13th April 2008

Hamilton Old Boys continued to surprise when upsetting title contenders The Cook University 4-2 on Saturday.
Varsity opened the game strongly and dominated territory and possession but in a rare attack Old Boy’s opened the scoring when Fraser Kilgour collected a rebounded shot to score from close range. Tony Hopping put Varsity on level pegging with a well constructed PC variation and Billy Emery gave the students a deserved lead with a deft touch.
Kilgour belied his inexperience at Premier level to close the half with his second field goal and opened the second half by completing his hat trick from a PC.
Old Boys appeared hungrier for the win than Varsity and Kilgour turned provider by delivering a well timed pass for Zac Woods to shoot from close range and seal the victory.

Fraser Tech men hung on bravely against Valley United to collect their second win and join Old Boys Varsity and Suburbs at the top of the table. Grant Goile opened the Tech scoring with a PC conversion but Valley responded through a Mark Scrampton field goal. HBHS youngster Matt Orr continued to impress at Premier level scoring an opportunistic goal immediately from the restart.
Darren Luckin and Tyler Edwards increased Tech’s advantage to 4-1 through a field goal and drag flicked PC respectively. Valley, as always showed dogged determination, and with Lloyd Stephenson and Lincoln Churchill leading the way they charged back into the game with two well taken Trent Summers goals.
NZ Masters rep Pete Nicol restored some advantage for Tech to increase the lead to 5-3 but a Stephenson PC conversion mid way through the second spell set up a frenetic final quarter.
Stand out "Player of the Day", Tech goal keeper Robin Sawyer, again showed his class pulling off a series of crucial saves to deny Valley the equaliser.

Southern United’s late withdrawal from the women’s premier competition has allowed the Thames Valley women an excellent opportunity to compete against Waikato’s top sides ahead of the intercity competition. They struggled early on against unbeaten Fraser Tech and trailed 0-2 at half time after Debbie Bell and Lee Millar converted their opportunities in front of goal.
Valley showed more composure in the second half and did well to keep Tech scoreless, but Tech’s defensive unit was too experienced to relinquish their half time lead and maintained their unbeaten run with the 2-0 win.

Varsity and Te Awamutu played non competition games with a 4-3 win and 2-4 loss against the Waikato U16’s and U18’s repectively.