Unfortunately 'almost' does not bring you any points.
Have a soft spot for the Halswell has they are my 'local' team and also played for them way, way back but the odds looked to be stacked against them this time. The Hawks have been finishing at the wrong end of the table in recent seasons, 5th on both 2012 and 2013, 6th in 2014 then 7th (2015) and currently in 8th place,.
Were one of the front runner's after they took out the old Canterbury League three years on the trot in from 1999 - 2001, prior to the MPL starting in 2002 and were runner ups in the first time seasons to Ferrymead Bays (2002) and Nomads the following season, missing out on the title by just a point. Won the English Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2011 and reached the semi-final of the Chatham Cup in 2005.
Looking at their stats shows things have been going backwards for awhile:
| P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
| Games 1 - 150 (2002 to 2009) | 150 | 73 | 28 | 49 | 296 | 219 | 77 | 247 |
| Games 151 - 294 (2010 to present) | 144 | 39 | 27 | 78 | 188 | 304 | -116 | 144 |