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A small but very vocal crowd packed the tiny scaffold-like stand at Howard Booth Park in Carterton on Saturday to watch the Carterton Reapers take on a visiting Birkenhead side. The game, which I’m sure most would agree wasn’t the best technically brilliant football you’ll ever see, was however thoroughly entertaining and funny, and both the players and spectators would have come away happy to have been part of it. Carterton player and spokesperson Rod O’Leary explained that

Despite not making it into the semi finals, the Douglas Villa U19 team had a somewhat successful time at the annual Bob Bamford U19 tournament played in Upper Hutt over the weekend. Placed in the toughest pool, Villa started the competition on Saturday with a good win over Upper Hutt, lost their second game to eventual tournament winners Wellington Olympic, and then Western Suburbs ran away with the third game, six to nil, leaving the Wairarapa side bottom of the table on goa

“I’m very happy and very proud of the team,” says Wairarapa United U19 coach Patrick Wootton after the teams decisive clean sweep at the annual Harbour Cup Tournament for female youth players at Wellington’s Wakefield Park over the weekend. The team played five games and won them all, and without conceding a single goal. Team manager Jen O’Donnell added that she was also very proud of the girls. “They played really well. There’s not a single weak link in the team, like you kn

An estimated 2500 people converged on Memorial Park sports grounds over the weekend for the 2026 Douglas Park AFC Junior Tournament. 84 teams from Wairarapa, Wellington, Hutt Valley, Palmerston North and Dannevirke took part in this year’s competition. Coordinator Sophie Van wijk said that the annual tournament for teams in the 8th to 13th grades was extremely popular. “It’s a fun event. The main point is to get kids playing football.” She added that it’s a big event for the

Wairarapa midfielder Bethany Ifill has been selected in the Capital Football Girls’ U18 team to compete in the 2026 Youth National League. After a vigorous series of selection evaluations, a large contingent of applicants was eventually whittled down to the final squad of twenty-five players. Bethany Ifill with the trophies she was awarded at Wairarapa United’s prize giving on Saturday night. Ifill, who has shown impressive ball skills in her recent outings for Wairarapa Unit

Greytown always looked likely to be at the top end of the Capital Premier league table this year and they confirmed their dominance with a decisive 6-0 win over Wellington Marist on Saturday. After beating their two main rivals, Wellington Phoenix U18’s and Wellington Olympic Reserves in recent weeks, Greytown finished the year three points clear of the Phoenix with the very good figures of sixteen wins, one draw and one loss from their eighteen games. On top of those statist