Waterside Karori have bagged a crucial three points in the Ultra Football Central league, while Napier City Rovers have moved three points clear at the top.

It was a massive game at the bottom of the table for Waterside Karori. A loss against Havelock North Wanderers would have meant they were six points adrift of their foes at the bottom as the halfway stage of the competition fast approaches.

But the hosts were able to win 4-1 following a strong surge in the final 10 minutes at Karori Park.

Luc Saker’s first-half screamer had put Karori up 1-0, and that was how the score stayed until the 81st minute when substitute Sam Collier scored a tap-in within moments of coming on. An own goal followed by a Jarrod Stant effort put the result beyond doubt before Havelock North’s Gagame Feni scored a consolation goal two minutes from fulltime.

Napier were too strong for Wellington United in their clash on Sunday, winning 3-0.

Sho Goto and Martin Bueno had them feeling good by halftime and Patryk Misik put the icing on the cake midway through the second half.

There were goals aplenty in the two post-5.30pm kickoffs on Saturday as the away teams triumphed.

Lower Hutt went over the Rimutakas to hammer Wairarapa United 5-2 after an absurd first 30 minutes.

Samuel Johnson had a brace in the first 13 minutes to move joint top of the Golden Boot standings with six, alongside Bueno and Wellington’s Calvin Harris.

Daniel Allan answered for Wairarapa in the 21st minute, but Jack Imray and Michael McCutcheon replied with goals of their own before the 28th minute was finished.

Shakille Belle then added another for the hosts one minute later to make it 4-2.

There was only one more goal in the final 60 minutes, scored by Lower Hutt’s Sekou Diane nine minutes into the second half.

The even later game saw even more goals as Stop Out stormed home over Wellington Olympic in the second half.

Trailing 2-1 at halftime, Olympic had two players sent off in the second 45 minutes before losing 7-2. Luis Corralles, Jerram Tuck, and Steven Gulley all bagged braces for the visitors.

The other match saw Miramar Rangers beat Western Suburbs 1-0 thanks to a Ruairi Cahill-Fluery penalty.

In the Capital Premier division, North Wellington took a massive step towards the Central League playoff with a 2-1 win over Petone. That moved them five points clear of Miramar’s reserves at the top of the table, six points clear of the nearest first teams.

The bottom of the ladder has tightened up after Kapiti Coast United grabbed their second-straight win, a 1-0 triumph over Olympic’s reserves.

That meant the bottom five of Wests’ reserves, Kapiti, Upper Hutt City, Tawa, and Olympic were separated by just two points.

Other results saw Miramar and Upper Hutt draw 2-2, Island Bay United beat Tawa 3-2, and Wests lost 2-1 to Lower Hutt’s reserves.

Knockout football got underway in women’s football on Sunday with the Kelly Cup and Executive Plate.

The two W-League teams, Wairarapa United and Western Suburbs, highlighted the gap back to the Women’s Premier League with big wins.

Wairarapa beat Stop Out, who withdrew from this year’s W-League, 13-0, while Wests beat Brooklyn Northern United 8-0.

The other two matches between WPL foes were much tighter as Waterside Karori beat Victoria University 1-0 and Petone beat Kapiti Coast United 2-1.

Results

Men’s
Ultra Football Central League round six

Waterside Karori 4 (Luc Saker 38’, Sam Collier 81’, own goal 85’, Jarrod Stant 86’) Havelock North Wanderers 1 (Gagame Feni 88’). HT: 1-0
Miramar Rangers 1 (Ruairi Cahill-Fluery 65’) Western Suburbs 0. HT: 0-0
Lower Hutt City 5 (Samuel Johnson 11’ 13’, Jack Imray 23’, Michael McCutcheon 28’, Sekou Diane 54’) Wairarapa United 2 (Daniel Allan 21’, Shakille Belle 29’). HT: 4-2
Stop Out 7 (Luis Coralles 13’ 57’, Steven Gulley 33’ 65’, Jerram Tuck 79’ 81’, Micky Malivuk 49’) Wellington Olympic 2 (Seth Ward 6’ Manyumow Achol 49’). HT: 2-1
Napier City Rovers 3 (Sho Goto 33’, Martin Bueno 41’, Patryk Misik 72’) Wellington United 0. HT: 2-0

Standings: Napier 15, Stop Out 12, Wests 11, Wellington 9*, Olympic 9, Lower Hutt 8*, Wairarapa 7, Miramar 7, Karori 3, Havelock North 3. *game in hand

Golden Boot: 6: Martin Bueno (Napier), Calvin Harris (Wellington), Samuel Johnson (Lower Hutt); 5: Jerram Tuck (Stop Out), Gagame Feni (Havelock North), Willem Ebbinge (Wellington); 4: Ryan Cain (Karori), Ben Waine (Wellington), Eli Just (Wests), Seth Ward (Olympic), Paul Ifill (Wairarapa), Shakille Belle (Wairarapa)

Capital Premier round six

North Wellington 2 (Maksym Kowal 9’, Ryan Worrall 45+1’) Petone 1 (James Murdoch-Gibbs 89’). HT: 2-0
Island Bay United 3 (Jesse Randall 48’ 61’ 75’) Tawa 2 (Soh Reh La 63’, Mike Ramaekers 90+3). HT: 0-0
Lower Hutt City 2 (Own goal 8’, Callum Martin 22’) Western Suburbs 1 (Blake Jones 44’). HT: 2-1
Kapiti Coast United 1 (Nicholas O’Hagan 36’) Wellington Olympic 0. HT: 1-0
Miramar Rangers 2 (Wiremu Patrick 83’, Thomas Schuyt 85’) Upper Hutt City 2 (Mathew Springray 6’, Connor McIndoe 76’). HT: 0-1

Standings: North Wellington 16, Miramar 11, Island Bay 10, Petone 10, Lower Hutt 10, Wests 6, Kapiti 6, Upper Hutt 6, Tawa 5, Olympic 4

Women’s

Kelly Cup

Wairarapa United 13 (M Boone 3, M Woodhead 3, O Knowles 2, A Phillips, T Dugan, D Turton, G Van Lienen, F Macintyre) Stop Out 0
Waterside Karori 1 (C Stone) Victoria University 0
Petone 2 (L Boobyer 2) Kapiti Coast United 1 (V Addy)
Western Suburbs 8 (M Bgoni 3, T Schlitgen 2, M Hahn, T Lloyd-Sanders, J Rawiri) Brooklyn Northern 0

Executive Plate

Western Wonder Women 2 Waikanae Ladyhawks 1
Wainuiomata 5 Wellington United Rubies 0
North Wellington New World Churton 6 Kapiti Coast United reserves 1
Marist 1 Naenae 1
Island Bay Orcas 1 Stokes Valley 0
Victoria University Thirds 5 Stop Out 3
Stop Out Legends 3 Victoria University Unified 2
Petone Div 3 1 North Wellington Tawny Ports 0

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