NZ Secondary Schools Premier playoffs. Regardless of what I think of schools football; or whatever may be happening better or worse in other parts of the country (ie play for schools midweek AND play for clubs weekends); I'm always sobered/dismayed at results such as those below. Should I be? On a related matter, I note with dismay that, yet again, there are no national age group tourneys (federation or region) for our young players to measure themselves against the Orcs/Auks.
Boys
Burnside: 9-12th
Shirley (and Nayland): 13-16th
St Andrews: 17-20th
Boys High: 21-24th
Cashmere: 29-32nd
Girls
Nelson Girls: 5-8th
Villa Maria: 17-20th
Marian: 21-24th
I wouldn't be dismayed, given the football options available for secondary school age players it's hard to see why that tournament would be taken seriously or prioritzed.
Think there is NTC South players heading to Wellington in the Summer and pretty sure National FTC games will be played 2013. We nearly had some 12 years age games to tie in with Nike Cup (Feb 2012) . Did you put a submission into the Mainland review about this?