the D from the
left-hand side of the field and got the ball to Cairns who pushed it
across the goal for Stephen to easily put away. After some pressure
from YWCA Phil was out of the goal and Brad stopped the ball with his
foot on the goal line. A stroke was awarded which YWCA put away and
suddenly the score was back even. It wasn't too long before Stephen
managed to get his second goal and NaeNae went into the second half 2 -
1up. The second half was much the same as the first and NaeNae
converted 2 more goals without conceding any to take the match 4 - 1.Round 11 vs Old Farts: Lost: 6 - 4Goals: Cairns (2), Brent Philpot (1), Jordan (1)The
Young Guns came out as a much better team this time around and
certianly had the territory stats going their way in the first half.
During the first 10 or so minutes they applied lots of pressure on the
Farts defense but were unable to put away any goals. The Farts put any
opportunities they had away and the Young Guns were down 4 - 2 at half
time. During the second half the Young Guns started well again and put
a goal away to close the score to 4 - 3. Again the applied pressure to
the Farts defense but were unable to convert. The Farts then got two
goals to take the score 6 - 3 with only a few minutes remaining in the
game. The Young Guns were awarded a PC right near full time which was
converted with a lovely drag flick from Jordan Dunn. Final score: 6 - 4.
Round 10 vs Rongotai Sports: Lost: 2 - 0Rongotai started strong and their physical style of play
was something that NaeNae could not adapt well too. Rongotai made a
few quick breaks and converted one into a goal in the first half. They
again put pressure on the defense towards the end of the first half to
put another goal away. NaeNae had some chances but were unable to
convert, shooting either wide or high of the goal.Round 9 vs Victoria 5: Won: 1 - 0Goal Scorer: Cairns MasonThe game was very close even
though Victoria only started with 10 players. NaeNae couldn't seem to
get into the zone this week and although they should have converted
many more goals, they had trouble putting them over the line and past
the goalie.
Round 8 vs Northern United: Won: 8 - 1Goals: Cairns Mason (2), David Poole (2), Brent Philpot (2), Bevan Leahy (1), Jono Hart (1)The
first half was all about NaeNae as they opened up the scoring early on
and had put 6 away before the half time whistle went. They almost had
their 7th goal about 30 seconds into the second half but it narrowly
missed. Things started to turn physical during the second half and the
NaeNae boys were only able to put away 2 more. The last say went to
Northern though who slotted their goal with only a couple of minutes
remaining in the game.Round 7 vs Karori: Won: 6 - 0Goals: Cairns Mason (3), Brad White (1), Brent Philpot (1), Don Battah (1)
The team withheld a lot of pressure in the first 7 - 10 minutes of the
game with Karori dominating possession and territory. The boys
eventually warmed up and in the last half they had a fair few shots
from in their attacking circle which narrowly missed the goal (except
in Dave's case where he was about 6m above the goal!). The break came
and the score was still at 0 - 0, although NaeNae were definatley
starting to show their dominance. Cairns sunk the first goal early in
the second half and after that the goals were coming one after the
other. A special mention goes to Brad White who played centre forward
for 5 minutes towards the end of the second half. One of the boys send
a great ball into the D off a free hit and Brad got his stick to it and
got his first ever field goal (i.e. scored in general play and not off
a PC). I must say, it was nice to see Cairns polishing Brad stick after
that goal for a change!Round 6 vs Victoria:
Won: 7 - 1
Goal Scorers: Cairns (4), Jono (1), Don (1), Bevan (1)
Great game - we pwned them. The pink headband went to Jonothan for sleeping in last week and missing the game (9:45am)!
Round 5 vs YWCA 2: Won: 5 - 3 Goals: Cairns (4), David Poole (1).
Another game
played in terrible conditions, though this week the team was just
pleased it wasn't as cold as the game the week before. By the time the
second half started, both wings on the field were big puddles and the
only constructive hockey that could be played was down the middle of
the turf. The scoring was even to start off with and at half time the
game was tied at 3 - 3. In the second half NaeNae managed to find 2
goals and take the lead which they retained for the game. Some good
work by Phil Taylor in goal and Don Battah also played a good game.
