WHAT WENT ON May 23 - 24

Mercantile Squash
Round 3 of Mercantile consisted of two very close matches and 2 strong wins. Points are being collected fast and the teams are starting to spread on the points table. Round 4 is played this Friday, after which we will take a brief break for Bill Meek Memorial Club Weekend. Results:

Pickering Cabinet Makers bt. PGG Wrightsons 13-12 (+1 bonus point on count back)
Farmlands bt. AFFCO Stingers 15-6
Slort Sports bt. The Wishing Stars 18-6
Pensioners bt. Emergency Smash Services 12-10

Junior Rugby
Saturday was a beautiful day for junior sports. Our tamariki went out and had a blast on the fields with some awesome games played.

Rippa
Rippa Stripes (11) vs YMP Rascals (11)
Rippa Of The Day: Hirrym
Player Of The Day: Piper
Good Sport: Lochie

Rippa Black (win by default) vs St Joseph's School
Player Of The Day: Mackenzie
Good Sport: Hugo

Rippa White (11) vs Wairoa Primary School
Rippa Of The Day: Juni
Player Of The Day: Leo
Good Sport: Colt

Junior
Athletic (17) vs Wairoa Primary School (5)
Player Of The Day: Ayva & JJ

Primary
Athletic (9) vs Wairoa Primary School (5)
Player Of The Day: William & Ryka

Senior Netball
Oslers Bakery Athletic White had two games and felt the effects of playing in the gold division with only a 5-minute break between games. Despite some hard work, they lost to Panthers and Nuhaka Seniors. The team had some strong plays and had some lessons learned moments. 16-55 to Nuhaka Seniors and 24-36 to Panthers.
Player of the day; 3: Teri Wathen-Smith, 2: Alice Wilson, 1: Courtney Hayward 

Oslers Bakery Athletic Black won their game against Nuhaka Blue 28-20. The team capitalised on shooting opportunities with Alyssa Deam showing her skills and netting a number of long shots. The shooting circle and mid-court have found rhythm. A number of turn overs by defence in the 3rd quarter secured the win. 
Player of the day; 3: Suzy Chrystal 2: Claire Little 1: Paige Bentley

Wairoa Netball takes a weekend off for Kings Birthday and will be back on the courts Saturday 7th June for
Club Weekend.

Senior Rugby
Charteris Choppers Athletic Rugby took on Ngatapa at Bayleys Athletic Park on Saturday for a friendly match. Ngatapa started fast in an intense clash, scoring early and putting Athletic on the back foot. However, Athletic rallied with determination, turning the momentum back and taking the lead. Despite a late push from Ngatapa, Athletic held firm to secure a hard-fought 36–27 victory. 3-2-1 went to Kasey Chemis, Taiamai Corker and Stephen Foley.

Senior Football
Round 6 of Tairawhiti Division Two took place at Bayleys Athletic Park where QRS Athletic Football hosted newly returned Marist under the Shockers banner, the game kicked off with high paced footy as Marist took advantage of the game opening the scoreboard early within the first 10 minutes. Athletic composed themselves having a few chances to get back into the game but to no prevail. Halftime score 3-0. Second half started with Athletic firing multiple phases of attack through midfielders Josh Cowan, Harry Champion and Tom Rowley-Westwood putting Marist under some good attacking pressure. Right winger Taing Pich showcased his skills by dribbling his way into the box to earn Athletic a penalty which captain Ben Blake stepped up and slotted through past the Marist keeper, Athletic 1-3. Athletic had full momentum and were hot on attack with confidence managed to add another goal in quick succession from a brilliant pass by Harry Champion to Tom Westwood, score 3-2. The match was back within reach. It was Marist to add the next score, capitalising on a loose ball to put them up 4-2. Athletic kept battling earning a free kick right on half way where Josh Cowan took it beautifully taking the Marist keeper by surprise, hitting the left post and finding it's way into the net, making it 4-3. Unfortunately for Athletic that was the final play. Full-time score 4-3 to Shockers Marist. There were standout players who performed extremely well - Joe De Kock and Jason Smith held the backline together and kept the boys in the game. Harry Champion, Taing Pich and Karan Singh were exceptionally good on attack. Josh Cowan, Ryan O'Sullivan and Raihania Edwards-Hammond added strength from the bench. Player of the day: tie between Josh Cowan and Joe De Kock. Next Saturday QRS Wairoa Athletic travel up to Gisborne to take on HSOB Campion.