Saturday May 14 & Sunday May 15th
Round 5 is all wrapped up from Wellington Hockey's Cello Premier 1&2 Open Grade Competition. We had a full slate of games at the National Hockey Stadium as the best from around the region met to battle it out on the turf of Cello NHS1 and Newtown McDonald's NHS2.
Head over to PlayHQ to see all the results form the weekends action.
Goal-scorers’ names will be included when these are provided by clubs through PlayHQ.
Premier 1 Men
After their draw with Indians last week Hutt United returned to winning ways against Tawa Titans in the main game on Cello NHS 1, but it took some time to gain ascendency. After scoring early United were up by just 2-1 at half-time, before their superior pace and skill earned them a bonus point win. Indians again looked polished in putting way Northern United in the early game. Four goals in the first half set the scene, while Northern’s goal-scoring drought continues. The closest encounter of the day was the late game between Harbour City and a determined Victoria. There was little between the sides in what was a fast, open game before Harbour did just enough to earn their second win.
Results
Hutt United 7 (Patrick Madder 2, Jack Rider, Levi Loudon, Aarie Verwey, Billy Miskimmin, Callum Olsen) Victoria 1(Ben Sarikaya)
Indians 6 (Sajan Patel 2, Josh Thuraisingham, Tom Pavitt, Hemesh Lala, Marco Brown) Northern United 0
Harbour City 2 (Rio Tuson 2) Tawa Titans 1 (Gareth Jeune)
Dalefield had the bye
Points: Dalefield 15*, Indians 11*, Hutt United 10*, Victoria 7, Harbour City 7*, Tawa Titans 0*, Northern United 0*.
* denotes a bye
21 May
Dalefield v Hutt United 2:15pm Clareville
Northern United v Tawa Titans 2:15pm NHS 3
Indians v Harbour City 4:00pm NHS 3
Victoria have the bye
Premier 1 Women
Harbour gained their first competition points of the season with a bonus point win over Victoria in the early game on McDonald’s Newtown NHS 2. Up 4-0 going into the final quarter it took a strike by Victoria O’Keefe with two minutes to play to earn her side the bonus point. Northern United carried on their good work from last week with an emphatic win over Karori. A hattrick by the athletic Emily McNaughtan was the feature, with Karori’s Hannah Richardson grabbing a late consolation goal for the black and whites. Hutt United were made to work hard against Toa as the temperature dropped, but doubles to Minna Reid and Laura Jurgeleit saw the Hutt Valley side return to the top of the table.
Results
Harbour City 5 (Ruby Logan 2, Carmina Kovanda 2, Victoria O’Keefe) Victoria 0
Northern United 8 (Emily McNaughtan 3, Amy Robinson 2, Georgia Garden-Bachop 2, Katie Fraser) Karori 1 (Hannah Richardson)
Hutt United 4 (Minna Reid 2, Laura Jurgeleit 2) Toa 0
Dalefield had the bye
Points: Hutt United 15*, Northern United 14*, Dalefield 10*, Toa 4*, Harbour City 4*, Karori 2, Victoria 1
* denotes a bye
21 May
Dalefield v Hutt United 12:30pm Clareville
Karori v Harbour City 12:30pm Cello NHS 1
Northern United v Toa 2:15pm Cello NHS 1
Victoria have the bye
Premier 2 Men
At Cello NHS 1 on Sunday top side Hutt United gained a comfortable win against Karori, with United’s usual Premier 1 goal-keeper Fletcher Phillips getting on the scoresheet. Sixth place Victoria played very well to draw with Upper Hutt on McDonald’s Newtown NHS 2, while at Kapiti the home side scraped past Northern United for their first win of the season and a fifth-place finish.
Results:
Hutt United 4 (Fletcher Phillips, Kerry Thomas, Dave Murray, Thomas Langley) Karori 0
Upper Hutt 3 (Michael Ackroyd, Ben Clegg, Paul Hamlin)
Kapiti 2 (Phil Tessier, Tully Gilbert) Northern United 1 (Harison Clulow)
Final grading points: Hutt United 17, Upper Hutt 9, Karori 7, Northern United 5, Kapiti 4, Victoria 2
Premier 2 Women
Nothing could separate Hutt United and Upper Hutt for a second time on Sunday as they played out a six-goal stalemate at McDonald’s Newtown NHS 2. At Paraparaumu Victoria had a convincing win over Kapiti, while on NHS 3 Tawa Titans again proved too strong for Harbour City.
Karori had the bye and finished the grading round in seventh place.
Results
Hutt United 3 (Daina Ratana, Sophie Best, Jordan McGarvey) Upper Hutt 3 (Lily Candy, Leah Murphy, Georgia Lloyd)
Victoria 5 (Kristina O’Connor 2, Taralee Harper-Brown, Caitlin de Reeper, Stephanie Weller) Kapiti 0
Tawa 3 (Ellie Heenan 2, Gemma) Harbour City 1 (Erin Muxlow)
Northern United had the bye
Premier 3 Men
Results
Upper Hutt 2 (Michael Whitson, Jacob Eade) Karori 1 (Lance Hope)
Victoria 3 3 Indians 3 1 (Jack Clifford)
Tawa Titans 5 (Jordan Allan 2, Pierce McLeod, Jack Hawkey, Hitesh Patel) Harbour City 0
Indians 2 2 (Jamin Bhika, Shakel Dahya) Petone Tuis 2
Hutt United 5 (Krishaan Parsotam 2, Jack Josland, Hayden Fraser, John Lynch) Victoria 4 1
Premier 3 Women
Results
Northern United 3 (Steph Jones, Zoe Luke) Kapiti 2 1
Hutt United 3 (Hayley Bill 2, Sarah McPeake) Naenae 2
Kapiti3 9 (Bree Bargh 5, Paris Bradley, Anika Hoogeveen, Lisa Osborne) Northern United 3 1
Toa 4 Upper Hutt 1 (Renee Norton-Grant)
Victoria 3 4 Harbour City 0
Indians 4 (Smitee Ranchhod 2, Jayna Lala, Jayshree Bhika) Victoria 0
