Taking on The 'Ancient Ones'

I made my last trip of the season to watch Wainuiomatas reserve team play their final game of the season at a sun kissed Richard Prouse Park.  It was a local derby of sorts with the Lower Hutt Ancient Ones coming from over the hill with some former players in their midst, most notably Jeff McKenzie and Trevor Evans.

'Oi ref, you can't do that'

Their was the odd bit of banter going on between the two teams during the match but the game itself suddenly sprang to life when the Ancient Ones were awarded a penalty.  Our local hero Ralphie was making an appearance in goal made a superb diving save to keep the scores level then instigated a quick break out from defence.  Wainui broke down field at pace and all of a sudden the ball was in the back of the net, 1-0 to Wainui and cue scenes of celebration on the sidelines.

Wainui failed to add to the scoring and eventually Lower Hutt wore down a resolute home team defence to level the game and take away a share of the spoils.  And with that draw the season for the reserves is over and they just missed out on promotion finishing in fourth place, a great effort for the boys but their is always next year!!