Points should be deducted from Christopher Fahey for doing a lovely
clearing sweep in the defensive circle that went straight into his own
team mates (Brent Philpot's) face and meant he had to leave the field
to be cleaned up. Round 4 vs Old Farts: Lost: 10 - 4Goal Scorer: Cairns Mason (4)The
young guns were caught napping a few times by the speed and fast breaks
made by the Old Farts. They were not used to the physical nature of
the encounter and a lack of accurate passing led to their downfall. Round 3 vs Rongotai Sports: Won 6 - 2 Goals: Jordan Dunn (1), Brent Philpot (3), Jonny (1), Cairns (1)
Brent Philpot had the honours of the pink headband for this match and the power of the headband got him a hat trick! It was a
very rough and physical game. After the first goal for each team was
disallowed, NaeNae opened up the actual scoring and went into half time
4 - 0 up. They played well in the second half and should have put
another 3 away but missed the goal by centimetres. The bonus point was
looking good towards the end of the game when they went 6 - 1 up,
however, it was not to last and Rongotai had the last say with a
run-away goal to get a final score of 6 - 2.
Round 2 vs Victoria 5: Won 4 - 0Goals: Jonathan Hart (1), Cairns Mason (1), Brent Philpot (1), Jordan Dunn (1)This
was the first game where the boys had a player of the day (in a manner
of speaking) wearing the pink headband. Last week the honors went to
Cairns Mason (who had such a good time at the quiz night he wasn't able
to make the game) and so he had the privilege of wearing the pink
headband for this game. He now gets to choose the next victim which
will be announced at the beginning of the next game.Round 1 vs Northern United:
Won: 1 - 0
Goal: Jordan Dunn (1)Grading Game 5 vs YWCA 4 Won 6 - 2Goals: Brent Philpot (2), Cairns Mason (2), Stephen Sinclair (1), Jonothan Hart (1)Grading Game 4 vs Harbour City/Tawa Won 9 - 1Goals: Brent Philpot (3), Jordan Dunn (2), Cairns Mason (2), Bevan Leahy (1), Jonathon Hart (1) Grading Game 3 vs YWCA: Won 10 - 2Goal Scorers: Craig McWilliam (1), Jordan Dunn (2), Cairns Mason(2), David Poole (2), Don Battah (2), Jonathan Hart (1)Grading Game 2 vs Indians 8: Won 11 - 1Goals: Cairns Mason (4), Don Battah (2), Brent Philpot (2), Dave Poole (1), Jonathan Hart (1), Jonny Brown (1)Grading Game 1 vs Petone:Won: 20 - 0
Goals: Bevan Leahy (7), Jonathan Hart (5), Brent Philpot (2), Jonny
Brown (2), Don Battah (2), Steve Sinclair (1), Jordan Dunn (1), Dave
Poole (1)Reserve Three
Round 15 vs YWCA Drew: 3 - 3Strokes: 4 - 3Goals:Jeremy (1), David (1), Stefan (1) - Sam 1 for YW, silly sausageStrokes: Sam (1), Jeremy (1), David (1), Jono (1)Having
been in a position to beat this team in the past and not achieving the
win we weren't going to let the fact we were down many players and
pulled together players from the Young guns and younger siblings get in
the way of having a go. We opened the scoring from a PC early in the
first half having started the game a little on the back foot, defending
much of the time, Jeremy didn't let the chance go to waste and put the
ball away. Later in the second half Sam kindly deflected a YW shot
around Phil to score their 1st.
Revved up after half time we scored another two, David put one by
the keeper at one point and Stefan once again made the necessary last
touch to get the ball in. While we led 3 - 1 at one point we gifted
them a second goal through some sloppy defence and again let them
capitalise later. 3 - 3 at game end while we decided on extra time or
strokes, strokes it was.
