Three Wainuiomata teams make semis

By Ryan Imray

With the Chatham Cup being played, the Wainuiomata Men’s Premier Football team had the weekend off but there was still plenty of action across the region with all eyes on the Knockout Plate quarter finals as three Wainuiomata sides were involved.

At Fraser Park Halfbaked advanced through to the semi-finals with a narrow 2-1 win over Victoria University. At the same venue Roundballs also advanced but in more nervous fashion as it took a penalty shootout to decide the winner.

Finishing 1-1 after regular time and then extra time, Josh Castle missed a penalty to send nerves through the Wainuiomata team but it didn’t end up making a difference as they set up a semi final meeting with fellow Wainuiomata side Fiddick’s who advanced in much easier fashion.

In the match at Delaney Park, the Fiddicks scored nine goals to beat Stokes Valley 9-3 with the stand out goal coming from the left foot of Joel Evans from 35 yards.

In other games the Reserves took a giant leap to staying in Capital 4 with a hard fought 3-2 win away to Victoria University.

The Undertakers bounced back from last week’s defeat to go two points clear at the top of the table with a 1-0 win to Stokes Valley.

Pasifika kept the pressure on the league leaders in Masters 5 as they came out 3-1 winners in a scrappy game also against Stokes Valley.

The OC’s sadly could not give Wainuiomata a 100% winning record across the club for Saturday’s games as they narrowly lost 2-1 away to Brooklyn.

Finally on Sunday the Wainuiomata ladies had a tough ask away to undefeated Miramar Rangers and they suffered a heavy 7-0 defeat.