Boys High sit on top of football standings

Taranaki Men’s Premiership

NPBHS 1st XI top the table after Round 3 with another win, this time 2-0 in a hard-fought battle against Rough Habits Hawera down at Turuturu Park. Flooring Design Moturoa are also at the summit just slightly behind on goal difference after they also won away 2-0 against NP Rangers. Rampage Fitness FC Western and Kitchen Draw Inglewood both continue their unbeaten records and sit just behind the leaders on seven points each on the table. FC Western got the 5-1 home win over Proglaze Waitara with Dean Botha and Ben Furze picking up doubles for the home team. Inglewood took on Smith & Sons Eltham away and got the 4-2 victory, with Taylor Bignell continuing his good form with another brace. In the final match, Peringa United bounced back after their heavy defeat last week to be too strong for Spectrum Decorating Woodleigh, winning 4-0 with Collin Campbell scoring twice.

Taranaki Men’s Championship

Cunningham Construction Kaitake FC set the earlier benchmark for the season, defeating last season’s Champions Millwards Roofing FC Western 5-0 but NPBHS 2nd XI are hot on their tail after they got their third straight win 1-5 away to Mark Frost Electrical Hawera. TreeHouse NP Rangers held on to the Challenge Trophy again, this time 2-0 against Jones Quarry Moturoa and Eltham AFC drew against Inglewood AFC 1-1 at Taumata Park. The last match saw a good win from Bounceback Physio Peringa at home over Woodleigh 5-2 with doubles from David Goodall and Daniel Malone.

Taranaki Men’s Division 1

Hutchins Dick Peringa Pirates are on top of the pack with three straight wins after a huge 9-0 win against McDonald's Stratford at Swansea Park. The two destroyers were Brad Hickling a with a five-goal glut and Matt Sanger with a four-goal haul. Another big result with FDMC Senior Team winning 10-0 at home to Withers Coachlines Moturoa, hat-tricks to Felix Van Hattum and Mehul Killa. The final match also was a big scoreline with Wonder Minerals Kaponga defeating KP Joinery Waitara 7-0 with Brad Coad getting a brace. NP Rangers Oddbodz had the bye. 

Taranaki Men’s Division 2 

FC Western sit at the top of this league’s summit after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Vertech NZ Kaitake, Paul Hamlin Build Eltham are right on their heels after they got a 3-2 victory against Inglewood and Taranaki Thru Tubing NP Rangers had a big 8-1 win over Town & Country Foods Waitara to hold onto the Challenge Trophy with Richard Gater netting a hat-trick. The final two games saw the first wins of the season for 4U Computer Solutions Hawera and Taranaki Tyre Torque Woodleigh as Hawera won 4-1 over Stratford and Woodleigh 1-2 over Pipeline Peringa.

Tungsten Legal Women’s Premiership 

TSH Moturoa and NPGHS premier teams have both collected their third straight wins of the season to be on top of the Women’s Premiership. Moturoa won away to Eltham 5-0 and NPGHS won at home to Worley Woodleigh 13-0. The stand out was Paris Liu who rocketed home five for NPGHS. Hipp Accounting Hawera got their first win of the season and it was in style will a 10-1 home win against Tungsten Legal Stratford with Paula Chittenden bagging three. Naki Electrical Waitara bounced back from last week's defeat to knock over Liquid Beanz Peringa 4-0 and the final game ended in a stalemate at 0-0 between EZE Wash NP Rangers and Inglewood

Men's Lotto Central Federation League

The Lotto Central Federation League is starting to get into full swing and in Round 3 both our league leaders got tight wins to remain equal on the top of the table. GJ Gardner Homes Whanganui Athletic travelled to take on Breakers Red Sox Manawatu at the Arena Turf and escaped with the 1-0 win with Perry Stewart getting the late winner. Watsons PN Marist headed across town to take Isles Construction Massey and a first-half goal by Nicholas Carrick got Marist maximum points with the 1-0 away win. 

Peggy Gordons NP Rangers now sit in third place on the ladder after recording another big away win, this time against Levin AFC at Donnelly Park. Mark McGrath netting twice for the Taranaki side in the 6-1 victory. 2019 Champions Building King Havelock North Wanderers bounced back after last week's loss to complete the round where all away teams won. An early goal by North End wasn’t enough as Havelock moved up into fourth with the 1-3 win, Joshua Stewart bagging a brace. 

Alexander Electric Napier Marist had the week off with the Bye but will be desperate to get back out on the grass and start collecting points this weekend against Massey. Round 3 saw some teams continue to struggle to gather momentum with a gap now forming between the top and bottom teams which means points are crucial as we head into Round 4.

Women's Federation League

It was a weekend for the visiting teams in the Women's Federation League, with both Football Whanganui and Moturoa doing a smash and grab of three points from their respective hosts. With the travel between Taradale and Moturoa being quite a hike, the match between the two teams was played at Palmerston North's Memorial Park, with Taradale being the 'home' team in this instance. With both sides sitting at the top of the table, it was a chance for Moturoa to pull away and put some space between themselves and their opposition. Prolific goalscorer Fernanda Toscani proved the difference, giving her team the lead in the 43rd minute, a goal that ultimately would secure Moturoa three points and put them five points clear at the top of the table. Meanwhile across town at Massey University, the students hosted the visiting Football Whanganui team, who had yet to record any points of their own. The game was hotly contested, with  20th and 36th-minute goals to Vanya Apiata-Hodgkinson giving the visitors a good lead going into the break. However, Massey put the pressure on and pulled one back in the second half, with a beautifully placed shot from distance looping over the Whanganui keeper's head. Unfortunately, that was all the home team were able to mount, as the visitors held on and ground out the final minutes of pressure to bag themselves the win, and move themselves off the bottom of the table.