Sam took the first stroke slipping it straight past the goalies
right hand side, this just after Phil made an excellent save jumping
entirely in front of YW's first attempt. Damon stepped up to take the
second stroke but despite a decent effort the YW keeper got his hand to
it. David stood up to take the 3rd stroke sending it straight in as Sam
did earlier. Jeremy mixed it up going for the goalies left hand side
and with all the pressure on 3 - 3 for strokes it was down to Jono to
put it away and get the win, no pressure. Strolls up all casual like
and pops it straight in. The win. On to "finals" next week. Round 14 vs Indians: Lost: 5 - 3Goals: Stefan (2), Amon (1)We got off to a strong start defending well minus a goalie with Tim out
with a broken wrist Eddie was in at goal but not quite in pads and game
start, thankfully he just got on to the turf before out first defensive
PC. Before long we were lining up an attack from the left hand side of
the field with a strong cross from Cooze for Stefan to deflect in. The
Indians didn't wait long for their comeuppance slipping one by Ed's
right foot. The Indians also kindly scored our second goal after a shot
from the top of the circle from Amon and an Indian stick putting the
ball in the goal, mind you they didn't take it quietly claiming he was
outside the circle. Before long they evened it up but not long before
the second half Stefan put us one up once more going to the break 3 -2.
Despite strong attack and solid defence we just couldn't quite string
together a goal despite decent efforts, then in the last 5 minutes with
fatigue setting in and feeling too comfortable we let in an easy goal
and conceded a last play penalty corner wherein the goal was contested
seeing as the belief was that the goal was scored from an Indian foot.
All in all it's been a pretty decent season with the grade being
fiercely competitive and seeing as we were playing strongly in the
middle of the table no game was an assured win or loss so each game has
been thoroughly exciting, thanks to the boys for making it happen.Round 13 - BYE
Round 12 vs Petone: Won: 6 - 1Goals: Matt (1), Amon (2), Jeremy (3)?Good game, piss poor weather - We hope
Michael's recovered from hypothermia by the time the results are out.
Game started with drizzle but it soon turned to driving rain. Matt
scored the opening goal after 3 or 4 golden opportunities went walk
about. Many goals scored from PC's with excellent hits and deflections
all round. Great dedication from the boys turning up for such a pooey
weathered game and sticking it to them.Round 11 vs YWCA Lost: 3 - 2Goals: Amon (1), Jeremy (1)A closely fought game between to fairly evenly
matched sides, YWCA made many more attacks on goal compared to us so
what we did convert was doubly sweet. Amons goal came from a sweeping
shot from the backline being deflected in by the heel of a YW defender
while Jeremy's was scored in the 2nd half with a well timed hit passed
the goalies outstretched foot.Round 10 vs Upper Hutt: Drew: 4 - 4Goals: Cooze (1), Stefan (1), Jeremy (1), Michael (1)Having
beaten Upper Hutt 5 -1 just 7 days earlier the team was confident of
another strong performance to the, once again, goalieless team. Cooze
opened the score book after strong assaults on goal. Upper Hutt went on
to score two goals themselves before we evened it up at 2-2 for half
time. Upper Hutt went on to score another early in the second half
winding our attack up and after some messy ball and stick action in the
circle Jeremy evened things up. Again Upper Hutt scored another but
after being sorely disallowed minutes before Michael put the ball on
his reverse side and scored a sweet goal with next to no angle from the
baseline.
