Otago wins soccer title
A strong Otago A team, including two New Zealand representative players, Viv Robertson and Alison Grant, won the recent South Island women’s soccer tournament in Invercargill. The team was unbeaten in its matches. Southland finished second with Canterbury taking third place, narrowly missing the runnersup place on goal difference.
Canterbury B dominated section two, winning all its games, with Canterbury C and Otago B finishing second equal. Canterbury B conceded no goals and its goal-keeper, Joanne Kirner, as well as her team-mate, Aileen Stonehouse were named as two of the most promising players at the tournament. The South Island team,
announced at the end of the tournament, included five Canterbury players. The team is: H. O’Connor, M. Hudson, D. Blandford, C. Adamson, L. Lamason (Canterbury), J. Campbell, S. McEwan, A. Grant, V. Robertson, L. Taylor, A. Fepsey, A. Floot (Otago), J. Horsman, D. Mathieson, L. Kelman and E. Rudolph (Southland), L. Jones (Marlborough). .
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Press, 11 June 1984, Page 23
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