WHAT WENT ON June 20 - 21

Mercantile Squash
The first matches of the second round of pool play are done and dusted. Players have been braving the cold Friday nights and put on some great squash. All points scored in this second round are added to the total scores of the first round, and with teams taking bye's again this means there are some changes to the points table. Check out the results below:

AFFCO Stingers bt. Emergency Smash Services 10-7
Slort Sports bt. PGG Wrightsons 10-9 (+1 bonus point on count back)
Pensioners bt. Pickering Cabinet Makers 12-9
The Wishing Stars bt. Farmlands 12-9

Senior Football
This Saturday saw QRS Athletic Football travel up to Gisborne Harry Barker Reserve 2 to take on HSOB Eels in a game where both teams needed a win to keep the season hopes alive. The first half was all Eels with Athletic having to defend the majority of the half in a tightly contested match, it was Athletic however who was able to score against the run of play with Tom Rowley-Westwood finishing a well executed cross from a corner taken by Jason Smith, Athletic 1-0. The second half began and QRS Athletic Football started with intent, gaining momentum from kickoff and managed to find the back of the net a second time through Jonny Hardie who is on a hot streak of scoring in the 2025 season, Athletic 2-0. The game continued back and fourth with Eels playing with more intent to get themselves back into the game, earning themselves a penalty where Michael Hardie miss timed his tackle. Eels 1 Athletic 2. With 10 minutes to play Athletic players stepped up to hold off any shots HSOB Eels threw at them to take the victory 2-1 on the road. Player of the Day: Raymond Hawley. Next weekend we travel back up to Harry Barker to take on Gisborne United in the final of Round 1.

At the after-match function at the High School Old Boys clubrooms, the team was presented with a special shirt as HSOB are celebrating turning 100 this year. Huge congratulations!

Caption: Athletic captain Ben Blake presents HSOB Eels captain & manager Aubrey with a commemorative shirt.