Reasonable result but there was a lot of ball that went astray, maybe next weekend boys?Round 9 vs Upper Hutt: Won: 5 - 1 Goals: Amon (3), Damon (1), Sam (1)Another strong
performance
this week but this time we took the spoils. We punished Upper Hutt (and
that traitorous swine Yetti Brown =D) within a minute of the game's
start while they played 1 goalie short. Great ball carrying from
Michael
set up an easy deflection for Amon to score super early. Upper Hutt
got a lucky one back off a PC - the shot was strong and the goalie got
his
foot to it but the deflection sent into our goal. Being one goalie
short came a problem for Upper Hutt when we got a second PC. A strong
flick from Damon found a defenders stick and went straight into the
back of the goal. Revved up at half time when Upper Hutt got their
goalie on board Sam made a break from a long corner breaking through
three players allowing Amon to score from another deflection, Only a
handful of minutes later Sam scored his own firing off a shot from the
left side of the circle and through the goalies legs. Then one more
attack on goal saw Amon score his hat trick slipping it on the outside
of the poor goalies foot. Round 8 vs Kapiti: Lost: 3 - 2Goals: Amon (1), Cooze (1)A great game to watch and
a fantastic turn around from the 6 - 2 scoreline in the previous
encounter against this Kapiti side. NaeNae cartianly looked strong in
the attacking part of their game and put a couple only just wide of the
goal in the second half. They certainly gave Kapiti a run for their
money and were unfortunate they missed out on the draw (or even the
win). Good goals
from Amon and Cooze kept us in the hunt but a third shot at goal from
the very top of the circle was disallowed for being apparently outside.
Unfortunate as the boys played put together some very good plays and
made alot more of the chances we had on attack.Round 7 vs Petone: Lost: 3 - 2Goals: Warrick Saunders (1), Jeremy Flintoft (1)Unfortunate loss, we played for the win and should have got it but just
couldn't finish many assaults on goal went astray and their goalie
played well to soak up the pressure. (Not sure - Warrick opened the
scoring for us - not sure if it was Warrick, may want to ask around)
putting us 1 - 0 up Petone eventually managed to get one back before
the break leaving us at 1-1 at half time just like last week when we
won 4-1 so we were positive when we scored a second off an excellent
flick from Jeremy from a PC early in the 2nd half but it went downhill
with many missed shots at an open goal :( it also didn't help to have
Damon taken out of action later in the second half and having no subs,
balls and ankles just don't mix.Round 6 vs Indians:
Won: 4 - 1
Goal Scorers: Cooze (2), Michael (1), Amon (1)
Great
game from the boys, a pretty even 1st half saw the Indians take an
early 1 - 0 lead but Cooze evened it up in timely fashion. The second
half is where we kicked it up a notch, Cooze took another goal followed
up by an effort from Michael to make it 3 -1. Once again the Indians
came back to make a challenge but we took advantage again for wee Matty
to score one for himself which was disallowed after much confusion.
Amon put the cherry on the top in the last 10 minutes with one last
goal making it a 4-1 win to the boys!
Round 5 vs YCWA 4: Lost: 5 - 0
Poor
game
this weekend, the YWCA thoroughly outclassed us to take a deserved win
5 -
0. At half time the score was only 1 - 0 and NaeNae had put plenty of
pressure in their attacking circle and were unlucky not to have sunk a
few goals themselves. Things seemed to fall apart in the second half
and YWCA got some easy goals when the NaeNae defense was stretched to
its limits! Round 4 vs Eastern Hutt: Lost: 3 - 1 Goal scorer: Matt Booker (1) Lost 3-1 to the team that beat us 9-0 in grading and we scored one of their
goals. Matt scored the our one goal midway through the 1st half with a great
deflection from the left post. Round 3 vs YWCA: Won 3 - 2
Goals: Jeremy Flintoft (1), Michael Hendrie (1),
A hard fought win for the R3's with YWCA equalising not long after we
gained a lead. Michael opened the scoring with another shot past the
keeper and Jeremy then scored off a PC late into the first half,
drilling it past every defender from the left of the circle. Our 2 - 0
lead was cut to 2 - 1 just on half time. The second half was a lot
tougher, YWCA made some
strong attacks early and YWCA managed to level the score to 2 - 2.
