Category: Football

On Friday 13th September, we hosted 6 teams at Western Springs AFC for the Football Boys Knockout Cup Finals. Four schools were represented – Mt Albert Grammar School, Saint Kentigern College and Sacred Heart all had one team and Westlake Boys High School had three teams (one in each grade)! 13th Grade: Mt Albert Grammar School 2 – 0 Westlake Boys High School Our 13th Grade game kicked off the day with both teams bringing a strong presence to the field. MAGS scored in the first half, and then closed…

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The Premier League, Senior A1 and Senior A2 competitions all proved to be super tight competitions with the final round being essential for teams to gain those last few points! Congratulations to the three winners of our Premier Football Boys competition! Premier League: Westlake Boys 1st XI, for the second year in a row🦢 Senior A1: Macleans 1st XI, promoted to the Premier League for 2025🏰 Senior A2: Glendowie 1st XI, promoted to Senior A1 for 2025 🪻 A massive thank you to Bridget from NRF for all her hard work…

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A massive day for the Football Girls APC Finals on Wednesday 21st at Michaels Avenue Reserve with three finals kicking off. Featuring a Premier and Junior A double-header, for the second year in a row, between Mt Albert Grammar School and Baradene College of the Sacred Heart and Howick College and Long Bay College for the Division Two final. 🏆Premier: Mt Albert 2-1 Baradene The Premier final was a nail-biter, ending in a scoreless draw at full time, the match went into extra time. Mt Albert struck first early in…

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Girls APC Football Finals played Wednesday 16 August at Ellerslie Football Club Premier APC winners Mt Albert Grammar 1-0 over Baradene College MVP Maia Lythe – Mt Albert Grammar School. Senior A1 winners Carmel College  3-1 v Pakuranga College  – MVP Grace Chitty – Carmel College Junior A winners Baradene College 3 – 2 v Mt Albert Grammar on penalties after extra time  MVP Dayna Kesha – Mt Albert Grammar  

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The weather held off for the Girls APC Football finals at Ellerslie Football Club, Michaels Ave on Wednesday 17 August. The games were tightly contested with all 3 games ending in 1 nil. The finals were last played prior to Covid in 2019. 2022 winners were Baradene College with a win over Saint Kentigern College in the Division 1 competition. In Division 2 Botany Downs Secondary College bet Onehunga High School scoring in extra time. Mt Albert Grammar against Saint Kentigern College in the Junior A girls. MVP’s Junior A…

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College Sport Media: Contesting the final was the straightforward part of the week for Baradene College of the Sacred Heart’s First XI football team last Friday. Earning the right to get to the decider in the first place and defend their NZSS Girls Premier Lotto title they won for their first time last year was far from plain sailing. “It was almost a relief to get to the final because we played a really tough semi against Epsom Girls’ Grammar School, who we beat on penalties,” said Baradene striker and…

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New Zealand Football: New Zealand have made history by claiming the bronze medal at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after defeating Canada 2-1 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Leon Birnie’s side became the first New Zealand national team to claim a medal at any FIFA tournament. In five previous FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cups, New Zealand had never finished higher than 12th. New Zealand got off to a fantastic start when they scored twice in the opening 13 minutes through a Grace Wisnweksi double, but Canada got within…

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NZ Herald: The New Zealand U-17 women’s team has shocked the footballing world by defeating Japan on penalties to make the semifinals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – the first time a side from this country has ever made the final four of a FIFA event. Having earlier become the first team from New Zealand to make the quarter-finals of a World Cup and breaking several other records in the process, coach Leon Birnie and his charges were very much already in unchartered territory as they took to…

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New Zealand Football: A New Zealand team has qualified for the knockout stages of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the first ever time after securing an impressive 2-1 victory over hosts Uruguay in Montevideo. While a historic first in this tournament, it’s the eighth time overall that New Zealand have progressed past pool play at a FIFA event and the first time it has been done with a game in hand. “It’s an amazing moment,” said coach Leon Birnie. “It’s historic for us because we’d never got out…

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