Another weekend of results

So a great win for the first team on Sunday against Wellington Olympic with a goal a piece from Joel Evans and Josh Wilkie.  Here's how the other teams results went, most games were rained off and cancelled so not everybody got to play........

Division 15 :  Half Baked 3 2 North Wellington Sinners *Half Baked Oval (Richard Prouse Park pitch #4) was cancelled again so Curts team were out in Upper Hutt and picked up a good win to put them second on the table.

Division 18 :  Naenae All Stars 3 0 Wainuiomata *Oh dear, another loss for the div 18 lads, there's always next week though!!

Womens Division 2 :  Upper Hutt 3 5 Wainuiomata *Incredible stuff from the Womens first team, unbeaten so far this season!!

Not many games played at the weekend but with the way the weather has been there are no surprises there but this coming Saturday is a huge game for the lads in the Premier Division away to Marist at Kilbirnie Park.  I shall be there hoping for another great result for the team.

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.

Back to the future

Pom working hard

I made it to the second teams home game on Saturday (just about)  as they squared up to Island Bay HHH and with no game for the firsts our local Hero Ralph Chenery made a start at centre back for the team.  It was great to watch Russel and Ralphie reunited as the centreback pairing for Wainui.  I'm sure I even heard a few shouts of 'give the ball to Ralphie' during the game.  The two boys with the assistance of Phil and 'Pom' kept the HHH attack quiet all afternoon in cold, wet and muddy conditions on Richard Prouse Park no.3 pitch.

The defensive display was overshadowed by a master class performance from young Joel Evans who banged in a second half hat-trick as the seconds romped home to a three nil victory to keep their hopes of promotion from Division 4 alive.

Still searching for the win

Wainui are still searching for their first league win of the season after last weekends draw with Western Suburbs at Endeavour Park.

Mark Manzone (according to newspaper reports) got the all important equaliser after they had trailed for most of the game.  A good result and a draw is better than a loss!!

No game for the Premiers this weekend as Wellington United have a Chatham Cup game so I might just potter on down and take a look at the second team this weekend as they push for promotion from Division 4.

The weekend that was

The Wainui Faithful

With this weekends games looming for each of the clubs teams and a HUGE game away to Western Suburbs on Sunday in the Premier Division here is a quick rundown of how everybody fared last weekend......

Division 4 :  Wainuiomata 0 1 Wairarapa * Not the result I wanted to see here, the boys are now 6 points behind Wairarapa in fourth place.

Division 6 :  Undertakers 4 3 Brooklyn Northern * What a way to get your second win of the season, 3-1 down  late in the second half then comes a hat trick of substantial class from Marcel Brunner, super stuff that!!

Division 15 :  Half Baked 0 1 Porirua City *Another loss for Curts Half Baked team, heard there was even a bit of fisticuffs at the end.

Division 17 :  Wainuiomata 5 3 Stokes Valley *Great win for the 3rd team, top of the league after this win.

Division 18 :  Wainuiomata 1 5 Tawa Kingz

Masters Division 3 :  Wainui Pacifica 2 3 Lower Hutt Longballs

Womens Division 2 :  Wainuiomata 8 1 Petone Pins*And still the run continues, unbeaten this season so far.  Think I might have to take a trip down to Richard Prouse Park some Sunday afternoon!!

Womens Division 4 :  Wainuiomata 0 1 Petone Pulse

Long weekend double header

It was the Queens Birthday weekend in New Zealand and it brought with it a double header of games for Wainui against Island Bay on Saturday and Marist FC on the Monday afternoon.  Two wins were what the team was targeting to get them back on track in the league but unfortunately Wainui had to settle for just a point from their game against Marist at Richard Prouse on the Monday.

 

The view versus Island Bay from the sidelines

The first game of the weekend saw Wainui make the short trip over the hill to play Island Bay at Petones home ground  Memorial Park.  After being well beaten in the previous game by Stop Out the boys put in a gutsy display against the league leaders with some solid defending limiting their goalscoring opportunities.  The game ebbed and flowed throughout the 90 minutes and it was settled by a well taken goal just after half time from Island Bay, one of the few chances they managed to create.  Wainui fought right up to the final whistle and again deserved a lot more from the game.

Wainui forced Island Bay to dig deep

So to Monday and back to Richard Prouse Park to face Marist, Wainui were again looking for the win and with the way they have played at home this season you felt that today could be the day they would grab that first elusive win in Wellingtons Premier Division.  Both sides went at it for the entire game again with chances falling to both teams.  A sickening head clash involving Josh Wilkie held up play in the first half for a while, there was a lot of blood from Josh and Marists' player and an ambulance was called, I hope both of them are OK. 

The second half was much the same as the first with chances again coming for both teams but both goalkeepers were up for the task today and yet again a player from each team saw a red card after a clash midway through the half.  A goalless draw was probably the fairest outcome for both teams given the pitch conditions but it was an enjoyable goalless draw all the same.

Rowen almost gave Wainui the lead late on against Marist

So another draw, and red card dished out, at home for Wainui and although a draw wasn't the best result the point was a welcome one.  Special mention was made of Paul Wood in the speeches after the game who came on as a replacement having just finished collecting the days rubbish and put in another solid display for the team, awesome stuff.  Again another good day at Richard Prouse Park and plenty of vocal support from the crowd, still a long way to go in the season yet.