Eventually Amon managed to put one past the keeper and we held on to
the 3 - 2 lead throughout the rest of the game. Round 2 vs Harbour City/Tawa 5: Lost: 6 - 3Goals: Michael Cooze (1), Amon Van der Burg (1), Michael Hendrie (1)Wasn't a
bad effort seeing as they predicted before the game they would score 9
goals. Michael scored a brilliant goal from the edge of the circle sending it
straight past the goalie. Amon sneaked one by and Cooze
found the back of the net (first time in 5 years I'm told). Round 1 vs Karori 3
Draw: 2 - 2
Goals: Sam Lun (1), Warrick Saunders (1) Grading Game 6 vs Petone: Won 3 - 1
Goals: Amon Van der Burg (1), Stefan Poad (2)Grading Game 5 vs Eastern Hutt Lost 9 - 0 Grading Game 4 vs YWCA: Lost 2 - 1Goal: Amon Van der Burg (1) Grading Game 3 vs Upper Hutt: Loss 6 - 0Grading Game 2 vs Kapiti: Loss 4 - 1Goal: Amon Van der Berg (1) Grading Game 1 vs KaroriLoss 5 - 2Womens TeamsPremier Three
Coach: Allan Saunders 027 359 9686 allan@naenaehockey.org Manager: Paul Stannard 021 623 369 pwscrs@paradise.net.nz
FINAL - vs Eastern Hutt Won: 6 - 2 Goals: Catriona Stannard (1), Anna Forster (1), Matie Whitman (3), Philippa G (1)During the opening minutes of the game, Eastern put a lot of pressure
on NaeNae defense, but we were able to withhold this and eventually
made it down to our attacking circle and got a PC. The first one I
fluffed at the top of the D, but not long after we got a second PC. The
ball was shot at goal and saved but went straight to Catriona who was
waiting at the top of the D. She got a flick away which bounced just
before the goal line and went into the goal! NaeNae were up 1 - 0.
Nearing the end of the first half, Matie made a fast break and had a
1-on-1 with the keeper which she won. NaeNae went into half time 2 - 0
up. Eastern came out firing in the second half and NaeNae had to again
be under constant pressure in their defensive 25. It took a while, but
eventually Eastern put a goal away to bring the score to 2 - 1. This
wasn't to be for long. Anna managed to get the ball in our attacking 25
with space in front of her. She took the ball into the D, took a fast
shot and put NaeNae up 3 - 1. Not long after that, Matie had a shot on
goal which was saved by the keeper, but put straight to Philippa who
pushed it back into the goal. NaeNae now had a 4 - 1 lead and Eastern
decided that if they were going to have a chance at winning they needed
to take some drastic measures. They decided to pull their goal keeper
off the field in order to get the extra field player to try and push up
to get some goals. Unfortunately, this didn't work for them and Matie
made the most of no goalie by getting an extra 2 goals. Eastern scored
their 2nd goal with a few minutes left on the clock, but it was too
late. NaeNae took out the final 6 - 2. WOOHOO!!!!
Round 15 vs Victoria - SEMI-FINAL This afternoon, the P3 women took on Victoria University for the semi
final of their grade. NaeNae dominated most of the match in both
possession and territory but for the 70 minutes ot game time we were
unable to convert this into a goal. We went into extra time - we were
playing 6 minutes each way with only 9 players on the field and golden
goal rules applied. NaeNae started with the ball and again had
terriroty and possession. Eventually, towards the end of the first 6
minutes Chucky put a lovely ball through the D from outside the 25
line, which Matie managed to get a touch on which was just enough to
send the ball wide of the keeper and into the goal! NaeNae have made it
to the final!!!!
Round 14 vs Northern United: Won: 4 - 1
Goals: Matie Whitman (2), Nicole Edmonds (1), Kirin Cherry (1), During
the first half NaeNae had all the territory and possession and were
putting a lot of pressure on Northern's defensive circle. They defended
well and managed to stop a lot of ball coming through and kept NaeNae
to a 1 - 0 lead at half time. The second half saw NaeNae take an early
goal to get a 2 - 0 lead. Again, NaeNae had most of the possession and
territory. However, Northern took their chance to get a 1 on 1 with the
keeper and put a goal away. NaeNae scored again at the very end of the
game to take the final score to 4 - 1 and seal their place in a
semi-final game. Round 13 vs Toa:
Lost: 3 - 1
Goal: Sorry I can't remember!
