Papakura City and Auckland City come out on top in northern futsal series

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National women’s champions Papakura City and a powerful Auckland City side had successful weekends at the Ford Futsal Superleague’s Northern Travel Series.

Played at Tauranga’s Trustpower Stadium, both teams went through the respective fixtures with 100% winning records, indicating they’ll be strong contenders at the national competitions.

Here are the results and scorers from two days of competition:

Ford Futsal Women’s Superleague

Northern Travel Series

Game played on Saturday March 11, 2023

WaiBOP Power 0
Papakura City 5 (Jordana Bremner 0′, 4′, Hannah Reddy 15′, Abby Wright 22′, Ella James 39′)

Game played on Sunday March 12, 2023

Papakura City 4 (Abbey Venmore 12′, Hannah Reddy 26′, own goal 34′, Shivanthi Anthony 39′)
WaiBOP Power 1 (Jamie Evans 22′)

Ford Futsal Men’s Superleague

Northern Travel Series

Game played on Saturday March 11, 2023

Waikato Rapids 3 (George Dixon 25′, Casey Sharplin 27′, Maxwell Ericksen 30′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 2 (Thomas McMillan 22′, 33′)

Bay of Plenty Surge 4 (Aran Carter 1′, 15′, 29′, Mario Ramos 38′)
Auckland City 8 (Bahram Ahmadi 16′, 29′, 37′, Thomas Picken 19′, 32′, 33′, 39′, Shaun Morgan 26′)

Auckland City 9 (Bahram Ahmadi 6′, 23′, Art Twigg 9′, 31′, Aalok Paudel 3′, Stephen Ashby-Peckham 13′, Jirayu Twigg 21′, Dominic Hawkins 26′, Eduardo Espinosa 38′)
Waikato Rapids 2 (Maxwell Ericksen 11′, 35′)

Games played on Sunday March 12, 2023

Auckland City 9 (Eduardo Espinosa 9′, 36′, Bahram Ahmadi 10′, 36′, Dominic Hawkins 12′, 36′, own goal 29′, Stephen Ashby-Peckham 34′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 1 (Thomas McMillan 30′)

Waikato Rapids 2 (Casey Sharplin 17′, 31′)
Auckland City 7 (Thomas Picken 1′, 29′, Dominic Hawkins 11′, Adam Paulsen 12′, Jirayu Twigg 13′, Art Twigg 14′, Josh Margetts 19′)

Bay of Plenty Surge 2 (Aran Carter 33′, Thomas McMillan 36′)
Waikato Rapids 3 (Maxwell Ericksen 2′, Casey Sharplin 10′, Jonathan Tobias 32′)

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