Boys+Soccer



It all started with a quiet trip to to Waipuna park at about 8am Sunday morning with only 3 boys in  our big 14 seater minivan as most of the boys were being transported down later in the day by their  parents.We arrived at Golden grove and got settled into our rooms then we set of to the opening  ceremony which I as well as the team thought was awesome.First day of competition and we were up  against Peachgrove inter. who are usually a top three finisher,I thought we did well to hold the game  to 6-0 in blustery conditions.Next game and 12-0 to us and looking good,back on track I thought  but thats where it ended.Last game of the day vs Murrays bay and the team lost there way going  down 11-1 to a very fast team.Next day in terrible wet conditions we went down 9-0 to a very sharp  looking Palmerston North inter team.Last game of the 2nd day and we went down 3-1 to eventual  runners-up Otumoetai,a game that I thought we could have drawn had refereeing decisions gone  our way.3rd day,another loss 1st up 8-2 to Heaton inter. but we were only the 2nd team to put 2  goals past them,1 positive I guess.Now into the playoffs and I think our best all round team game of  the week,a 1-0 hard fought win against Otumoetai development team.Last day of competition,and  another crap day weather wise.Terrible conditions in which most of the team would have ever played  in before.We went down 3-2 to Whakatane,a game I thought we should have won and then down 4-2  to Tauranga who actually looked a very good side.So there we have it-9 games, 2 wins, 7 lossess. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> 20th place out of 28 teams ,not too bad against some very good teams that you could see had been <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> together for few years. 44 goals against, 21 for.All in all, a great week with a great bunch of kids, a <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> couple of fun outings to the hot pools and a awesome finish to week on thursday night at the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> rockclimbing. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> Thanks for the week <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> Kirsten & Duncan Moxon-Manager & coach

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