The girls were missing a few key players in the forward line this
week (in fact 4 of the normal 5 forwards were away). The girls that
filled in did a great job, but Toa took their chances and got the win.
A great game by Catriona Stannard who didn't let Toa intimidate
her! The loss, however, does has not changed our placing and we are
still top of the table (though Eastern Hutt are second with the same
points as us)! This still doesn't mean that we are totally safe for a
semi final game yet though - a win this weekend would seal it for us!
Round 12 vs Harbour City/Tawa Won: 5 - 2Goals: Matie Whitman (2), Nicole Cherry (1), Nicole Edmonds (1), Shelly (1)After
this win the girls are still at the top of the table, but still not
safe for semi finals! The race in this grade is very tight with only 3
points between 1st place and 4th place on the table! NaeNae opened the
scoring early in this game with a nice goal by Cherry. The ball was
bouncing through the D and she slapped it midair into the goal! Matie
when put another one away and we were up 2 - 0. By half time NaeNae
were up 3 - 0 and we had rattled Harbour City (who we had previously
drawn 1 - 1 with). In the first few minutes of the second half a
golden opportunity went begging, but the ball was just wide of the post
and only just out of Shelley's reach. The girls took their foot off the
throttle and became a little complacent in the second half and Harbour
City were the first to score. NaeNae then replied with a goal of their
own a few minutes later. With less than 10 minutes to go, Harbour City
slotted their second goal and again NaeNae replied within minutes to
take the game 5 - 2.
Round 11 vs Victoria: Won: 2 - 0Goals: Nicole Cherry (1), Anna Forster (1)In the
first 5 minutes, NaeNae showed that they were definately there to play
this week, dominating possession and territory. Unfortunaly even with
this dominance they were unable to capitalise and take an early goal.
The remainder of the second half was fairly even with no goals scored
by either team. The second half started out much as the first half
finished until NaeNae converted off a PC half way through to take the
lead 1 - 0. Victoria picked their heads up after the goal was scored
and put more pressure on the NaeNae defense and made a few breaks into
our defensive circle. With 5 minutes left to go in the game NaeNae were
awarded a PC which Anna flicked beautifully into the back of the net.
At that point NaeNae went 2 goals up and played hard until the final
whistle went. With that win now under our belts we have taken first
place in the grade.Round 10 vs Karori: Won: 4 - 1Goals: Nicole Edmonds (1), Matie Whitman (2), Nicole
Cherry (1) - not entirely sure these goal scorers are correct. Let me
know if they're not and I'll update the website :)
Being up 3 - 0 at half time NaeNae were going for the win. There were
a couple of goals that should have gone in during the game so it was a
shame we missed out on the bonus point for this game. Some good passing
between the girls though which was good to see.
Round 9 vs Eastern Hutt: Drew: 2 - 2Goals: Matie Whitman (1), Anna Forster (1)It was a
tough game against these ladies. Eastern have played together in
higher grades for a number of years and their accurate passing and
ability to trap a hard pass quickly really hurt NaeNae at times. Both
teams had a number of missed goal scoring opportunities though so the
game could have gone either way.Round 8 vs Petone: Won: 2 - 1 Goals: Nicole Edmonds (1), Matie Whitman (1) NaeNae
actually scored a goal that went over the line and was brought back out
by a Petone defender but the umpire was too far away to see and the
goal was not awarded. A few minutes later, NaeNae managed to put one
past the goalie on the second shot off a PC and went 1-0 up. Petone
evened up the game half way through the second half and both teams had
opportunities to score throughout the second half. NaeNae eventually
put one away with only a few minutes remaining and took the game 2-1.
Round 7 vs Northern United: Won: 3 - 1Goals: Selina Reichert (1), Freya Hawes (2)The team
was short a couple of players due to reps this week and other
commitments but the ladies who filled in for us from the R1 team really
stepped up and put us oldies to shame during some stages of the game.
