First win of the season : Wainui 2 Wellington Olympic 0

Wainui finally got their first win in Wellingtons Premier Division today in a game they controlled from start to finish at a very windy and bitterly cold (well I was cold anyway) Endeavour Park.  The boys started off strongly, playing with the wind behind their backs and had a great chance when a shot from distance by Euan Barclay almost dipped in under the crossbar.

Joel Evans powers past his marker

Olympic threatened for a brief spell before young Joel Evans slipped a goal past the Olympic keeper midway through the first half which was followed up minutes later with a powerful header from Josh Wilkie to double the lead.  A cross come shot from the edge of the box very nearly tripled Wainuis lead but they were denied by a post with the keeper well beaten.  I then spent most of half time hoping for the wind to change direction but that only brought a heavy shower along with it.



A superb team performance today


Wainui continued to dominate the second half and when Olympic finally managed to create a half decent chance Simon Rippon was on hand to beat the ball away for a good save.  Playing into the wind Wainui kept the pressure on and created plenty of goalscoring opportunities which unfortunately they couldn't take, the crossbar prevented them from adding to the score late in the game but the result was never in doubt really.

On the pitch opposite Western Suburbs had a 2 -0 loss against Miramar Rangers which drops them to last place on the table only one point behind Wainui so it's still all to play for as the race to avoid relegation begins to heat up.