KATE SHEPPARD CUP ROUND 1

Mosgiel 0
Otago University 10 (Erin Roxburgh 3, Beth Elliott 2, Meike Van Der Meer 2, Emma Crewe, Elinor Clark, Kara Daeche)
HT: 0-5
University were far too strong for Mosgiel, winning 10-0 at Memorial Park. The students scored five goals in each half, with Erin Roxburgh scoring a hat trick and Beth Elliott and Meike Van Der Meer both bagging braces. Other scorers were Emma Crewe, Kara Daeche and Elinor Clark. Mosgiel battled bravely throughout but University dominated large spells of possession and their captain van der Meer was named Player of the Day for playing with purpose throughout.

Roslyn Wakari 4 (Emma Black 2, Amelia Currier, Una Madden)
Queenstown Rovers 3 (Amy Hislop 3) 
HT: 1-1  
It was an enthralling contest at Ellis Park, where a hat trick for Queenstown's outstanding youngster Amy Hislop wasn't enough to stop Roslyn winning 4-3 in a classic that had a dramatic injury-time winner. Amelia Currier opened the scoring for Roslyn after 25 minutes.  Hislop equalised with an excellent strike just before half time, after Queenstown goalkeeper Lydia Waddington had also saved a penalty. Emma Black restored Roslyn's lead early into the second half, but Hislop equalised again before Black made it 3-2 to Roslyn with 25 minutes left. Not to be outdone, Hislop equalised for the third time on the 77th minute. 

Roslyn assistant coach Una Madden came off the bench with seven minutes left to play. In the 87th minute Queenstown keeper Waddington was sent off. Into injury time the veteran Madden netted a dramatic 91st-minute winner to clinch the cup tie for Roslyn. 

Byes: Dunedin Technical, Green Island

CHATHAM CUP ROUND 1

Wanaka 3 (Stephen Pleskun 2, Weston Bell)
Geraldine 2 (German Araujo Copette 2)
HT: 0-2

Round one of the Chatham Cup saw the premier league teams all advance past their lower league opposition, although in Wanaka an upset was on the cards when Geraldine's German Araujo Copette scored early on after beating the offside trap despite Wanaka's appeals. The home team started to dominate and had numerous efforts on goal but couldn't hit the target. With half time approaching Geraldine went 2-0 ahead when Copette scored with a carbon copy of his earlier goal.

Wanaka pulled one back on 57 minutes when Barry Grehan floated in a freekick and Steve Pleskun rose high to head home past Brian Martin. Typical of cup matches the plucky underdog was hanging on despite Wanaka dominating. The equaliser came with only 5 minutes left when Grehan drove forward and his cross rebounded off Martin onto Weston Bell who tapped home from close range to level the scores at two apiece.

Both teams searched for the winner, with Wanaka goalkeeper Britton Dowling making a smart late save to deny Geraldine. Deep in injury time, Pleskun turned and drove forward, his pace taking him past a defender and as Martin closed him down Pleskun managed to squeeze the ball into the corner to give Wanaka a classic cup win 3-2.  
 

Mosgiel 6 (Alexander Cox 3, Riley Anderton, Cameron Anderson, Liam Dungey)
Green Island 2 (Ryan Fleming, Thomas Milton)
HT: 4-1

Green Island started their tie against Mosgiel brightly, launching several counter-attacks that had the home side under early pressure. After weathering the storm, the home side clicked into gear and went one nil up when Alex Cox powered home a header from a Cam Anderson corner on 22 minutes. Green Island replied only minutes later through Ryan Fleming, who pounced on an uncontested cross into the box and smashed a volley into the back of the net. Mosgiel responded with Riley Anderton and Cam Anderson both scoring in quick succession to make it 3-1. In the dying moments of the first half, Anderson won a penalty which Liam Dungey dispatched for a  4-1 lead at the break. Alex Cox got a second-half brace to claim his hat trick, while Tom Milton converted a late penalty for Green Island to make the final score 6-2 in Mosgiel's favour.  

Queen’s Park (Invercargill) 0
Otago University 2 (Dominic Scahill, Timothy O’Farrell)
HT: 0-0

The students travelled to Invercargill and were repeatedly denied in the first half by a resolute Queen's Park defence. The breakthrough finally came through their prolific captain Dom Scahill who opened the scoring on the hour mark, with defender Tim O'Farrell bagging the second on 73 minutes to put University into Tuesday's second round draw.