Thanks to those girls for filling in! We started off the game on the
back foot and sustained a lengthy period of pressure. Northern put a
goal in about half way through the first half to take the lead. Once
that goal was in the girls really started to put some good hockey
together. Brenda almost evened up the score towards the end of the
first half but the goal was disallowed as it hit her body before going
in the goal. With 2 minutes to go and a free hit 5m out from out
attacking D, the ball was taken quickly, dribbled in and Freya got a
touch on it to put it past the keeper. It was nice to go into half
time at 1all. Early in the second half Selina got a great goal off a
PC which deflected off the defenders stick and went sailing into the
top corner of the net. We had a handful more chances in the second
half which should have been put away but the last goal came towards the
very end of the second half from Freya. Round 6 vs Toa:
Lost: 3 - 2
Goal Scorers: Anna Forster (1), Nicole Cherry (1)
The
ladies
took to the field in worse than arctic conditions on Saturday
afternoon. Not only did we have the howling wind and rain to contend
with, but as soon as the start whistle went we also had hail! And it
wasn't just a small period of hail, it painfully hailed for most of the
first half. Despite the horrid conditions (and going into the wind in
the first half) the girls managed to take an early lead off a PC.
Unfortunately, before the end of the first half Toa has equalised. They
then scored again early in the second half to take the lead. After
putting a lot of pressure Naenae managed to convert another goal with a
great deflection by Nicole from a fantastic ball from Catriona that
went sailing through the circle. Toa managed to get their third goal
against the run of play to take the lead and the game. Toa's defense
held well against the consistent attacking from NaeNae and the goalie
made a couple of crucial saves which denied NaeNae the draw.
Round 5 vs Harbour City/Tawa: Drew: 1 - 1
Goal: Anna Forster Not
the best game from the ladies this week. NaeNae put lots of pressure
on their attacking circle and had majority of possession and territory
but failed to sink the goals unfortunately. A big thanks to Bex who
stepped up in goal for us this weekend. You had a fantastic game! Round 4 vs Victoria: Won: 4 - 2 Goal Scorers: Jess Bond (1), Matie Whitman (1), Selina Reichart (1), Anna Forster (1)
A good game. NaeNae started the scoring within 1 or 2 minutes of the
start of the game off a PC and were 3 - 0 about 25 minutes into the
first half. Round 3 vs Karori:
Won: 6 - 0
Goal
Scorers: Nicole Cherry (1), Nicole Edmonds (1), Catriona Stannard (1),
Melody Kirkland (1), Anna Forster (1), Matie Whitman (1)
The
P3 women had a catch up game last night and took to Karori in great
fashion scoring 6 goals and taking the bonus point. The conditions for
this game seemed almost tropical compared to Saturday. The passing was
fantastic and it was great to see the girls really enjoying the game.
Round 2 vs Eastern Hutt: Lost 3 - 2Goals: Alicia Murden (1), Shelley Mcilvride (1)A very hard game and lots of
opportunities that went wayward of the goal (on 2 occasions hitting the
post). Eastern played hard and their trapping expertise hurt us at
times. Nicole Edmonds went off to the hospital during the second half
with a split hand. She has since had stitches and hopefully will mend
quickly so she can be back playing in a few weeks!!!Round 1 vs Petone
Loss: 2 - 1
Goal: Shelley Mcilvride (1)Grading Game 5 vs Toa: Lost 2 - 1Goal: Alicia Murden Grading Game 4 vs Kapiti 3: Won 7 - 1Goals: Matie Whitman (3), Nicole Edmonds (1), Shelley McIlvride (1), Jess Bond (1), Alicia Murden (1) Grading Game 3 vs Kapiti: Loss 2 - 1Goal Scorer: Nicole Edmonds (1)Grading Game 2 vs Hutt: Loss 2 - 0A very frustrating game for all involved (players on both teams, umpires and supporters!) Grading Game 1 vs ToaWon 2 - 1Reserve One Coach: Eddie Forster 275770465 4starwhanau@actrix.co.nz
Round 14 vs Hutt - SEMI-FINAL Defaulted due to secondary school players at tournament
Round 13 vs YWCA 1 Won: 5 - 0Goals: Natasha (1), Claire (1), Matie (2), Freya (1)
Natasha made the
move
from the comfort zone of left half and scored on right wing. With the 5
- 0 win the girls managed to get a bonus point which has put them into
3rd place. Unfortunately as discussed above they are unable to play
their semi final game next weekend.
