Luck Against Coastal

Coastal Spirit's hopes of reaching their first-ever Chatham Cup Final ended in heavy rain on Sunday afternoon when going down to Wellington Olympic 5 – 1. Coastal started strongly and took the lead when Alex Steinwascher finished well in the 13th minute. Hamish Watson then levelled five minutes later. Coastal continued to take the game to the National League champions. The game turned in the 35th minute when the Coastal keeper, Ellis Hare-Reid and teammate Satsumi Hirano, clashed heavily when attempting to clear the ball. Hare-Reid was prone on the ground for a long time before being assisted from the field with a gash to the head and midfielder Hirano resumed his position he was replaced at half time, with both players going to the hospital for treatment. With no reserve keeper on the bench, striker Ryan Stanley was subbed on to go in goal, with Stanley stopping everything that was hit him before the break. Coastal had a great chance to take the lead just before the break but Olympic keeper, Scott Basalaj saved a shot from Kenshin Hayashi at point-blank range. Jack-Henry Sinclair put Olympic into the lead early in the second half with Isa Prins finishing well to increase the lead minutes after being subbed on. Into the final ten minutes, Watson and Prins both scored again in the space of three minutes to move Olympic into the Cup Final where they will meet Auckland City who needed extra time to overcome Birkenhead United 4 – 2. 

Results / Scorers:

Coastal Spirit 1 (Alex Steinwascher)
Wellington Olympic 5 (Hamish Watson 2, Isa Prins 2, Jack-Henry Sinclair)
HT 1 – 1 

Auckland City 4 (Angus Kilkolly 3 incl pen, Ryan de Vries)
Birkenhead United 2 (Monty Patterson, Sam Philip)
HT 1 – 1
FT 2 – 2 after extra time 

All Auckland Final In Kate Sheppard Cup Final

Dunedin City Royals' season-long winning run came to an end in their Kate Sheppard Cup semi-final against current Cup holder Western Springs in Dunedin on Saturday. The Auckland side made an impressive start when Rina Hirano and Liz Savage scored in the opening five minutes before Rebecca Burrows added a third midway into the opening half. 

In the other semi, Wellington Phoenix Reserves looked to be on their way to the Final when leading 1 – 0 late in the game before Auckland United scored in the 88th minute and then again deep in added time to advance. 

Results / Scorers:

Dunedin City Royal 0
Western Springs 3 (Rina Hirano, Liz Savage, Rebecca Burrows)
HT 0 – 3 

Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Georgie Furnell)
Auckland City 2 (Saskia Vosper, Estelle Harrison)
HT 0 – 0 

Technical Remain Four Points Clear In Southern League

Cashmere Technical remain four points clear in the Southern League, with two rounds to play after they were untroubled to account for Nomads 6 – 0, with Christchurch United overrunning Selwyn 9 – 0. Nelson Suburbs move clear of Ferrymead Bays when coming from behind to win 3 – 2 with Dunedin City Royals making two wins in a row when edging Universities of Canterbury (UC) 2 – 1 in their catchup game from Round 14. Coastal Spirit game away to the Royals was deferred due to the Chatham Cup, with the game between UC and FC Twenty11 being played on Wednesday evening. 

Technical sit on top of the table with 43, United 39 and Coastal on 36, in the battle for a top-two finish and a spot in the Championship Phase of the National League. Suburbs now have 28, three clear of Bays with Nomads on 21 and Royals on 19. In the battle at the bottom, Selwyn has 8, UC 7 and FC on 0. 

The league's leading scorer, Garbhan Coughlan was in a class of his own when scoring the opening five goals for Cashmere Technical against Nomads before being subbed off, with his replacement Garbriel Gallaway scoring the final score. Coughlan showed all his scoring skills, slotting home his first from the penalty spot, finishing off a flowing move to head home the second. In added time from a Matt Tod-Smith free-kick Coughlan peeled away from his marker and cleverly lifted the ball over Nomads keeper, Regan Frame to complete his fifth hat trick of the season. Just after the break Nomads turned the ball over near their own goal and Aidan Barbour-Ryan delivered to Coughlan to volley home in spectacular fashion. His fifth and 23rd goal of the season was another penalty after Yuya Taguchi was brought down in the box. While Nomads created several good chances during the game they were unable to make any of them count. 

Christchurch United ensured their goal difference was better than Coastal’s when they inflicted Selwyn’s heaviest-ever defeat in the league, in what was Stallion’s captain, Jack Allatt’s 200th game for the club. There was no hint of a blowout score when United were only three goals better at the break, with Matthew Brazier, a brace and David Yoo the scorers. Riley Grover added the fourth just after place resumed with Joel Stevens adding the next three goals, including a penalty, with the United captain now second in the Golden Boot race on 18 goals. In the final few minutes, Daniel Myen added the eighth goal before Brazier completed his hat trick in added time. On Tuesday evening, United met Technical in the remaining semi-final of the Morrison Mitsubishi English Cup, with the winner facing Coastal in the Final.    

Ferrymead Bays skipped out to a two-goal lead over Nelson Suburbs when Joaquin Julve and Cameron Rean scored in the 10th and 11th minutes respectively before Sebastian Hickman scored midway into the half to bring Suburbs back into the game. Trevin Myers then levelled from the penalty spot with twenty to play and then scored the winner in the final ten minutes to claim the win and become Suburb's leading scorer for the season on 13. 

The Dunedin City Royals made it two wins on the road in as many weeks when overcoming UC. Oban Hawkins ensured the Royals went to the break in front after finding the back of the net in the 44th minute with a volley by the edge of the goal area after UC could not clear their line. Early in the second half UC levelled when Pero Forman headed home from a corner. With five minutes to play substitute, Joshua McCarroll picked out Nicolas Zambrano, who cleverly headed the ball home to claim the win. 