Thistle (Timaru) 0
Roslyn Wakari 6 (Vickor Pekkari 2, Hiromu Iizuka, Oliver Colloty, James Govan, Luke Clissold)
HT: 0-2

On a misty afternoon in Timaru, created some early chances but Thistle were a constant threat on the break with plenty of pace in attack. Roslyn Wakari opened the scoring through Hiromu Iizuka and Victor Pekkari fired in a driven shot across the goalkeeper just before halftime to make it 2-0 at the break. Pekkari bagged a second straight after the restart to kill the game off. Ollie Colloty, James Govan, Luke Clissold all added to the scoring to make the final score 6-0 to Roslyn. 

Dunedin Technical 5 (George McCall 2 inc. pen, Chris Boomer, Liam Lockhart inc. pen, Daniel Kibby)
Old Boys 1 (Laurent Edwards)
HT: 2-1  

Old Boys travelled up to Dunedin to face a resurgent Technical side.  Tech suffered an early blow when skipper Micheal Neaverson was forced off following a strong tackle and was replaced by Kalib Bouma. Chris Boomer scored on 29 minutes and Liam Lockhart doubled Tech's lead a few minutes later from the penalty spot. Old Boys pulled one back through Laurent Edwards before half time. Tech started stronger after the break and when George McCall scored from distance Tech had breathing room. McCall got Techs fourth from another penalty on the hour mark, before Daniel Kibby sealed victory following a great run to score a fantastic solo goal to complete a 5-1 win.  

Queenstown AFC 3 (Jan Kumar, Carlos Herrmann 2)
Northern 2 (Jonny Woodall, Harry Fraser)
AET, HT: 1-0, FT: 2-2

Northern played probably their best game all season and nearly caused an upset following a great comeback. Northern didn't let Queenstown settle and it took a moment of magic from striker Jan Kumar who twisted the centre back inside and out and shot past Eamon Wilson into the bottom corner on 23 minutes. Queenstown doubled their lead when some neat interplay between Quinn McDonald and Lewis Walters resulted in Carlos Herrmann scoring in the 51st minute.

Northern kept pressing and a poor challenge by Queenstown's Niall Malone with 10 minutes to play resulted in a penalty, with Jonny Woodall stepping up to score and Malone picking up two yellow cards and being sent off. Northern's Harry Fraser tied the game up soon after with a near-post finish following a corner to take the match to extra time.

In the opening period of extra time, McDonald drove into the box and drew a foul which saw Queenstown's Hermann score with 100 minutes played. The passion of extra time saw a flurry of yellow cards but Queenstown held on for a 3-2 win.

Caversham 7 (Benjamin Wade 2, Connor Neil 2, Campbell Thompson 2, Ben Kiore)
Northern Hearts 0
HT: 5-0

At Tonga Park, Caversham defeated Northern Hearts from Timaru 7-0. Hearts put in a gallant performance however Caversham's ability to capitalise on errors and some clinical build-up play and finishing won the game for the Dunedin side. An error in the 6th minute allowed  Ben Wade to open the scoring. Connor Neil showed tidy footwork to double the score with 13 minutes gone. Northern Hearts then had their best spell of the game with striker Sullivan Martin causing trouble and creating two opportunities that narrowly missed hitting the target.

The tie was effectively put to bed just before the halftime break when Caversham scored three goals in three minutes. Wade and Neil doubled their individual totals and Ben Kiore turned from being a provider to finishing one of his own. Two more goals in the second half to Campbell Thompson completed the convincing 7-0 win.  

Gore Wanderers 3 (Miguel Ortiz 3)
West End 3 (Daniel Campbell 2, Declan Parsons)
AET, HT: 1-1, FT: 3-3 - West End win 4-3 on penalties

The last game of the round may have been the best tie to watch with West End of Timaru travelling to Gore. The scores were tied 1-1 at half time with Miguel Ortiz scoring for Gore and Daniel Campbell equalising on 37 minutes. Ortiz put Gore 3-2 ahead with goals on 55 & 66 minutes only for West End to rally with Campbell again scoring before Declan Parsons equalised with 12 minutes to go. Extra time remained scoreless and West End prevailed 4-3 in the penalty shoot out. 

Match details collated by Morgan Jarvis & Neville Watson - thank you to all contributors.
Article added: Sunday 12 May 2019