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Chanel College is seeking an enthusiastic and well organised person to join our Administration team as Personal Assistant to

Secretary. The College is a Special Character coeducational Catholic school. We are an Integrated State School which includes students from years Seven to Thirteen. The successful applicant will be suitably qualified and possess the relevant skills and experience required for the role, complemented with the ability to be flexible and a good sense of humour. The position is 20 hours per week during term time only. Police vetting is a requirement of the position. Remuneration will be based on relevant experience in line with the Support Staff in

An information pack and application form are available by contacting Mrs Tina Bailey, Human Resource Administrator; e-mail baileyt@chanelcollege.school.nz The successful applicant will be expected to uphold and be supportive of the ethos and Catholic Special Character of the school. Applications close; 12 noon, 14th April 2022.

Masterton Athletic’s Judah Little [in blue], challenges for the ball with two Wellington United players. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV

Football has mixed start to the season

FOOTBALL Chris Cogdale

DOUGLAS VILLA MAGPIES 1 PETONE RESERVES 3 Douglas Villa Magpies coach Malcolm Cox admits his side were a “little bit ring rusty” in Saturday’s opening round 1-3 loss to Petone Reserves in Capital division two at the Park Sportsground.

For the Magpies, who won promotion from division three last season, the match was a big step up against a team relegated from division one.

“It was an eye-opener for the boys,” Cox said.

The home side were competitive for much of the fi rst half but fell behind by a goal after 21 minutes. Willy Syben went close to equalising only for his shot to cannon off the crossbar, and Petone doubled their lead from the ensuing counterattack.

Striker Josh McMenamin narrowed the gap to one goal after 56 minutes before Petone sealed the three points with their third goal in the fi nal 10 minutes.

Cox was happy with their fi rst eff ort in the competitive second division.

“They [Petone] are a nice football side and were young and fi t. The fi rst half, we stood up all right, and the boys, especially the new boys, did reasonably well.”

Andrew Cox, Jayden Fennell, player of the day Josh Maitland-Greig, and McMenamin stood out for Cox.

Magpies’ next opponents are familiar foes — the Petone Thirds, last season’s division three winners. Magpies were the only side to beat Petone last year and did so twice.

Cox predicts another tight game in what he said will be a very competitive league, with three of the fi rst-round games ending in draws.

WESTERN SUBURBS 1 GREYTOWN 5 “Just what the coach asked for” was Greytown Fresh Choice coach Gary Hewson’s reaction after his side started the season with a bang, thumping Western Suburbs 5-1 at Endeavour Park in Whitby.

Greytown took the lead through midfi eld general and man-of-the-match Andy Traill, who fi nished off a nice move within three minutes.

Despite a host of chances, the visitors couldn’t add to that lead before halftime despite some fantastic attacking football, but the fi nishing improved after the break.

Greytown doubled their lead 10 minutes into the second stanza, but Western Suburbs came back into the game, cutting the lead to just one goal before goalkeeper James Frickleton denied the home side the equaliser with two outstanding close-range saves.

Some astute second-half substitutions returned the momentum to Greytown, with two goals from debutant Liam Gale taking the game away from the hosts.

Traill, Luke Rodger, Isaac Higgins, and Alex Penman were all outstanding on attack, and fullbacks Max Mitchell and Ryan Butler provided the side with great width.

Greytown will need to focus on some of their defensive work before heading to Newtown Park on Saturday to take on Wellington United Reserves. MASTERTON ATHLETIC 0 WELLINGTON UNITED 4 Failure to nail their opportunities came back to haunt Progressive Engineering Masterton Athletic in their 0-4 loss to Wellington United in the fi rst round of Capital division four.

Athletic coach Stu McLean said the team had four good chances but missed the lot before Wellington scored a scrappy goal from a corner late in the half.

“We had them under the pump, and they were disorganised, and we were playing some good football,” McLean said.

“The second half, they came out a bit more organised.”

Athletic had two good chances to fi nd the net in the second spell but failed to capitalise.

“We gave it a good crack and it’s a big step up for a lot of them. It’s a simple game, football, and if you don’t take your chances, you pay.”

Athletic play Petone Stonecutters away in their second-round match on Saturday.

Sport

HOCKEY Chris Cogdale

MEN Indians

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An up-and-down performance, that’s playerco-coach Dane Lett’s assessment of Farriers Dalefield’s 3-1 win over Indians in the first round of the Wellington Premier Men’s Championship at the National Hockey Stadium on Saturday

“We played some decent hockey, but it was definitely a bit of a first round hit out,” said Lett.

“We had some good patches and then some quite poor patches, but we played some good hockey and we got better as the game went on and we finished really strong in the last quarter.”

Dalefield’s goals came through veteran striker Rowan Yeo 15 minutes into the first quarter. Player of the day Nathan Whiteman doubled the lead one minute into the second quarter, and Zac Hardie sealed the victory with a deflection at the far post

Above: Rowan Yeo, right, scored the first of Dalefield’s three goals against Indians. Inset: Felicity Reidy scored four goals in Dalefield’s 6-2 win over Karori. PHOTOS/FILE

four minutes into the final period.

Lett felt though that the score could have been greater, with Dalefield failing to capitalise on a wealth of goal scoring chances.

“We had quite a few opportunities in areas that we hadn’t trained a lot in so that will only improve, but there were lots of positives and everyone gave a good account of themselves, so we’re pretty happy with it.

“We’ll take the things we did well and then identify some areas we can get better in, and we’ll just keep chipping away.”

Lett singled out Whiteman, Alex SumenkoBucknell, and Hardie as having strong games. He was also impressed with the new goalkeepers Zander Redgrave and Nick Holland, who both had a half game each in the first championship outing for Dalefield. WOMEN Karori 2

Dalefield 6 Former Black Sick Felicity Reidy starred with four goals in Dalefield’s 6-2 win over a plucky Karori in the opening round of the Wellington Premier Women’s Championship on Saturday.

Reidy scored in each of the four quarters in the game at the National Hockey Stadium, with the other goals scored by Abby Crawley, in the third quarter, and Maddie Taylor, in the final quarter.

Although the final margin was comfortable for the two-time defending champions, coach Michael O’Connor described it as a typically messy first-up game.

“The girls were going in fits and starts and we weren’t consistent in our play accuracy, so we’ve got to work on that a bit,” said O’Connor.

“But we still managed to score six goals and we can’t really complain about that.”

O’Connor identified defence as an area that needs tightening up, having conceded two goals to a Karori side that never gave up.

“Our last quarter was our best quarter, and we were a bit more consistent and tighter on our defence.

“The first three quarters I thought we were giving them a sniff through our mistakes, and they stayed in the game a bit more than they should have.

“They’re a pretty nuggety side and I thought they went well and put the pressure on us a bit and they were in the fight.”

O’Connor said there was plenty to work on and he wanted to see improvement from week to week.