Chatham Cup victory for Karori

By Grant Stephen

Round three of the men’s Chatham Cup led to further good news for the Waterside Karori footballers who travelled to Tawa and overcame the locals 2-0 on 3 June.

Playing a division higher, the Wharfies were the form favourite right from the get-go and did not disappoint.

Stefan Cordwell got on the score sheet again for Karori right on half time and Jack Parker came off the bench in the final third of the match to snatch the second and final goal of the game.

It was a similar situation for TFS North Wellington who trundled back to Park Island for the second week in a row to face the unfamiliar and unknown Napier Marist.

Napier are also in a league below but are unbeaten in their local Premier competition.

Norths always had the wood on their hosts but fluffed their lines many times over and were also thwarted on numerous occasions by an overachieving local goalkeeper in Alex Schroder.

When the referee blew the final Whistle, the scoreboard read 1-0 to Norths following the conversion of a free kick by Ali Nazari which was partially stopped by Schroder but ultimately could not deny contact with the back of the net.

In the David and Goliath encounter, top of the Central League, Wellington Olympic played bottom of the Premier League, Wainuiomata.

It was a 9-3 win to Olympic at the end of the day but fair credit to Wainui, they managed to achieve what others hadn’t by putting three goals past the form team in the lower North Island.

The local surprise of the round was Miramar Rangers crashing out of the competition courtesy of a jubilant Stop Out side. It was 4-4 at David Farrington Park at full time and penalties eventually decided the outcome, 4-3 to the men from Hutt Park.

Petone prevailed in the end 2-1 at home to Whanganui Athletic and Napier City Rovers were too good for Premier League side, Island Bay, winning 4-0.

In the women’s Kate Sheppard Cup, Waterside Karori’s standing in the Women’s Central League counted for nothing as they were defeated by fellow Central League member, Petone, 2-1.

Petone took the lead from the ninth minute and a late goal to rather than overcome it.

In other local games in the round, Palmerston North Marist dispatched Havelock Noth 7-0, Wel-