Chatham Cup

 

They have been inadvertently included among those granted a bye, because they are set to play Wellington College on Anzac Day.

 

 

Cheers,

 

JR

 

oh, how the once mighty have fallen

 

PS - i could not permit Jinky's scandalous spelling of Chatham to stand

 

They're from Masterton

 

We get to travel to North Hamilton! And the winner of that plays Claudelands Rovers (East Hamilton if you like).

 

Yay.

 

We're due a cup run tbf.

 

EDIT: Just seen we have Matamata at the home of football in the 1st Round. Should send them crying back to their derelict farm houses in bogan country tbh.

 

Amongst the fixtures is a first ever encounter between Paekakariki (established 2003) and Wharfies (four times winners, but not since 1947).

 

Having comfortably disposed on twice former Cup winners, Seatoun, in the pre prelim round, can Paekak keep their cup run going? Other than their 3 nil hiding of once mighty Seatoun, little is known of the quality of the Paekak. Different sources conflict over the size of the club (either two or four senior men's teams, depending on who you believe). Wharfies on the other hand, are the largest club in the region by team numbers.

 

But, regardless of the precise numbers, to the great credit of the Paekak footy club it has superceded the rugby club as the pre-eminent winter sports club in town - and taken charge of Paekak's only field in doing so.

 

For those of us who have never had the fortune to have played at picturesque Campbell Park, Wotzon has a good blurb on the ground and a panoramic video to boot -

 

http://www.wotzon.com/profilepage.php?comp_id=1002807&CatID=

 

For the travelling army from Karori looking to make a weekend of the fixture up the coast, I can recommend the tram at QE2 park if you have kids and, of course, the ageless Fisherman's Table.

 

For accomodation options go to - http://www.jasons.com/New-Zealand/Paekakariki/accommodation

 

Further intelligence ...

 

Paekak finished 5th last year in Horowhenua Senior Men's Comp won by Waikanae (as a curious aside, Kapiti Coast 3rds finished 23 points ahead of Kapiti Coast 2nds in that same league). Cant find any of Paekak's results from this season.

 

Meanwhile, Wharfies finished 4th in Champs Prem last year and sit about mid table at the moment with 2 wins, draw and a loss.

After the break Wharfies will grab another couple in the first 15 mintues which will result in the crowd invading the pitch and attacking the opposition players with half drunk bottles of Tui quarts. (True story from the good old rugby days. I think Shannon were the visiting team on that occasion.)

Former Porirua, Wests, Tawa, KCU, and current Paekakariki record signing Spud Monk will then pop up to nod a consalation goal with a couple to go to ensure that the Paekock Massive on the embankment is pacified.

The after match function will be very cordial as all the players warm themselves up with a steaming hot bowl of vegetarian soup.

Of course everybody knows Wharfies play in Black and White. The white represents the mist that enshrouds the suburb 365 days of the year, while the black represents the predominant colour of the SUV's that mummy needs to drop little Timmy Jenkins-Hewitt off at school.

 

Upper Hutt City       1    Kapiti Coast Utd      2
Brooklyn Northern     1    Naenae                2
Porirua City          0    Eastbourne            0
(Eastbourne won 1-0 AET)
Paekakariki           1    Waterside Karori      4
Tawa                  4    Douglas Villa         1
Wainuiomata           3    Stop Out              5
North Wellington      2    Wellington College    1
University            2    Stokes Valley         3
Marist                1    Island Bay Utd        1
(Island Bay Utd won 2-1 AET)

 

No upsets but some good battles obviously