WHAT WENT ON July 11 - 12

Mercantile Squash
We travelled to Waikare for round 9 of Mercantile and had a great night there as always! We love playing on those courts. The points table is shaping up for some interesting matches as we head towards the last round of pool play before the semi finals! A huge thank you to Waikare for hosting us!

AFFCO Stingers bt. Pensioners 15 - 6
Slort Sports bt. The Wishing Stars 18 - 3
Waikare bt. Emergency Smash Services 19 - 1
Smithy Motorcycles bt. PGG Wrightsons 12 - 6

Senior Netball
Oslers Bakery Athletic White organised a friendly against Mahia on Saturday while the Wairoa Netball competition was still on a break. The team had a great run around. In fact, the teams had so much fun they couldn't even remember what the final score was! Wairoa Netball will be back in action this weekend so keep an eye out for that.

Senior Rugby Final
Charteris Choppers Athletic Rugby took on top of the table Nuhaka at Lambton Square on Saturday for the big final. From the first kick off neither team was willing to give an inch in a tightly contested first half. Each team capitalised on early penalties, exchanging two apiece to head into the break locked at 6-6. Nuhaka emerged from the halftime break hot on attack, striking first with an unconverted try that shifted the momentum their way. Athletic’s discipline wavered as the penalty count stacked making it difficult to get back into the game. Another penalty pushed Nuhaka further ahead at 14-6. Athletic worked hard in Nuhaka’s 22, eventually making it over the line in the corner but the try wasn’t awarded. Nuhaka sealed the result with another penalty, extending their lead to an unassailable 17-6. For Charteris Choppers Athletic Rugby, Jonty Le Leivre stood out with a tireless performance, earning Man of the Match honours for his side. Despite the loss the boys in black and white had their heads held high during the cup ceremony, claiming the Brownlie 2nd place trophy. Thank you to Nuhaka for a great final and congratulations on claiming the Lew Patterson Cup title!

Senior Football
​Saturday's match up saw the boys travel up to Gisborne to take on second place Thistle, trying to keep momentum going into the second round of the competition. The game was played in good spirits where QRS Athletic Football were dominant for the majority of the game but were unfortunate not to capitalise on the opportunities created. Thistle opened the scoreboard early and after Athletic had a goal disallowed, the halftime score was 1-0 to the home side. Athletic started the second half strong, finding the equaliser in the 52nd minute where Tom Rowley-Westwood took his time and perfectly scoring past Thistle's keeper. Unfortunately for the men in black, Thistle took there chances and scored another 3 goals claiming a 4-1 win and keeping their season hopes alive. Player of the day: Ryan O'Sullivan. QRS Athletic Football travel up to Wainui Gisborne to take on the Salty Dogs next Saturday.