Football pre-season continues

RESULTS / Hua

GOLF

22 March. Stableford: W Collie 39, S Kerr 38, G Ryan 38. Closest to pin: 3/12 W Collie, 4/13 and 8/17 G Ryan, 9/18 R Dyce. Twos: R Dyce, W Collie. Best gross: W Collie.

25 March. 3rd Stroke Play - Nett: R Heuvel 69, G Allen 70, J Garner 71. Closest to pin: 3/12 C Hill, 4/13 T Polglase, 8/17 and 9/18 G Ryan. Two: J Garner. Happy wanderer: M Dixon. Best gross: C Hadler 88.

BRIDGE

March 22. Pohara Pairs Session 2. D Sarll/H Curtis 62.50%; P Panzeri/J Edmondson 62.50%; P Nelson/R Smith 55.21%. H/cap: P Panzeri/J Edmondson 60.50%; P Nelson/R Smith 60.21%, D Sarll/H Curtis 59.75%.

March 24. Autumn Winds Session 3. E Bradshaw/D Perreau 65.87%; A Telford/D Sarll 60.32%; C Mead/C Furness 57.94%.

Orienteering

Football pre-season fixtures continued last Saturday with Golden Bay AFC hosting men’s and women’s teams from Nelson Suburbs FC.

For the GBAFC Shield Maidens’ first outing, the tie against high-flying Suburb Swans provided a good opportunity to sharpen up match fitness and benchmark progress.

With the Maidens’ coach Phil Smith now the regular keeper for the Men’s masters side the Stingrays, player Mia Goodwin is sharing the coaching role with Richard Price. The Maidens also have a new skipper, Lily Pedersen, who has been part of the team since the beginning, plus debutante Iska Schmidt, a new member of the 18-strong squad.

Despite the summer lay off the home side showed little rustiness as they went toe-to-toe with the Swans. Full of running, and moving the ball nicely, the Maidens created several good scoring chances in the first 20 minutes but could not find the net. Then, somewhat against the run of play, the visitors struck the first blow. The Swans doubled their lead before half -time and added a third shortly after the break. Undaunted, the Maidens kept plugging away and were soon on the comeback trail after two goals brought the score to 2-3. As the home side pressed forward for an equaliser Suburbs counter-attacked and made the game safe. Final score: 2-4. At the same time, on the adjacent pitch, GB Stingrays had a difficult time against their Masters counterparts who emerged winners with the score at 3-10. The home side, however, could take some positives the from the encounter; the match saw the return of Golden Bay’s Rob Anderson, back on the field following a serious leg injury several years ago. Rob, the Stingrays’ skipper, was pleased to see his side come through the match unscathed “It’s good to get through without any injuries.”