Napier U19 Tournament
Three Kings win 7 - 6 on penalties.
Three Kings also won the Easter ACFC Under-17 national club tournament (beat Central 4-1 in final).
Was chatting to a number of coaches over the weekend about the standard of the main draw being lower this year. There were 20 odd U17s missing for example. Anyone else think the same?
yeah i think there were still some good teams but the pools seemed to have one or two good teams and the rest were average (or young).
i'm sure 20 of the best U17 players in the country would have added some quality.
Three Kings win 7 - 6 on penalties.
Three Kings also won the Easter ACFC Under-17 national club tournament (beat Central 4-1 in final).
not many from the Napier team played in the 17's tournie - Three Kings had a pretty mature team.
They were good hamilton no doubt. Lower Hutt and birkenheads team were 80 % u17 s also..
Looks like Lower Hutt (last years winners) bet Three Kings in pool stage!
2013 WINNERS
Championship Winners Three Kings United
Championship Runners-up Cashmere Technical
Satellite Group Winners Western Springs
Satellite Group Runners-up Upper Hutt City
Player of the Tournament Jack Caunter Waitakere City
Golden Boot Blair Bates Hamilton Wanderers
Fair Play Award Wainuiomata
Napier City Rovers Player of the Tournament Jonty Underhill
2013 TOURNAMENT TEAM
Nathaniel Hailemariam Lower Hutt City
Ali Nasri Western Suburbs
Campbell Attwood Hamilton Wanderers
Joe Gaughan Stop Out
Joseph Nottage Eastern Suburbs
Jack Caunter Waitakere City
Callum Waters Ellerslie
George Ladoga Three Kings United
Reilly O'Meagher Glenfield Rovers
Jack Allen Fencibles
Harrison Bolton-Roberts Birkenhead United
Joshua Precious Hibiscus Coast
Jonty Underhill Napier City Rovers
Aaron Spain Cashmere Technical
Daniel Bowkett Miramar Rangers
Alex Waimora Three Kings United
Blair Bates Hamilton Wanderers
Matt Lieshout Ellerslie
They were good hamilton no doubt. Lower Hutt and birkenheads team were 80 % u17 s also..
Looks like Lower Hutt (last years winners) bet Three Kings in pool stage!
yep Lower Hutt qualified first from their group.
Wainui fair play award!! The world has changed
Anyone know who the two relegated teams are?
Loads of pens during the tournie for some reason
I believe Paptoetoe and Albany but haven't checked final standings.
I believe Paptoetoe and Albany but haven't checked final standings.
Couple of Wellington teams dodged a bullet there.
Good to see Upper Hutt promoted (quiet, Feverish). Next year the Wharf!
Loads of pens during the tournie for some reason
Lots of draws?
Loads of pens during the tournie for some reason
Lots of draws?
In group play mongo
Lots of fouls then?
did anyone else down there think the level of refereeing was better or worse than previous seasons.
Reason i ask is this year AFF particuarly took over the assignment of their referee's and instead of it being a big piss trip for them AFF used it to assess all the referee's - however i think this in turn meant less ref's came down and so the ref's were in my opinion overworked which lead to some poor preformances from them.
Would be insterested in peoples thoughts re this.
A lot. And hand balls
did anyone else down there think the level of refereeing was better or worse than previous seasons.
I thought the standard of the referees was higher than I have seen in previous years. I saw some possibly questionable decisions in other games but wasn't paying enough attention to know what their overall performance was like.
Personal view is the standard of the assistants wasn't high enough. Whether it was higher or lower than previous seasons it is hard to tell. Simple things like whether the whole ball has crossed the side or goal lines seemed to be frequently incorrect as did offside rulings. Gut feeling was the flagging of fouls in and around the box was better than previous experiences.
That said I definitely appreciate the 3 point control, questionable decisions or not.
Thought the officials were excellent.
Think the standard has dropped off bit specially in an u17 World Cup year.....
And also a lot of the better players taking up US college offer's..
