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U15 Boys 4th in QB Tournament.
by Jon Tanner |
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Pool Play Results
Waikato 4 Thames Valley 2 Waikato 6 Counties 0 Waikato 3 Auckland 3 (Waikato 2nd on goal difference) Waikato 0 Northland 6 - Waikato finished 4th. The Under 15 boys overall had good weekend, a slow start against Thames Valley was followed by superb first half onslaught against Counties where the half time score was 5-0 to Waikato.The key result of the weekend was an excellent 3-3 comeback against a full strength Auckland team which went on to win the tournament. Waikato took first advantage through a Cameron Broad penalty corner rebound, and after falling behind 3-1 early in the second half, left wing Fraser Kilgour struck twice mid way through the half to put Waikato back in the match. With a place in the final at stake, desperate attack and defence by both sides in the final minutes came to nothing and Auckland qualified on goal difference. After a huge effort against Auckland the team was a shadow of itself in the 3th/4th play-off with an impressively "big" Northland team and went down 0-6. Players to impress over the weekend were the midfield trio of Stuart Pitu, Ben Bartels and Ben Tanner, while up front Cameron Broad was full of running and it was great too see Fraser Kilgour back scoring goals. At the back Greg Johnson and Ryan Brewer continue to develop into a tidy defensive unit. Having drawn the pool A (of death) at the July National Tournament, with both Auckland and North Harbour included, and Waikato down to play them both in the same day, the team will need to be in top form to progress to the finals. This weekend has shown it does has the ability to compete with these teams, and is a great first step towards what would undoubtably be hard won success at the nationals. |
Team: Stuart Pitu, Chris Connolly, Ronnie Bird, Ben Tanner (St Pauls) Ben Bartels, Bevan Nichol, Kyle Westerman, Aidan Davey (HBHS) Scott Fitz-John, Fraser Kilgour (St Peters) Ryan Brewer, Greg Johnson, Tim MacDonald (Hillcrest) Robert Wengert (Cambridge) David Gardiner (Matamata) Cameron Broad (Fraser) Jon Tanner Investment Adviser, NZX Broker > ABN AMRO Craigs > P.O. Box 1282 > Hamilton > NEW ZEALAND > > Tel +64 7 838 3335 > Fax +64 7 838 0828 > Mobile 025-291-9790 > > Email jon.tanner@abnamrocraigs.com > Website www.abnamrocraigs.com |
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