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Maidens’ game of two halves
Shield Maidens’ keeper Liz Egan rushes outfrom her goalmouth to foil a Waimea College attack. Photo: Jo Richards. JO RICHARDS
Golden Bay’s Shield Maidens faced Waimea College in Saturday’s women’s fixture at the Rec Park. The match turned out to be a classic game of two halves, with the Shield Maidens being put to the sword in the first 45 minutes before regrouping ahead of a swashbuckling secondhalf performance. From the start, the Maidens chased down their opponents, but Waimea moved the ball quickly to probe the Maidens’ defence and create numerous openings. After 10 minutes of stout resistance, the home side’s back line was breached by a firm strike which gave Maidens’ brave keeper Liz Egan no chance. After the ball hit the back of their net, confidence appeared to seep out of the Maidens’ defensive players who, despite some impressive individual performances, were not working fully as a unit. The visitors, sensing a potential weakness, heaped on the pressure and over the next 15 minutes extended their
lead to 3-0. It wasn’t all one-way traffic, though. The Maidens had their moments and created several chances, but were denied by some solid Waimea defending. For 20 minutes the score remained unchanged as the home side worked their way back into the game and the defenders started to back each other up. Just as it appeared that fortunes might change, however, Waimea were awarded an indirect free kick on the edge of the Maidens’ penalty area. While the defensive wall was being organised, and without waiting for the referee’s whistle, Waimea took the kick which ricocheted off a defender and into the goal. Seconds later, when the whistle did blow, it was to signal the end of the first half. The Maidens emerged from the break with a renewed sense of purpose and a gritty determination. The more secure back line allowed midfield and forward players the freedom to go on the offensive, and within five minutes of the restart, Tiana Olney slotted
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home a neat finish to open the home side’s account. An increasingly cohesive, confident and expansive Maidens launched a series of penetrating raids down both flanks and were unlucky not to add to their score when Tiana’s sweetly-struck shot, which the Waimea keeper could only watch, sailed wide, inches from the upright. As the game drew to a close, it looked like the Maidens would “win” the second-half, but with almost the last kick of the game, Waimea netted again, taking the final score to 1-5. Addressing his players before they left the pitch, Maidens’ coach Phil Smith lauded their performance. “The second half was awesome… You kept the pressure on until the end. You may have lost the game but you were not beaten.” A few minutes later Phil said he believes his young squad are making solid progress. “They are becoming more cohesive as a team. They are still learning to play as a team, still gelling.”
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No option D for dam JO RICHARDS
Tasman District ratepayers will continue to subsidise the irrigators’ $25.2m share of Waimea Dam cost overruns following Monday ’s vote by Tasman Distric t councillors. The vote, part of week-long deliberations on the Long Term Plan (LTP), saw councillors back a revised version of TDC’s preferred option A. The original option A, as detailed in the LTP consultation document, proposed a mixture of targeted and district-wide rates with $14.6m collected via a targeted rate on irrigators plus $10.6m from general ratepayers. The revised option A details a combination of contractual arrangements and district-wide rate limited to five years. The revision was made following negotiations with Waimea Irrigators Ltd, Waimea Water Ltd and Crown Irrigation Investments Ltd. Under the revised proposal TDC will not recover the $25.2m cost overrun through a new targeted rate on irrigators but instead use district-wide funding for the first five years, with an irrigator-pays mechanism supposedly kicking in after that. The vote effectively rules out option D, which was supported by around 85 per cent of those who provided feedback during the consultation process, for at least the next five years, and it is uncertain what will happen at the end of this period. Neither Golden Bay ward councillors backed option D, but six of their colleagues – Ann Turley, Dana Wensley, Mark Greening, Trindi Walker, Dean McNamara and David Ogilivie – came out in favour. Details of the revised option A, along with a recommendation to support it, was presented to councillors in a supplementary report prepared by TDC’s corporate and governance services manager Mike Drummond. The document implies that pressure from Waimea Irrigators Limited, including the threat of legal action should option D be adopted, led to the new proposal. The report states: “Staff consider that this approach [revised option A] carries a much lower level of litigation risk than a targeted rate approach as envisioned under option D.” The report also states that the revised option A is “a reasonably practical option” as WIL are “willing to consider it” and it is “more acceptable to Waimea Irrigators shareholders..” Despite extensive public consultation on the LTP, there will be no opportunity for the public to have a say on the... Continued on page 2
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