Division Three : Otaki Combined 5-3 Manakau Hotel

Manakau Hotel played an entertaining 90 minutes of football against unbeaten Otaki, but were not quite able to pull off the shock result, going down 3-5.

Otaki started very well, and scored freely in the first half running out to a 4-1 lead by the time the teams turned around. However, Manakau gave as good as they got in the second period, scoring two good goals and giving Otaki a solid challenge.

(End of season celebrations at the Manakau Bowls and Sports Club prevented your correspondent getting a more detailed report of this game - and Simon Ryding and Josh Sannazzaro failed to deliver on their promise of a match report)