NUAFC 1968-2018

9th Grade B, 1980
1980
Rear: Ben Henckel (Coach), Mary-Ann Henckel (Coach).
Standing: Shane Irvine, Rebecca Patterson, Roger Wong, Craig Rowell (Player of the Year), Brent Miller, Phillip Wong.
Front: Glen McBurney, Simon Thorne, Kerry Abbott, Paul Henckel (Most Improved), Stephen Puncheon,
Charles Hutt (Player of the Year), Steven Kahui,
Absent: Pat Hutt (Manager).
Two more points for Ngaruawahia-Affco
Huntly Press, Wednesday 23rd April 1980
Ngaruawahia-Affco United
Northern League soccer team picked
up two more valuable competition
points at home with a 3-2 win
over Tokoroa The score-line
sounded closer than the game was.
Tokoroa's two goals came in
each half from free kicks. In the first
Jeff Tozer was caught shepherding
and the indirect kick roared in off the
underside of the bar. The second of
Tokoroa's goa l s ca m e wh en
Al an Dor nan wa s penalised for
holding in the penalty area and the
spot kick went in under Gary
Dillistone's diving form.
Ngaruawahia made harder
work than expected of their win and
had the greater territorial
possession. It took ten minutes for
Mike Heappey to blast the first i n
foll owi n g a sn a pp y side-foot
through ball from Nelson
Grandona. The second goal for
t h e h o m e t e a m w a s a simple
side-foot - pass across g oa l a n d
Jimmy Re ye s couldn't miss. 2-1.
A Grandona corner in
the second half connected with
Chris Barakat's head and the
score went to 3-1. Later Tokoroa's
penalty brought the score back to
3.2.
T h e T ok or oa k e e p e r
saved many shots under
pressure, especially in the air, and
much of the credit for the close
scoreline must go to him. Jimmy
Reyes chased al l da y an d wa s
rewarded with his goal.
Five points from three
games (drawing with Cambridge)
is a good start for the season.
Other games:
Ricky Duffull and Malcolm
Sowerby (penalty) featured in the
First Divisions 2-2 draw with
Morrinsville, having, on the way,
missed four open goals.
Phillip Bullivant replied
twice to Mark Snowden's early
goal in Ngaruawahia's 2 - 1 wi n
o ver T a u pir i Tornadoes. In the
match two bookings were noted,
one from each side. Ben Henkel
found his name in the referee's
notebook after being on the receiving
end of a dangerous tackle, much to
the puzzlement of all.
Five goals to none was the
luck of the High School Third
Division team over Huntly, while
the Fourth Divisi on boys were in
­un dated 11-0 by Boys Hi gh .
Junior results were: 9A lost
0-15; 11A lost 0-4; 11B won 6-0; 13A
lost 0-1; 13B won 3-0.
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