Labour Weekend provided a feast of football action, both live and delivered on screens.
Two rounds of the Women’s National League were completed, while five Men’s National League games helped to sort out the leading sides.
And in Napier, almost 1,300 of the country’s best young players gathered for the national U-19s men’s and women’s tournament hosted by Napier City Rovers.
Here’s our round-up of a busy weekend:
Men’s A-League
Game played on Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Newcastle Jets 3 (James McGarry 5′, Beka Dartsmelia 16′, Trent Buhagiar 44′)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Bozhidar Kraev 39′)
Women’s National League
Games played on Monday October 24, 2022
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Northern Rovers 1 (Alexis Cook 50′)
Western Springs 1 (Arisa Takeda 54′ pen)
Capital Football 1 (Renee Bacon 39′)
Central Football 0
Auckland United 2 (Bree Johnson 14′, Manaia Elliott 21′)
Eastern Suburbs 3 (Tayla O’Brien 56′, Nicole Mettam 73′, Zoe Benson 87′)
Southern United 2 (Hannah Mackay-Wright 58′, Jasmine Prince 71′)
Canterbury United Pride 1 (Chloe Bellamy 81′)
Games played on Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Canterbury United Pride 0
Southern United 0
Central Football 2 (Ashley Arquette 3′, 45′)
Capital Football 4 (Rebecca Otte 1′, own goal 9′, Renee Bacon 28′, Pepi Olliver-Bell 59′)
Games played on Friday October 21, 2022
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Western Springs 4 (Emma Pijnenburg 54′, Arisa Takeda 72′ pen, Georgia Brown 86′, Jess Innes 90′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Kelli Brown 56′)
Eastern Suburbs 5 (Nicole Cooper 4′, 13′, Tayla O’Brien 22′, 82′, Erinna Wong 54′)
Auckland United 0
Men’s National League
Games played on Sunday October 23, 2022
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Auckland City 3 (Joe Lee 17′, Emiliano Tade 63′ pen, Jordan Vale 89′)
Napier City Rovers 0
Miramar Rangers 0
Auckland United 1 (Josh Redfearn 81′)
Games played on Saturday October 22, 2022
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Melville United 1 (Ryen Lawrence 59′)
Cashmere Technical 3 (Jacob Richards 37′, Garbhan Coughlan 53′, 77′)
Wellington Olympic 2 (Jonty Roubos 2′, Jack-Henry Sinclair 63′)
Birkenhead United 0
Christchurch United 1 (Mika Rabuka 25′)
Wellington Phoenix 3 (Matthew Sheridan 9′, Ben Wallace 18′, Kaelin Nguyen 21′)
National U-19 Tournament
Games played October 22-24
Tournament hosted by Napier City Rovers
Main Tournament (Men) Final
Game played on Monday October 24, 2022
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Wellington Olympic 1 (Sam Wall 63′)
Fencibles United 1 (Nathan Walker 40′)
Olympic won penalty shoot-out 4-3 after extra time.
Satellite Tournament (Men) Final
Game played on Monday October 24, 2022
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Hibiscus Coast 1 (Taine Bracken 32′)
Northland 0
Women’s Tournament Final
Game played on Monday October 24, 2022
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West Coast Rangers 3 (Te Waiariki Read 14′, Emily Lyon 17′, Jess Smith 38′)
Ellerslie 0
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… and another big result for football
Three Hamilton Wanderers players have raised more than $13,000 for the Mental Health Foundation — and shone the spotlight on mental health — by climbing to the top of Mt Maunganui 38 times in 24 hours over the weekend.
Their climb was the equivalent of reaching the summit of Mt Everest.
Click here to read of their achievement (and you can still donate) >>>>
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