Stop Out take out Wainui

It was another case of being outnumbered by the opposition for Wainui yesterday at Richard Prouse park.  With the scores locked at 0 - 0 Rowen McCullough suddenly found himself being given his marching orders by the referee and Wainui had to play the majority of the game a player down.

Ralphie warming up at half time

Stop Out took complete control from that moment on, in fairness Wainui were hardly helped by some odd refereeing decisions going against them either.  Three well worked goals put the visitors in command at the break with the third goal coming at the stroke of half time.  Early in the second half Stop Out ended the game as a contest with a thunderbolt of a strike that gave Simon Rippon little chance in the Wainui goal.  Wainui battled on though and never really gave up, Steven Quirke deserving of his man of the match award.  The fifth Stop Out goal came right at the death but really at that point the game was done and dusted.



Wainui were outnumbered for most of the game

 So another case of what might have been for Wainui, they are a good side and really don't deserve to be in the position they are in the league but there is still a long way to go in the season yet. As always it was great to get into the clubrooms and hear the coaches speeches and down a well deserved beer on my part as Richard Prouse Park tends to get a bit chilly once the sun goes down behind the hills. 

In some RCSC (Ralph Chenery Supporters Club) news our local hero has returned from his trip away and made an appearance on the subs bench.  The biggest round of applause during the speeches was reserved for the news that our hero asked his partner to marry him to which she agreed!!  Congratulations Ralphie, you're still my hero. 

Game on this Saturday, if it's not cancelled

I was disappointed not to have made it to last weekends game against Karori but sometimes when your sick you have to make some sacrifices.  I was also disappointed to hear that the boys from Wainui had another close loss, losing by 2 goals to 1, leaving them stuck to the bottom of the table.  However this coming weekend they have a chance to turn things around against Stop Out, if the weather doesn't force the game to be cancelled of course as it's been raining quite a bit this week. 

It's kind of a local derby match with the Stop Out club situated just over the hill from Wainuiomata.  The game is at Richard Prouse Park and as always Wainui will give it everything playing at home.  From memory the last time these two teams met all of seven years ago Wainuiomata came away with a 2 -0 win. 

In other news from the club it was reported in the local paper that the womens first team won promotion to division 2 after winning all of their games.  I believe they are currently on a 17 game unbeaten run stretching back to last season which is just awesome stuff!!

Weekend update

Some games last weekend were postponed so here are the results of the games that were played.....

Division 4 : Wainuiomata 4 0 Island Bay United * The second team are on a bit of a run at the moment and this win sends them into second place behind Wairarapa on goal difference.
Division 15 : Western Suburbs 5 1 Half Baked * Curts team lose badly and slip to 3rd place but there is still a chance they can win promotion!!
Division 17 : Wellington Indian Sports 1 7 Wainuiomata A
Division 18 : Wainuiomata 1 13 Massey University FC * I really hope that score isn't correct
Masters Division 3 : Wainui Pacifica 0 2 North Wellington Onslows

Another weekend of mixed results for the teams dotted around the various leagues and one very odd result there.  I don't think the women played on Sunday, the firsts have a chance for promotion again.
This weekend the Premier League action takes Wainui to Karori Park for a bottom of the table clash against Waterside Karori (Wharfies).  It should be an interesting tussle out there and I hope I can make it to catch some of the action.

Chatham Cup agony for Wainui

It was supposed to be men against boys today, Wairarapa were supposed to stroll into town and take care of Wainui with relative ease.  The final scoreline of 6 - 1 might suggest that but Wainui put up one hell of a fight and pushed Wairarapa close before running out of steam in the final 10 minutes of the game.


Josh Wilkie puts his body on the line


Wainui almost took the lead from a long range shot that deceived the keeper and rebounded off the crossbar and somehow three minutes later they found themselves two goals down.  They came out fighting in the second half and got a goal back from the head of Josh Wilkie (need confirmation on that!!) and it was game on.  Wairarapa then proceeded to show why they are Central League leaders as they stepped up another gear and as Wainui tired late on they really made them pay with four well taken goals of their own to add some gloss to the scoreline. 

Had a really good day there today, apart from the result of course, the lads from Wainuis reserve team put on a bit of a barbecue during the game, I bumped into Goober who has made a tremendous recovery from his recent illness and as always the speeches back in the clubrooms from both teams coaches are always worth hanging around for.  Our local hero Ralph Chenery was nowhere to be seen today, rumor is he is on holiday somewhere in Asia with his other half.  Sorry ladies but yes he is taken just in case you were wondering!!

Home crowd roars Wainui on

I made it down to Richard Prouse Park again today for the second half of Wainuis game against Miramar Rangers and it turned out to be a highly entertaining game of football.  Paul Wood scored only the second league goal of the season for Wainui to help the boys to go in at half time level at one goal a piece.

The game ebbed and flowed from the kick off and both teams were passing well but just failing to find that killer pass that would lead to a goal.    Miramar broke the deadlock from a corner when their player headed well into the ground and the bounce beating both keeper and defender on the line.  Roared on by a raucous home crowd the boys went in search of the equaliser and almost got one but for the crossbar being too low however they were almost caught on the break until goalkeeper Simon Rippon, in for our local hero Ralph Chenery, pulled off a superb one handed save.


Wainui Celebrate Steven Quirkes equalizer

 
In the final ten minutes Wainui got their just rewards from their own set piece move when the ball was forced home by Steven Quirke in a crowded penalty area.  Not settling for a point Wainui won a free kick with time nearly up and almost grabbed all three points with a curling free kick  destined for the top corner of the net.  That was until the Miramar keeper intervened and clawed it away for the corner kick.  The set piece didn't work from the corner this time and both teams shared the points in the end.



It's on its' way in....isn't it??

So a break next week from league action but a big game at home again in the Chatham Cup against Central League leaders Wairarapa United.  They don't come much bigger than this and with the support that's being shown at all the home games I am expecting one hell of a game of football next weekend.

Weekends results

Here are the results from the rest of Wainuiomatas teams in Capital Soccer from last weekend.....

Division 4 : Brooklyn Northern 0 2 Wainuiomata * This win sends the 2nd team into 3rd place in the league.
Division 6 : Undertakers 3 0 Miramar Rangers * First win of the season for The Undertakers and a first clean sheet for  Mark Jones.
Division 15 : Naenae 1 1 Half Baked * Curts half baked team are flying high in second place at the moment five points behind the division leaders.
Division 17 : Miramar 5 2 Wainuiomata A * I believe this is Wainuis 3rd team, I could be wrong though!!

I couldn't find and haven't heard how the Div 18 or Wainui Pacifica (the over 35s) got on but I presume they did play on Saturday.  On Sunday I passed through Richard Prouse and both womens teams games were drawing to a close, the results went as follows

Womens Div 3 : Wainui Ziggyz 4 0 North Wellington * After winning promotion last year Ziggyz are undefeated this year having won all four games so far.

Womens Div 4 : Wainuiomta 0 6 Tawa

So a mixed bag of results last weekend but on the whole everything going well.  I'm hoping to make it down on Saturday to watch the first teams' Premier Division match against Miramar if I post a good time in this weekends Crazyman event in the Hutt Valleys eastern hills.