Waiariki women hammered Tauranga City to claim first place in the WaiBop W-League. Photo / Supplied
Waiariki women hammered Tauranga City to claim first place in the WaiBop W-League. Photo / Supplied
HOCKEY
Rotorua Aces Men have produced a high-flying start to the Riverside Cup this season,
A 12-0 win over Onewhero-Pukekohe at the weekend was their fourth win from four games. In those four matches, they have scored 21 goals and conceded just three.
Leo Mitai-Wells was the hat-trick hero atthe weekend, while Hoete Mitai-Ngatai and Dan Ford scored two goals each.
Meanwhile, the Rotorua Aces women are also flirting with supremacy in the Intercity Cup, a 3-1 win over Puke Barbarians at the weekend moving them into second place with two wins and one draw.
Their goal scorers at the weekend were Renae Mason, Mel Aiken and Kat O'Callaghan.
RUGBY
In the Central Bay of Plenty Premier competition, it is Rotoiti and Ngongotahā locked in a battle for second place behind high-flying Whakarewarewa.
Whakarewarewa have played six, won them all and sit comfortably in first on 24 competition points.
On Saturday, Ngongotahā narrowly beat Rotoiti, 11-5. The two sides are now both on 12 points, Rotoiti clinging to second place via a superior points difference. Nipping at their heels are Marist St Michael's and Kahukura on eight points.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty Division 1 competition, Paroa beat Ruatoki 32-26 and Te Teko beat Whakatāne Marist 22-20 to maintain their unbeaten runs at the top of the table.
Waimana and Rangiuru's women's teams went toe-to-toe on Sunday. Photo / Supplied
In the Bay of Plenty Premier women's competition, Rangataua continued to flex their sizeable muscles with a 93-0 win over Rotoiti. They remain atop the table with five wins from five and a whopping points differential of +304.
Second-placed Rangiuru beat Waimana 24-0 and third-placed Mount Maunganui beat Te Teko 77-5.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Round five of the Bay of Plenty men's competition saw Pikiao and Mangakino maintain impressive starts to the season.
Pikiao beat last year's beaten finalists, Pacific, 26-22 while Mangakino hammered Reporoa 40-14.
The defending champions, Taupō Phoenix, made easy work of Tauhara, winning 78-0.
FOOTBALL
Waiariki's Premier men's team fought out an eight-goal thriller with Tauranga City on Saturday but in the end had to settle for a share of the points, drawing 4-all. They sit in ninth place with two wins, three draws and three losses.
Waiariki Premier women produced an impressive 7-1 win in a top of the table clash with Tauranga City. That victory moves them into first place outright in the WaiBop W-League.
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Kahukura v Ngongotahā Hawkes - Ngongotahā won by default
Murupara v Waikite - Waikite won by default
Reporoa 17-12 Ngongotahā Eagles
Whakarewarewa - Bye
Western Bay of Plenty Premier: Arataki 0-69 Mount Maunganui Greerton 10-32 Te Puna Te Puke 16-21 Tauranga Sports Rangiuru 47-5 Rangataua Premier Development: Judea 15-12 Mount Maunganui Greerton Marist 21-14 Te Puna Te Puke 7-38 Tauranga Sports Rangiuru 5-47Rangataua Senior Reserves: Te Puna 12 vs 24 Tauranga Sports Eastern Districts 25-27 Katikati Greerton Marist 41-17 Pāpāmoa
Eastern Bay of Plenty Division 1: Whakatāne Marist 20-22 Te Teko Galatea/Waiohau v Edgecumbe - No result available Paroa 32-26 Ruatoki Ōpōtiki v Poroporo - No result available
Bay of Plenty Women Premier: Waimana 0-24 Rangiuru Rangataua 93-0 Rotoiti Te Teko 5-77 Mount Maunganui Ōpōtiki - Bye
FOOTBALL (Bay of Plenty teams only) NRFL Division 1: Waiheke Utd 2-1 Tauranga City
NRFL Division 1 Reserves: Waiheke Utd 0-1 Tauranga City
WaiBop Championship: Ōtūmoetai Championship 6-4 Tauranga City Tauranga City AFC 1-3 Roundwood Tokoroa Waikato Unicol 1-5 Taupō Flying Mullet Pāpāmoa 4-3 Cambridge Ōtūmoetai 3-0 Hamilton Wanderers Tauranga Old Blues 1-1 Te Puke Utd Claudelands Rovers 3-2 Whakatāne Town
A Grade: Ngongotahā Mareikura 34-27 Eastern Pirates Kahukura Whero 47-32 Ngongotahā Leag Chiefs Tuis 39-26 The Chix
A Reserve: Kahukura Ma 53-28 Pikiao Wahine Ngongotaha Hapori 48-23 Minginui Te Whaiti Vegas Lady Bugs 52-18 Ngongotahā Trojans Kahukura Kahurangi - Bye Marist Misfits 51-16 Marist Infernos
HOCKEY Rotorua Aces Men 12-0 win over Onewhero-Pukekohe (Goal scorers: Leo Mitai-Wells (3), Hoete Mitai-Ngatai (2), Dan Ford (2), Granger Church, Vance Harvey, Tim Greenwood, Tiaan Buys, Owen Mitai-Wells).