Three kings probably had the best squad .. And depth wins more time' s than not...
Cashmere T.K.U. Birkenhead. Lower Hutt always strong...
Was chatting to a number of coaches over the weekend about the standard of the main draw being lower this year. There were 20 odd U17s missing for example. Anyone else think the same?
For a first time visitor I thought the standard of football was great in areas. Not many teams dominated but road their luck and inconcistant officiating got them through or cost them dearly. But a huge credit to the organisers and volunteers who make such an event happen and cater for teams and supporters. Over heard - some feel Napier does not give them the recognition that the event is a big financial benefit to the region.
Watch just about every game on pitch 3 and 4
Upper Hutt should do all right in the satellite draw this year. Pretty solid squad with 7 or 8 who have experienced Central League this year, with 3 or 4 being regulars. They Beat Lower Hutt 3-1 in the Ivan England tournament last weekend.
According to CF website that was LH development team ? They still appear to have a team in the semis
Nix Academy are having a few games against U19 club sides, a high scoring win over IBU earlier in the week (think it was 7-5).
Anyone know if they're planning on playing in Napier?
Some of the older nix academy players are registered with miramar; a more likely scenario? If playing as the academy, they would have to qualify through the satellite tournament. Also not sure what rules states about non club teams entering. Nix academy is not a registered football club.
Sweet. I know the Junior All Whites used to play at Napier, thought perhaps they may have thought of something similar.
I think you are getting ahead of yourselves here
Was just asking mate..
Well nix reserves are playing ASB, so I guess anything is possible. The nix academy is a pretty young group (14-16) but all academies need games. Surprised they haven't played ole academy.
Is the draw out soon? seems like it's a little later than usual this year?
Heard Ellerslie are the hot fav's
ha - you heard it before I did..
Miramar must have a good chance! Not only cause of the players they currently have but the guests they'll get...
Yep mirramar will be strong ( dunno who there guests are ). But be strong anyway.. so will ECB lots of NZ 20 players..
2014 draw SEE NEXT ITEM
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
EAST COAST BAYS CASHMERE EASTERN SUBURBS BAY OLYMPIC
HAMILTON WANDERERS FENCIBLES GLENFIELD ROVERS BIRKENHEAD
THREE KINGS HIBISCUS C LOWER HUTT ELLERSLIE
UPPER HUTT PETONE NAPIER CITY ROVERS MIRAMAR
WAITAKERE WEST SPRINGS ORATIA STOPOUT
WGTN UTD WESTERN SUBURBS WELL OLYMPIC TAWA
2014 draw NOW YOU'VE GOT IT
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
EAST COAST BAYS CASHMERE EASTERN SUBURBS BAY OLYMPIC
HAMILTON WANDERERS FENCIBLES GLENFIELD ROVERS BIRKENHEAD
THREE KINGS HIBISCUS C LOWER HUTT ELLERSLIE
UPPER HUTT PETONE NAPIER CITY ROVERS MIRAMAR
WAITAKERE WEST SPRINGS ORATIA STOPOUT
WGTN UTD WESTERN SUBURBS WELL OLYMPIC TAWA
A- Bays, Wanderers
B- Cashmere, Springs
C- Suburbs, Lwr Hutt
D- Birko, Ellerslie
Lower Hutt Birkins final I'd wager....
Olympic will have two players sent for dissent I'd also wager....
Lower Hutt Birkins final I'd wager....
Olympic will have two players sent for dissent I'd also wager....
With a large number of players from the wider U20's training group, (Baker, Carr, Copp, De Jong, Sugden, Wynn), and probably others joining ECB's as guest players given the coaching connection - I think East Coast Bays would be one of the most favoured sides to go all the way.
Lower Hutt Birkins final I'd wager....
Olympic will have two players sent for dissent I'd also wager....
With a large number of players from the wider U20's training group, (Baker, Carr, Copp, De Jong, Sugden, Wynn), and probably others joining ECB's as guest players given the coaching connection - I think East Coast Bays would be one of the most favoured sides to go all the way.