Soccer youth

Press, 14 June 1978, Page 21

Soccer youth

several instances of youngsters running into the wire or posts while chasing a ball and suffering serious injury. If the posts were painted a light colour they would be far more easily seen. Wet, cold conditions at Hagley Oval on Saturday did not deter the Papanui eighth grade team from playing constructive soccer and it i thoroughly deserved its 2-0 win over Shamrock B. Papanui’s goal-scorers were Jeffrey Stare and Anthony INgaata. It came close to (scoring on several other

Canterbury’s most promising. ; young players, • scored once and setup the other goal for Nomads, both in the first half. Gary Cheat scored Shamrock’s goal and although Nickey Foster, John Davies and Cheat, had other chances, they could not capitalise on them. That Shamrock did not score again was largely the result of outstanding efforts i from Gregg Brott and Michael Pullan, who both . gave determined defensive performances. i ... The Coca-Cola skills final

Trophy Cup final or the CocaCola under 18 final.

A goal by Steven Barnes gave Rangers B a narrow 1-0 iwin over Cashmere B in the (eighth grade. The goal was a just reward for Barnes who had a good all-round game. IHe received good support (from Thomas Mills and Andrew Wilce. The Cashmere goal-keeper. Paul Hobbs, and the centre half, Andrew Benbow, stood out for their side in defence while Stewart Saunders impressed as a strong-running player.