UC back up against FC Twenty 11 midweek with FC needing the win if they have any hope of climbing off the foot of the table.

Form:
UC - L W L L L L
FC – L L L L L L 

Head-to-Head:
Played 1: UC 1 win 

Previous Result This Season:
FC 1 UC 6 

Next weekend on Saturday, Technical met Bays with Nomads facing UC. On Sunday Suburbs entertain United with Coastal travelling south to take on the Royals in their catchup game from the previous round, which means the scheduled game between the Royals and Selwyn is deferred. 

Results / Scorers – Round 16 of 18

Christchurch United 9 (Joel Stevens 3 - incl pen, Matthew Brazier 3, David Yoo, Riley Grover, Daniel Meyn)
Selwyn 0
HT 3 - 0 

Ferrymead Bays 2 (Joaquin Julve, Cameron Rean)
Nelson Suburbs 3 (Trevin Myers 2 - incl pen, Sebastian Hickman)
HT 2 - 1 

Nomads 0
Cashmere Technical 6 (Garbhan Coughlan 5 - incl 2 pens, Garbiel Gallaway)
HT 0 - 3 

Universities of Canterbury 1 (Pero Forman)
Dunedin City Royals 2 (Oban Hawkins, Nicholas Zambrano)
HT 0 - 1 

Technical Record Big Win In WSIL

Cashmere Technical recorded their third big win in the Women’s South Island League when overrunning Roslyn Wakari 11 – 0 with Coastal Spirit SAS accounting for Nelson Suburbs, 3- 0. The remaining game of the round will be played on Wednesday evening when leader’s Dunedin City Royals host Otago University at Logan Park at 7 pm.

The Royals still top the table on 19, three clear of Technical and Coastal with University and Roslyn on 5 with Suburbs on 1 – both Technical and Suburbs have a game in hand. 

Annalie Longo led the way for the goals for Cashmere Technical when scoring twice in each half, with Lara Wall chiming in with a hat trick, with other goals going Anna McPhie, Grace Jones and Claudia Wilson, with Roslyn Wakari conceding an own goal, one of seven goals that come after the break. 

In what was an even encounter in the early stages of the opening half, Coastal Spirit took control just before the break when Mel Cameron scored twice in the space of four minutes against Nelson Suburbs, to keep Cameron on top of the race for the Golden Boot, one goal ahead of Technical’s Longo and McPhie and Rose Morton (Royals). Britney-Lee Nicholson opened her tally when scoring Coastal’s final goal from the penalty spot in the 60th minute.  

In the upcoming round on Saturday, Technical host Coastal, Suburbs face Royals with Roslyn having the home advantage over University. 

Results / Scorers – Round 8 of 10

Coastal Spirit 3 (Mel Cameron 2, Britney-Lee Nicholson - pen)
Nelson Suburbs 0 
HT 2 - 0 

Roslyn Wakari 0
Cashmere Technical 11 (Annalie Longo 4, Lara Wall 3, Anna McPhie, Grace Jones, Claudia Wilson, own goal)
HT 0 – 4 

Premiership Still Up For Grabs

The New World Men's Premiership has yet to be decided after Round 16 was completed over the weekend. Current leaders, Waimak were untroubled to defeat cellar dwellers, Parklands 4 – 0 with the goals split in each half. Second-placed Cashmere Technical Reserves edged their Nomads counterparts 3 – 2, with the winning goal coming in the final minutes of play. Burwood maintained third place when defeating Western 4 – 1 in the second leg of the O’Shea’s Derby with Halswell continuing their late-season rally when accounting for Christchurch United U20 Academy 4 – 1, to make it five games on the bounce without a loss after going the five previous rounds without a win. Ferrymead Bays Res. gained two spots on the table when winning 2 – 1 over the Selwyn Utd Res. on Friday evening.

With two rounds remaining Waimak have 38 points, Technical 35, Burwood 30, with Halswel on 26 and Nomads rounding out the top five on 25. Bays have 19, one ahead of 18 with Westen 17, United 15 and Parklands back on 2. 

Results – Round 16 of 18

Christchurch United U20 Academy 1
Halswell 4 HT 1 - 2 

Ferrymead Bays Res 2
Selwyn Res. 1
HT 1 - 1 

Nomads Res. 2
Cashmere Technical Res. 3
HT 1 - 1 

Waimak 4
Parklands 0
HT 2 - 0 

Western 1
Burwood 4
HT 1 - 3 

UC Claim Women’s Premiership

Universities of Canterbury (UC) have claimed the New World Women's Premiership, with a round to spare after they defeated NW United 4 – 2 with the students leading 3 – 0 at the break. In the other Top 4 clash goals were more difficult to come by between Halswell and UC Maroon, with Halswell scoring the only goal of the game after break. In the Bottom 4 matches, Coastal Spirit SAS Reserves registered their first win when edging neighbours Cashmere Technical Reserves 1 – 0 with Selwyn also scoring after the break to defeat Ferrymead Bays 1 – 0.

UC now move to 24 points, with NW and Halswell on 16 with UC Maroon on 13. Technical and Selwyn both have 10 with Bays on 9 and Coastal on 4.  

Results – Round 9 of 10

Top 4

NW United 2
Universities of Canterbury 4
HT 0 - 3 

Halswell 1
UC Maroon 0
HT 0 - 0 

Bottom 4

Cashmere Technical Res. 0
Coastal Spirit SAS Res. 1
HT 0 - 0 

Selwyn 1
Ferrymead Bays 0
HT 0 - 0

Article added: Monday 19 August 2024