Tauranga City open the new season away to Hibiscus Coast tomorrow. Photo / File
Tauranga City and AFC Fury are ready to make the step up in northern regional football this season after winning promotion last year.
Tauranga City head to the top tier of the northern region division one. They have managed to keep the nucleus of last year's outstanding team but have
lost defenders Sam O'Regan and Mark van der Salm.
Head coach Duncan Lowry says he is sorry to lose two of his better players but says they have 16 new players at the club this year fighting for spots in the first team and reserves.
"I have picked up a young chap from the south of Ireland league Colm Kenny, who has also played some international football in Sweden," Lowry said. "He captained the Wellington Olympic team to the semifinal of the Chatham Cup last year. He is a centre forward like Jack McNab and will do a job for me up front.
"We have also picked up from Wellington a midfielder called Colin Dunn and left back/centre half Liam Higgins who has been overseas. We have kept Jerahl Hughes, which is great and he just loves the lifestyle here."