Round 12 vs Harbour City/Tawa
Won: 1 - 0
Goal Scorer: Sorry, don't know!
The R1 girls look to have sealed a semi final match with this win
which is fantastic! Well done girls. Thanks also to Anna for umpiring
the game.Round 11 vs Indians: Lost: 1 - 0 Round 10 vs Kapiti: Won: 1 - 0Goal: Freya (1)Naenae 2 women beat Kapiti 3 in reserve 1. 1 nil. Tough, hard game thatturned very physical. We missed heaps but didn't look likeloosing. The top 4 have split away from the bottom 4 in the grade, so we
need to keep winning to get an easier play off game.Round 9 vs Hutt: Lost: 4 - 2 Goal Scorers: Matie Whitman?? (1) and Freya?? (1)Naenae lost in this 50/50 tussle with Hutt 3. It was a way better performance
than last time with 3 players who had returned from national tournaments
and two players who had returned from overseas the day before. Round 8 vs YWCA 2 Lost: 2 - 1Goal: Matie WhitmanEven though they lost this game
the girls should still hold their heads up high. They played the whole
game with only 9 players and still kept themselves in the hunt for the
draw, or possibly the win, for most of the match. They had some
periods of great passing and awesome defense.Round 7 vs YWCA 1: Won: 3 - 2Goal Scorers: Freya Hawes (3)This
is a great win for the team, especially considering Island Bay were
relegated from P3 at the end of last season. The team is doing
fantastically well in R1 this year, sitting at the top of the table at
the end of the first round robin (with 2 more wins under their belt
than the team currently in second place). Well done ladies, keep it up
for the second round.Round 6 vs Harbour City/Tawa 3: Won: 3 - 2 Goal Scorers: Matie Whitman (2), Freya Hawes (1) Round 5 vs Island Bay: Won: 2 - 1 Goals: Matie Whitman (1), Alison (1)
R1 women sit uneasily in first. Played Island Bay. Both teams had 5
players missing on Rep duties. Mate scored 1 and Ali scored the other after Abi
got away with headering to herself. We all thought she scored but when the ref
didn’t count it she gave it to the opposite post for Ali to put in. Beks played
2 awesome games in 2 days. Round 4 vs Indians: Won: 2 - 1 Goal Scorer: Freya (2)
Reserve 1 women turned around a 5-1 loss against Indians in the
first round to win 2-1. Both goals scored by Freya. It could have been more. Round 3 vs Kapiti: Won 3 - 0
Goals: Selina (1), Freya (1), Georgia (1) Round 2 vs Hutt: Lost 5 - 1A hard physical game. Being down 4 - 1 at half time the team had a stronger second half and only let in the 1 goal.Round 1 vs YWCA
Won: 5 - 2
Goals: Freya Hawes (2), Matie Whitman (2), Tania Forster (1) Grading Game 5 vs Harbour City/Tawa 3 Draw: 1 - 1 at full timeGoal: Tania Forster
Strokes: Won 3 - 0 Goals: Matie Whitman, Brenda Wong, Freya Hawes Grading Game 4 vs Indians: Lost 2 - 0 Grading Game 3 vs YWCA: Loss 3 - 1Goal Scorer: Georgia Garden Bachop (1) Grading Game 2 vs Eastern Hutt: Loss: 5 - 2Goals: Marian Stobbs (1), Finela (1) Grading Game 1 vs HuttDraw 1 - 1 |