The short trip over the hill to the Hutt Park Raceway proved to be a challenge with its exposed conditions for Wainuiomata. There was a strong cold southerly breeze blowing through Wellington today which made for a very hard days work.
It was a cagey opening from both teams with Wainui playing with the wind but Stop Out drew first blood with a header from the back post that found its way into the back of the net. Stop Out doubled their lead soon after with a crisp finish from just outside the eighteen yard box.
Callum Patterson came on for the injured Paul Wood, marking his 100th appearance for Wainuiomata. He soon made an impact with a superb cross field ball that found the unmarked Cameron Blake who weaved his way into the box and was brought to ground by the Stop Out defender.
Cam picked himself up from the ground and fired the resulting penalty low to the goalkeepers left to bring Wainui back into the contest just before the half time whistle.
The wind continued to frustrate both teams in the second half and Wainui defended well into the wind but any hopes of a comeback were dashed as Stop Out powered in a third to restore their two goal advantage. A lucky escape followed as it looked like the referee had blown for a penalty after Stop Out had a player brought down in the box but the loud blast of the whistle was actually for an off side infringement.
The wind continued to frustrate as Wainui went looking for another goal as the clock ticked down. Joel Evans came close from a free kick at the end but the Stop Out keeper made the save.
Stop Out now move above Wainui in Wellingtons Football Premier League and next week sees a huge game against Wellington United at Richard Prouse Park which will be covered live from the ground itself so look for that one!!
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